Status Match to ITA Volare, Get SkyTeam Elite Status Through 2025

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ITA Volare has brought back its status match promotion, allowing you to match your current status up to SkyTeam Elite Plus. With the offer, you can receive ITA Volare top-tier Executive Status through December 31, 2025. The promotion is valid for status matches through August 19, 2024.

Here's the details plus some things to consider before you initiate your match.

How to Match Your Airline Elite Status to ITA Volare

Status matching to ITA Volare is quick, easy, and free. All you need to do is follow some simple steps before August 19, 2024.

• Log into your ITA Volare account or join, then log in.
• Head over to the request status match section.
• Supply the name of the airline you're matching from and your current status.
• Upload an image of your current card showing your name status expiration date.
• Upload an image of a valid identity document, such as a passport – this will be used to confirm your identity and then will be deleted.
• If successful, your status will be recognized within 60 days of the request.
• If accepted, you will receive 10,000 Volare Qualifying points to use towards retaining your status.

Log into your account and select request status match. Credit: ITA

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Airlines eligible for the ITA status match

Sadly, you cannot match from every airline. The match promotion excludes, amongst others, all Lufthansa Group airlines. This is because Lufthansa will be purchasing ITA in December of this year. You can match your status from any of the following 19 airlines.

ITA Volare Status Perks

Here's a brief overview of the perks you'll enjoy after matching into the ITA Volare program:

Club Plus

• Earn 11 points per Euro spent.
• Additional luggage allowance.
• Priority check-in, boarding, and luggage delivery.
• Complimentary seat selection.
• Dedicated customer service.
• SkyTeam Elite status.

Club Premium

• Earn 12 points per Euro spent.
• Additional luggage allowance.
• Priority check-in, boarding, and luggage delivery.
• Complimentary seat selection.
• Dedicated customer service.
• Access to lounges owned by or made available to ITA Airways.
• SkyTeam Elite Plus status — this means you can access lounges when flying SkyTeam partner airlines, such as Delta.

Club Executive

• Earn 13 points per Euro spent.
• Additional luggage allowance.
• Priority check-in, boarding, and luggage delivery.
• Complimentary seat selection.
• Dedicated customer service.
• Access to lounges owned by or made available to ITA Airways.
• SkyTeam Elite Plus status.
• Welcome kit.

Lufthansa To Acquire ITA

One thing to remember is that Lufthansa will buy ITA at the end of this year. This means you can potentially have your status recognized by Lufthansa when this happens. However, at the time of writing, Lufthansa has not indicated how it will handle elites from the Volare program when it does so.

Either way, this promotion can be worthwhile if you are looking for Star Alliance elite status, as you may end up with it automatically come 2025.

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Our Take

If you are looking for SkyTeam Elite status for the next several months, this offer has turned up just in time. However, if you have no immediate use for the status, you are better off passing on this deal.

But what makes this offer particularly intriguing is the potential for Star Alliance status come 2025, when Lufthansa will acquire ITA. Thus, if you want to roll the dice and hope for Star Alliance status, ensure you apply for this status match by August 19, 2024.

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