Wanted to let everyone know, as well...
If you had a 3DS that is Ambassador, and someone awesome (like a husband maybe ;P ) gets you the Zelda 3DS for Christmas, the Ambassador status will transfer with no trouble. Certificate, games, progress in those games, everything. It even will transfer your progress in Find Mii and the Pokedex 3D and all that! It did take almost 45 minutes for the transfer to complete though.