Jacobin777

Being in the Bay Area, I love it as even though it doesn't help on the "Million Mile" end, it does help for re-qualifying for2013....^



I agree. ^

Of note, maybe AA is losing pax in the Bay Area but having flown on 4 round-trips the past 2-3 weeks, all the flights I've been on have been 95% full..most actually 100% filled. Now I can't say anything about yields however.

hiltonlondon2009

Don't understand why people are ticked off. Virtually every single big retail or service company in the world uses targeting marketing and promotions are part of their business strategy.

I'm a little surprised at the promotion window, though. This is great news for customers in 3 of AA's hubs.

Xero

I knew I was missing something. So is it eligible if you book a flight first and then register after?

Texasg11

If you are already a platinum do you get the 100% bonus miles on the double miles or just the miles flown?

LRD

From the T&Cs...

RogerD408

So many posts about corner cases... We will know when it does/doesn't happen. AA has been pretty bad about not following their own rules. Mostly from not double checking the IT implementation. From promos past there have been many examples where CS said no yet the trip did qualify.

Just this last promo, I had a r/t where the return was outside the qualifying dates yet the outbound got the bonus when it shouldn't have. Those with fights already booked may be surprised when their bonus does post. Any bets?

Personally, I'm a first time EXP and won't be qualifying (even for PLT) for next year so will be PLT with the soft landing. Might shoot for EXP year after if enough early flights.

FlyMeToTheLooneyBin

I agree. I was saying that the offer is already so good that asking for more, such as letting travel booked before the 27th count, is looking the gift horse in the mouth.

SuperBuck27

A couple of points/questions:

1. I agree with BRP. There aren't that many EXP's in the Bay Area. Everyone I know is a United 1K because of their massive flight network from a large SFO hub. You have to be really into dedicated to AA and into "connecting" to stay with American as a premium FF from here. Of course, DFW is an entirely different animal with thousands of EXPs.

2. Any guesses (BRP / SFO777) how many EXPs there are in the Bay Area? By definition, they have to be "active" (consistently hitting 100k BIS miles each year). My guess is 500-1000 max.

3. Two weeks ago, I booked an SFO-DFW trip for Nov 1. It sounds like I will need to REBOOK with a revised 6 letter record locator to qualify. Correct?

4. If I book 2 SFO-ORD-DCA trips, and the connector from ORD - DCA is a "plane change/diff flight number", will I get DEQM for the SFO-ORD legs? Thanks.

mathlete

Probably, but why tempt fate?

Hotel_junkie

What if I read the t&c's like this:

[Book your trip] and [fly between October 27, 2011, and March 31, 2012]

Doesn't that mean the date boundary only refers to your travel dates, not booking dates?

This will be my argument when I decide to not rebook at still get my DEQMs

SFO777

Good question. But I would think it would be a lot more considering there are still 30-32 daily SFO departures and another 15 or so SJC. Plus our typical segments (ORD, DFW, MIA, JFK) are a lot longer than most of the rest of the country.

Yes if you booked prior to 10/27

Yes.

SFO777

But reading further into the T&Cs, it says "Reservation must be booked on or after October 27, 2011, to be eligible." Seems pretty clear to me. Unfortunately.

Hotel_junkie

I agree ^
It seems hit or miss with the actual posting of DEQMs. I'm hoping that will be the case this time and that it works in my favor.

nall

I flew a number of these last time the promo ran, and they basically just double the EQMs.

tom911

Or you should just write some letters encouraging Virgin America to fly to their local airports. Both DFW and ORD are new routes for them this last year. I'm wondering what their next destination is going to be from SFO/LAX. No doubt more promos ahead.