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Hainan Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines Fortune Wings has jumped on the elite status match bandwagon but they aren’t just handing out status. You will need to complete flights on Hainan Airlines (or any of their subsidiary airlines) or even Alaska Airlines to earn status faster than if you don’t take part in the challenge. What is interesting, is that you may not have to hold status with another airline but hold ‘status’ with a credit card. How that works exactly is unknown, if you have a Platinum, Infinite, World Elite, Signature credit card does that mean your eligible? Or does it mean airline status you’ve earned via a credit card? The terms don’t clarify this. The Alaska Airlines component is awesome which means you don’t even have to set foot in China, you could funnel your Alaska Airlines flights to Fortune Wings for this challenge.
Anyways you’ll need to email Fortune Wings stating you want to do the challenge and tell them what level you want to achieve:
As you can see you’ll have a little over 3 months from the day you want to start the challenge (you can specify the date) to complete the flight requirements. To compare, without the challenge you would need 50,000 points or 40 qualifying flight sectors for Gold or 30,000 points or 20 qualifying flight sectors for silver.
Offer details
Elite Status Match Challenge – Earn Silver or Gold Fortune Wings status when you hold status with another airline and complete a set amount of flights with Hainan Airlines, Grand China Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Lucky Airlines, a, Hong Kong Airlines ,Capital Airlines, Fuzhou Airlines and/or Alaska Airlines. Full details. Until Dec 31, 16
Here are details on how you apply for the challenge:
What does elite status with Fortune Wings get you? See the Gold and Silver card columns or details!
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Platinum Card
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Gold Card
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Silver Card
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Select Card
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Extra points Bonus
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50%
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50%
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25%
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Priority Booking and Alternate Seating
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Guaranteed Full Economy Fare Tickets
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Dedicated 24/7-hour Elite Member Line
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Complimentary Seat Upgrade Opportunities②
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Free Refunds And Changes
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Priority Seating
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Domestic Flights
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Free
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Discount
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International Flights
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Free
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Discount
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Discount
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Check in
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Personal benefits
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First/Business Class check-in counter
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First/Business Class check-in counter/Gold and Silver Card
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Bring Along Accompany Travelers
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VIP lounge
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Personal benefits
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Guide Services(reservation in advance is required)
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Free Baggage Allowance⑥
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First/Business seat Class Security Channel
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Priority Boarding
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Irregular Flight Service
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On-board Greetings
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Bonuses for Level Achievement and Level Maintenance
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International Seat Upgrade Coupon
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Domestic Seat Upgrade Coupon
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50% Discount Coupon for Seat Upgrade
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points Bonus
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1000
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Points Overdraft Amount
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10000
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Free Elite Card Gifts⑨
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1 Silver Card
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Qualification Rolling Validity
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No Charges for Ticket/Seat Upgrade and Changes
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Discount
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Members Only Events
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