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Cumulative C/Y 2013 Elite Rewards ELTA 3 (Registration required <link>)
Recover Your elite Rewards (requires signing in) link NOTE: ELTA Rewards must be claimed by midnight 28 Feb 2014.
"We want to thank you for flying the extra mile, so we've designed a new Elite Rewards program with you in mind. Select from special gifts to complement all of your existing elite status benefits.
Elite Rewards now offers four distinct milestones which are attainable throughout the year. The more you fly, the faster you'll reach the next level where you can choose one reward from each milestone for which you qualify. That's a total of up to four rewards. And now, you can qualify with elite-qualifying miles, points or segments.
. . . ● Milestone 1: 40,000 miles or points | 45 segments
. . . ● Milestone 2: 75,000 miles or points | 80 segments
. . . ● Milestone 3: 125,000 miles or points | 130 segments
. . . ● Milestone 4: 150,000 miles or points | 160 segments
To participate in Elite Rewards, simply register prior to December 31, 2013, using promotion code ELTA3." See the Mod Note in the OP for more.
Cumulative C/Y 2013 Elite Rewards ELTA 3 (Registration required <link>)
Recover Your elite Rewards (requires signing in) link NOTE: ELTA Rewards must be claimed by midnight 28 Feb 2014.
"We want to thank you for flying the extra mile, so we've designed a new Elite Rewards program with you in mind. Select from special gifts to complement all of your existing elite status benefits.
Elite Rewards now offers four distinct milestones which are attainable throughout the year. The more you fly, the faster you'll reach the next level where you can choose one reward from each milestone for which you qualify. That's a total of up to four rewards. And now, you can qualify with elite-qualifying miles, points or segments.
. . . ● Milestone 1: 40,000 miles or points | 45 segments
. . . ● Milestone 2: 75,000 miles or points | 80 segments
. . . ● Milestone 3: 125,000 miles or points | 130 segments
. . . ● Milestone 4: 150,000 miles or points | 160 segments
To participate in Elite Rewards, simply register prior to December 31, 2013, using promotion code ELTA3." See the Mod Note in the OP for more.
New (cumulative!) Elite Rewards for 2013: ELTA3 [closed 1 Mar 2014]
#91
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: Lifetime Levels in AA & Marriott
Posts: 161
Right at 65K EQM's currently and should break 100K by end of May. Happy my registration confirmation email today didn't say anything about NOT being backward counting.
Question: are these award SWU's without an expiration, or is it the standard 1-year rule on them?
Question: are these award SWU's without an expiration, or is it the standard 1-year rule on them?
#92
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Ireland
Programs: AA PLT 2MM, IHG Plat
Posts: 3,566
As for dilution worries I've missed 1 SWU upgrade in 13 years (due to Metallica's support staff selling out J on MIA-GIG) and 1 sticker upgrade in the last 5 years so I won't get too concerned just yet.
Well done AA!
#93
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,522
Right at 65K EQM's currently and should break 100K by end of May. Happy my registration confirmation email today didn't say anything about NOT being backward counting.
Question: are these award SWU's without an expiration, or is it the standard 1-year rule on them?
Question: are these award SWU's without an expiration, or is it the standard 1-year rule on them?
#94
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: PDX & MVD
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 318
Interesting, i was planning on matching to AS because i'm going to renew to exp sometime during the summer and i'm flying AS a lot. But this gives me a reason to keep my miles on AA at least this year.
#95
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: FRA
Programs: AA EXP, A3 Gold
Posts: 134
If you can actually earn the rewards for the milestones that are below your current elite status level, that will be a quiet nice promotion. Maybe I will be trying to go to 150k
#96
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Dubai / NYC
Programs: EK-IO, UA-1K2MM, ETIHAD-GOLD, SPG-PLAT LIFETIME, JUMEIRAH SERIUS GOLD
Posts: 5,220
I remember when UA did this (along with free Dinosaur rides . This is another reason to jump to AA. I'm surprised more people on the UA threads are not discussing this (as a 1K that was an extra 100K RDM's w bonuses). Can't wait to see if the merger is a mess or not. I'm finally thinking seriously about AA for the future
#97
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: FRA
Programs: AA EXP, A3 Gold
Posts: 134
Well probably they are willing to be more generous this year due to the merger. I hope they decide to combine all AA and US earned miles to count for Million Miler when they finally merge the FFs. This will help me a lot for the Million Miler
#98
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: New York
Programs: AA EXP 1.0mm, not sure where I am with hotels these days
Posts: 2,795
Also, note the timing of this offer.....just as the sequester is starting to have an impact on commercial air travel. I imagine there will be some bad press coming soon about air travel delays nationwide, and so this offer might be an attempt by AA to encourage people to continue buying tickets for future travel while the current situation is turning people off to air travel.
#99
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Programs: OWEmerald; STARGold; BonvoyPlat; IHGPlat/Amb; HiltonGold; A|ClubPat; AirMilesPlat
Posts: 38,186
Nice extra bonuses. Already past the 40K plateau and should hit the 75K one by early fall. Just need to decide which are the better bonuses. At the moment I suppose the 10% discount voucher (to use on a TPAC booking), then the 20K RDMs. Unlikely to hit 125K (though will cross 100K for requalifying for ExecPlat) so no extra SWU. <off-topic comments removed by moderator>
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#100
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Austin
Programs: AA EXP +2MM- LT PLT! HH Diamond
Posts: 6,073
I guess I should summarize that my POV is that there will be more overall capacity for upgrades with the addition of the new planes and routes. I'm sure that some of us (not me though) use some of their SWUs on domestic upgrades, but I'm pretty sure most are used on Int'l flights, which are expanding.
#101
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: LHR GVA HKG TLV PVG JFK
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 3,913
Is there any limitation to flying AA metal only for these bonuses?
#102
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: ORD
Programs: AA EXP, UA1K/2MM, Marriott Platinum Premier Lifetime
Posts: 357
I remember when UA did this (along with free Dinosaur rides . This is another reason to jump to AA. I'm surprised more people on the UA threads are not discussing this (as a 1K that was an extra 100K RDM's w bonuses). Can't wait to see if the merger is a mess or not. I'm finally thinking seriously about AA for the future
#103
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Austin
Programs: AA EXP +2MM- LT PLT! HH Diamond
Posts: 6,073
No. If you earn EQM/EQP or Segments on codeshares per the accumulation rules (some deep discount tickets earn nothing, or 30% of miles flown with some partners, for example), these will count to earning these bonuses.
#104
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: jfk area
Programs: AA platinum; 2MM AA, Delta Diamond, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 10,291
That the offer is cumulative is the best part.
IMHO, free wifi is the least desirable, especially when you read the notes in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...highlight=wifi
Side question: when you use gogo (=wifi), do you share the bandwidth? If so, having lots of people using wifi is a BIG negative.
IMHO, free wifi is the least desirable, especially when you read the notes in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...highlight=wifi
Side question: when you use gogo (=wifi), do you share the bandwidth? If so, having lots of people using wifi is a BIG negative.
#105
Join Date: Feb 2008
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 3,049
It is a rather obvious and clear reward so no, I imagine everyone who looked at the chart could see that.
I can't imagine why this is a cause for any concern though, no plat is going to take an upgrade that an EXP wanted, and they only get one of them so hardly a major concern.
I also fail to see any sign of 'new levels' being set, the old elite rewards scheme had the same 125K tier so nothing new there and the rewards on the way up the chart are nice but not great enough to suggest anything special happening there either.
I can't imagine why this is a cause for any concern though, no plat is going to take an upgrade that an EXP wanted, and they only get one of them so hardly a major concern.
I also fail to see any sign of 'new levels' being set, the old elite rewards scheme had the same 125K tier so nothing new there and the rewards on the way up the chart are nice but not great enough to suggest anything special happening there either.