You Can Earn Spirit Gold Status As a Member of These Other Loyalty Programs
Spirit Airlines runs a limited-time “status match” for members of certain hotel or airline rewards programs. Those who meet the requirements will be eligible to earn entry level Silver status or Top Gold status in the Free Spirit program for a year.
Qualifying reward programs
Members of these 32 hotel or airline rewards programs are eligible for status match, including many popular ones such as Hilton Honors, Marriott’s Bonvoy, American Airlines AAdvantage and Delta SkyMiles. Your Spirit Silver or Gold status will be based on your reward status in your other rewards program, but be aware that matching status will cost you $49 for Silver and $99 for Gold. You also need to be a Free Spirit member to register for a status match, which you can do here . You will not be able to qualify for Status Compliance if you have participated in other matches or Spirit Status Challenges in the last two years.
Benefits of Spirit’s Silver and Gold Plans
If you frequently fly with Spirit Airlines, being a Silver or Gold member has a number of benefits.
Silver Status Privileges:
- Place a pool of points (basically combining points with other reward programs)
- Priority Support
- Redemption fee waiver (you pay no redemption fee when using your points)
- Assignment of seats in the exit row
- Quick fit
- Security Label
- Waiting on the same day
- Excess Baggage Fee Exemption
Gold status perks:
- Same perks as silver status
- Free registered bag
- Free hand luggage
- Free drinks and snacks on board
- Landing in zone 1
- Free Flight Flex
- Pet Fee Waiver
- Seat selection in group 2/3/4/5 upon purchase
Some of the best perks are a free checked bag and hand luggage, which can range from $40 to $55 and $58 to $72 respectively, depending on the flight. If you fly back and forth once with hand luggage, you will actually pay for the Gold status.
How to request a status match
The Spirit site has an app for requesting status match. You will be asked for your name, email address, Free Spirit number and country of residence. Then you just need to add information about the loyalty program you are already a member of, including proof of membership. After payment, you can track your application .
You can find more information on advancing compliance status here . Keep in mind that the promotion does not have a deadline, so it can end at any time.