Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year of Ox, and a nice surprise has just hit my mailbox!
The story started last year when Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines (星宇航空) launched their status match initiative. As the status was gonna be good for four years, I took part although I saw no immediate use of the airline. My BA Gold was matched to Insighter, the highest membership level of their COSMILE programme.
I was then approached by their customer service asking me to complete my contact details, as “a nice surprise will be on its way soon”. Unfortunately it didn’t happen as soon as they promised, although I had no complaint at all considering I got the status totally for free!
Almost a year after the match, on Tuesday I woke up seeing a Whatsapp message from DHL:
And I knew immediately that the belated gift is finally coming, so exciting!
The giftbox arrived onto my doorstep on Friday, sealed with Starlux’s logo on top.
Enclosed on the upper layer is a very well presented Insighter membership card:
I must mention that it is a metal card, and feels as heavy as my Amex Platinum. This is no doubt the most lovely membership card I’ve ever seen from an airline or hotel group.
Underneath you’ll find a luggage tag, which as described is made of vegetable-tanned leather. Again my named is engraved, which is a nice special touch.
All in all I’m very happy to have received such an exclusive gift, although I’m not sure that I deserve it. Just a reminder that Starlux’s status match programme is still ongoing, although your matched status will be valid only for one year now.
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