Time to lock in AA Gold?
May 20, 2011, 5:30 am
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 40
Time to lock in AA Gold?
I have a 2 1/2 week trip planned to Europe in 3 weeks with my family of 4. Traveling on AA via award tickets in coach (DFW-NWK/JFK-CDG)(MXP-JFK/NWK-DFW).
I am so close to AA lifetime Gold that I can taste it:
761,000 AA miles
180,000 Starpoint, will convert to 225,000 AA miles
14,000 short of 1 million
I could share the 19,000 from my wife for $140.
Should I try to do this before the trip? Starwood says it takes up to 2 weeks for the transfer.
Or should I continue to be patient to see if AA offers another Starwood transfer bonus?
I am so close to AA lifetime Gold that I can taste it:
761,000 AA miles
180,000 Starpoint, will convert to 225,000 AA miles
14,000 short of 1 million
I could share the 19,000 from my wife for $140.
Should I try to do this before the trip? Starwood says it takes up to 2 weeks for the transfer.
Or should I continue to be patient to see if AA offers another Starwood transfer bonus?
May 20, 2011, 5:52 am
#2
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: JFK, DCA, BUR, YVR
Programs: AC, AS, BA, DL, HH (D), MR (T/LTP), UA (*S), UScAAre (PLT/1,87MM), WN
Posts: 5,207
I have a 2 1/2 week trip planned to Europe in 3 weeks with my family of 4. Traveling on AA via award tickets in coach (DFW-NWK/JFK-CDG)(MXP-JFK/NWK-DFW).
I am so close to AA lifetime Gold that I can taste it:
761,000 AA miles
180,000 Starpoint, will convert to 225,000 AA miles
14,000 short of 1 million
I could share the 19,000 from my wife for $140.
Should I try to do this before the trip? Starwood says it takes up to 2 weeks for the transfer.
Or should I continue to be patient to see if AA offers another Starwood transfer bonus?
I am so close to AA lifetime Gold that I can taste it:
761,000 AA miles
180,000 Starpoint, will convert to 225,000 AA miles
14,000 short of 1 million
I could share the 19,000 from my wife for $140.
Should I try to do this before the trip? Starwood says it takes up to 2 weeks for the transfer.
Or should I continue to be patient to see if AA offers another Starwood transfer bonus?
For me, I am about 15k short of 1MM. I can xfer Starpoints at HH points and make a dent on the road to 2MM, but I prefer to keep them where they are at unless there is a ridiculous xfer bonus like the one SPG had last spring.
Anyway, good luck.
May 20, 2011, 7:03 am
#3
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: MSY; 2-time FT Fantasy Football Champ, now in recovery.
Programs: AA lifetime GLD; UA Silver; Marriott LTTE; IHG Plat,
Posts: 14,517
AA has indicated that any changes to the MM program will come with notice, so I wouldn't rush into this unless you want GLD benefits for this specific trip. You'd get J/F check-in, earlier boarding, and access to preferred Y seats (but no exit row if your family includes kids under 15).
If you wait, the closer you get and the more you accumulate naturally, means the fewer SPG points you'd need to convert or the fewer miles you'd have to pay to transfer from the family accounts.
(By the way, the code for Newark Airport is EWR; NWK is the Newark Penn train station.)
If you wait, the closer you get and the more you accumulate naturally, means the fewer SPG points you'd need to convert or the fewer miles you'd have to pay to transfer from the family accounts.
(By the way, the code for Newark Airport is EWR; NWK is the Newark Penn train station.)
May 20, 2011, 9:13 pm
#4
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NY
Programs: AA platinum, SPG Gold
Posts: 108
xfer bonus ?
Forgive my ignorance- what special transfer bonus did SPG have for AA miles last year? How did I miss that? How did you find out?
May 20, 2011, 11:06 pm
#5
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA LT PLT, SPG Gold
Posts: 2,564
180,000 SPG is a lot to burn just to make Gold. How often do you fly AA?
Regarding it taking 2 weeks to transfer I've never had an SPG transfer take even half that long. But I guess they just say that so people don't bother them after a few days. Anyway, at the very least I'd wait to see what AA announces regarding changes to the program. If you still feel LT Gold is the way to go you'll have sufficient time to get the miles posted.
Regarding it taking 2 weeks to transfer I've never had an SPG transfer take even half that long. But I guess they just say that so people don't bother them after a few days. Anyway, at the very least I'd wait to see what AA announces regarding changes to the program. If you still feel LT Gold is the way to go you'll have sufficient time to get the miles posted.
May 20, 2011, 11:08 pm
#6
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA LT PLT, SPG Gold
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May 21, 2011, 9:46 am
#7
Join Date: Jan 2008
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