{"id":16054,"date":"2023-07-09T17:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T16:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=16054"},"modified":"2023-07-09T17:51:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T16:51:45","slug":"my-ita-volare-executive-card-finally-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2023\/07\/09\/my-ita-volare-executive-card-finally-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"My ITA Volare Executive card finally arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ITA Airways is the Italian national carrier that was reborn a couple of years ago after its former entity Alitalia dissolved. They ran a status match campaign which, in theory, would give you Skyteam status right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My British Airways Gold status matched to their top tier Executive (Skyteam Elite Plus). In March 2022 ITA sent me an email reminding me of updating my address, because a surprise was waiting for me. Well one year and four months later the wait is finally over…<\/p>\n\n\n

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To give them some credit, very few airlines or hotel groups nowadays still mail physical membership cards. It’s thoughtful of them to include a gift box as well, instead of just attaching the card to a letter. Although frankly it is not nearly as nice as what Starlux sent me<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year ITA Volare decided to extend all membership status to January 2024. Then in May Lufthansa agreed to buy 41% stake at ITA Airways – it seems very likely that ITA Airways will leave Skyteam to join Star Alliance soon, and let’s hope that means another status extension…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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