Free Etihad Guest Gold Status (if You're Already Gold on Another Airline's Program)

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mjp80 on 02/03/2015 - 11:10 etihad.com (3238 clicks)
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Seems fairly straightforward. If (and only if) you already have gold status on another airline or alliance (that is not an Etihad partner airline), Etihad will give you gold status to try them out.

As an Etihad Guest Gold member you enjoy benefits such as:

• 50% Extra Bonus Miles - Enjoy 50% additional Etihad guest miles in every flight you take on Etihad Airways
• Extra Baggage Allowance - Enjoy 15 kilos additional baggage allowance on all applicable flights*
• Enhanced Lounge Access - You and a guest are invited to enjoy our luxurious Business Class Lounges before you fly across our network
• Guaranteed seats - If you make a booking at least 24 hours in advance, we will guarantee you an Economy Class seat on an Etihad Airways flight of your choice - even if the flight is fully booked.
• Fast-Track Access - Upon arrival at your destination, skip the queue at border control to enjoy a speedy exit*

See link for how to apply and what you need to send them.

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    dan1985 on 01/05/2015 - 08:42

    +1

    Actually I take that back. I got an email today saying I've got gold!

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  jasonc74 on 29/04/2015 - 09:17

  I got an email welcoming me to their Base their. Signed up to status match my Qantas Platinum.

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    modsec802 on 29/04/2015 - 09:21

    Yep, in the same boat.

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      pacman21 on 29/04/2015 - 09:31

      Same here. :\

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        cache on 30/04/2015 - 15:51

        me too

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        jasonc74 on 01/05/2015 - 12:24

        +1

        Receive another email today welcoming me to Gold.

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  pacman21 on 01/05/2015 - 06:57

  +2

  Got an email this morning telling me I've been upgraded to Gold.

  All is well in the world.

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    danielh on 01/05/2015 - 07:56

    +2

    Same. I received my base level invitation and so I signed up. In the about me section I indicated I was Qantas platinum and Virgin Au gold. Two days later I get an email saying I am now etihad gold.

    I suspect they are doing this to filter out people so make sure you say you are Qantas gold or higher.

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  ChickenTalon on 01/05/2015 - 08:05

  Got my gold upgrade. Good to see them come through, shame it came straight after I had to take 6x Garuda flights ;(

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  NotAMoodle on 13/05/2015 - 09:23

  Anyone actually got their gold card from Etihad yet??

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    danielh on 13/05/2015 - 10:27

    Not physically but when I log in it shows up as gold.

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      NotAMoodle on 13/05/2015 - 19:32

      Same, but what do I do if I have an upcoming Virgin flight, would really like the physical plastic you know

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        danielh on 13/05/2015 - 22:02

        I didn't think it was valid in virgin Australia. Happy to be corrected though.

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        ChickenTalon on 14/05/2015 - 10:42

        +1

        @danielh: when i login it shows up as gold status, but if i go to the print card page it shows up as the bottom tier.

        I had no problems with virgin when i quoted my etihad guest number, it shows up in their system as gold. But I didn't get very good seating, probably because i didn't use it when booking (another company made the booking). Got me into the lounge just fine

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        NotAMoodle on 14/05/2015 - 11:37

        @danielh:

        Def Virgin lounge access mate.

        http://www.virginaustralia.com/au/en/experience/airline-part…

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        danielh on 15/05/2015 - 00:33

        +1

        @ChickenTalon:

        I went to the Etihad site and there is an option to print out a temporary card to use.

        http://www.etihadguest.com/en/your-account/print-card-popup/

        Try going to that site (after you have logged in).

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        ChickenTalon on 15/05/2015 - 08:44

        @danielh:

        if i go to the print card page it shows up as the bottom tier.

        Shows that i'm gold in the top right hand corner. But the card itself on the print card page is the lower tier, with just a single diamond on it.
        Anyway, with virgin there is no need to carry your card, unless you want to accrue points with velocity and enjoy the etihad perks.

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        danielh on 19/05/2015 - 15:01

        @ChickenTalon:
        Ahhhh, I did not know about the number of diamonds thing. I just assumed that the PDF I saved was gold in colour and hence a 'gold card'.

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