Let's go on a status match journey across a few different airlines and in the process end up with Star Alliance (*A) Gold.
🔴 And no, this does not require you to get any US/International cards to get statuses.
🔴 This does not require you to transfer massive amounts of points to the airline...
As with most things, there are probably 100 ways to go about doing this as well but I am sharing what I usually follow and it often gets things done. Your mileage (literally) may vary, however, this should give you a general idea of how to get started.
For the sake of simplicity let I will...