Obviously what you said is correct, but one off status matches are obviously very different to what is required to get status on an ongoing basis.
Going back to the comment I was replying to - could QR bring in a new status match offer open to Velocity members? They could, but it’s quite common for status match offers to explicitly exclude partner airlines, because the main point of them is to lure customers away from competitors. As such, closer ties between QR and VA probably makes a status match less likely rather than more likely.
