Royal Air Maroc Oneworld Status Match (Update)

An awesome status match opportunity is currently being offered by Royal Air Maroc. You can score oneworld's coveted status for 49 Euro and get perks when flying with oneworld, such as American Flagship Lounge access on domestic itineraries. Let's go over the details.

The website statusmatch.com is partnering with Royal Air Maroc to offer a promotion. Even if you don't fly with Royal Air Maroc, this could be worth it. To start, a few basics.

• Requesting a status match costs 49 Euro
• Royal Air Maroc is matching to Safar Flyer Silver (oneworld Ruby) or Safar Flyer Gold (oneworld Sapphire)
• The status match request should take just a minute to complete, though it can take up to five business days for the request to be approved
• The promotion is valid for matches through May 31, 2022, or until the limits on the status match have been exhausted (so I’d apply ASAP)
• Matched status is valid through March 31, 2023

Why is this status match opportunity useful?

If you have a lot of travel on Royal Air Maroc coming up, this promotion could be useful. The value of oneworld status is the main reason to consider this promotion. Priority boarding, priority check-in, and extra baggage allowance are available on all oneworld airlines.

The most exciting aspect of this status match opportunity is that you can access American Flagship Lounges even if you are traveling domestically.

lounge access is only available on select international itineraries for American AAdvantage and Alaska Mileage Plan elite members. Getting access to American's premium lounges when traveling domestically is awesome.

I have questions about whether you need to credit your flights to Royal Air Maroc in order to access lounges.

• Personally I’ve had no issue accessing American Airlines lounges while crediting to AAdvantage and then showing my elite status credentials with a partner airline; sometimes it’s a bit of a process for agents to enter it into the system, but it has always worked out
• Some report that Alaska Lounges will only admit you based on the status that shows on your boarding pass, in which case it could be an issue to credit a flight to Alaska Mileage Plan or American AAdvantage, while trying to use your Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer status for access; in theory you could always just change your frequent flyer number after accessing the lounge, but that wouldn’t work if you’ve been upgraded or assigned a premium seat based on your status

Which airline status is Royal Air Maroc matching?

Royal Air Maroc is matching the following status.

• Aegean Airlines – Miles+Bonus
• Air Canada – Aeroplan
• Air Europa – SUMA
• Air France – Flying Blue
• Czech Airlines – OK Plus
• Delta Air Lines – SkyMiles
• Egyptair – Plus
• El Al – Matmid
• Emirates – Skywards
• Ethiopian Airlines – ShebaMiles
• Etihad – Guest
• Gulf Air – Falconflyer
• JetBlue – TrueBlue Rewards
• KLM – Flying Blue
• Kenya Airways – Flying Blue
• LATAM – LATAM Pass
• Lufthansa – Miles & More
• Middle East Airlines – Cedar Miles
• Oman Air – Sinbad
• Saudia – Alfursan
• Scandinavian Airlines – EuroBonus
• South African Airways – SAA Voyager
• TAP Air Portugal – Miles&Go
• Tunisar – Fidelys
• Turkish Airlines – Miles&Smiles
• United Airlines – MileagePlus
• Virgin Atlantic – Flying Club
• WestJet – Westjet Rewards

Many non-oneworld airlines, in particular airlines in North America and Europe, are included. When you apply for the status match, ITA Airways is listed in the drop-down menu and appears to be eligible.

I decided to match with the status match offered by ITA Airways.

Step-by-step to Royal Air Maroc status match

I just applied for a status match. If you are not yet a Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer member, you can sign up here. You can enter your name, email address, and Safar Flyer number once you have done that.

You will have to share your membership number if you want to match from the next page. Even though it wasn't on the FAQ page, ITA Airways was listed as an airline here.

On the next page, you will have to provide a copy of your membership card. When I received my status, I received a Screenshot of my ITA Airways status card, which I submitted.

The next page confirmed that I would be matched to Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer Gold. I was asked to give my phone number.

The next page asked for a credit card to pay the application fee.

I would get a response within five days after my application was submitted. You can track your match at this page.

I received an email about 10 hours later stating that my status match had been approved and that my account should reflect it within five business days.

It was easy.

Bottom line

There is a new status match promotion for Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer, which can earn you oneworld sapphires status. An application fee of 49 Euro is not a lot when you consider the potential value of this promotion.

If you are a oneworld flyer, I highly recommend taking advantage of this.

Do you plan on taking advantage of the match?

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