Originally Posted by GoBears

I will end the year with 49,590 miles, less than 500 short of PLT. I called the AAdvantage desk to see if they thought I would retain my PLT status, and the agent told me I probably would get PLT again, without the need for a "buyback." I am now on my third consecutive PLT year, with 1.5 million total lifetime miles.

Have any other FTers kept their status, without a buyback, when they were just a few miles short?