Star Alliance Silver: When
your respective tier status is equivalent to Star Alliance Silver, you may take advantage of the following benefits, no matter which Star Alliance airline you are flying or cabin class you're assigned.
Star Alliance Gold: When
your respective tier status is equivalent to Star Alliance Gold, you may take advantage of the following benefits, no matter which Star Alliance airline you are flying or cabin class you're assigned.
Emerald: When
your respective tier status is equivalent to oneworld Emerald, you may take advantage of the following benefits, no matter which oneworld airline you are flying or cabin class you're assigned.
Sapphire: When
your respective tier status is equivalent to oneworld Sapphire, you may take advantage of the following benefits, no matter which oneworld airline you are flying or cabin class you're assigned.
Not exact matches
To reach top
tier status with Delta (Diamond Medallion
status) travelers need to earn an extra 25,000 elite qualifying miles (or what Delta calls Medallion Qualifying Miles) compared to what American and United flyers need to earn in their
respective programs.
The number of miles required is usually
tiered by elite
status (just like the cost when paid by cash or credit card), but almost all airlines charge about 50,000 miles for members in the top
tiers of their
respective loyalty programs.