I applied twice. The first one was declined for two reasons: -I didn't have at least one Turkish Airlines flight processed in my account. -My existing status (being matched from) needed to be valid for at least 2 months. At that time, I explained that I already had a TK flight reservation and sufficient points to renew my Gold status, but they still declined. After I flew a one-way segment with TK and my Qatar Gold status was officially renewed, I applied again. This time, I was successful and received a status challenge!