Many co-branded credit cards for airlines and hotels
offer automatic status upgrades in their respective loyalty programs.
Join Ambassador for $ 200 and you'll
get automatic status plus 5,000 bonus points, a certificate for a free weekend night, and more!
Both Cuomo and Astorino received more than 50,000 votes on the ballot lines, giving
them automatic status in the current election cycle.
If you call in to
the automatic status checker and hear that you'll be notified within 30 days, that just means that your application is still in limbo.
If
the automatic status checker changes and tells you that you'll be notified in 7 to 10 days, this almost always means that you will be denied.
UPDATE 2: As of now, there is no plan for for
an automatic status match from Alaska's Mileage Plan to Virgin America's Elevate, an Alaska Airlines representative told me.