Sep 12, 2015, 2:58 pm
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"Fast Track" and Corporate Challenges
These are mostly targeted or tied to a corporation
These are mostly targeted or tied to a corporation
"Fast Track" challenges may (or not) offer interim status kept if specified terms (usually EQM and EQD minima within a given time period) and may be for one status level (occasionally even to Executive Platinum) depending on the offer and target group. (If the challenge is not met, interim status is rescinded.) Offers have been offered to a AA flyers marketing targets because they opine they might fly more and retain status, a subset of LinkedIn members, members of competing FFPs, members signing up for Founders Card, etc. (Requesting these when one was not targeted is generally useless.)
Corporate status challenges are offered to employees of certain companies. (One can not apply for such a challenge other than through the existence of such a challenge where one is employed.)
Corporate and fast track status challenges may vary in their detail: some may confer interim status and confirm it after the challenge threshold has been met, some allow purchasing status for a period but requiring flight activity to extend beyond. Please be sure to read the terms and conditions of any corporate status challenge offered you, because it may differ in detail from those discussed here.
Most of these status challenges require flying to earn the required Elite Qualifying Miles on "American Airlines, American Eagle®, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Qantas, as well as eligible codeshare flights" (these are AA Joint Business Venture partners).
Most fast track challenges are targeted, and if someone who was not targeted attempts to sign up the attempt is usually reflected.
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Updated 10 Feb 2017 by JDiver
"Fast Track" & Corporate Status Challenge (master thread)
Jun 8, 2017, 12:34 pm
#136
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: New York
Programs: AA EXP 1.0mm, not sure where I am with hotels these days
Posts: 2,795
Interesting, I got the following
As a valued Citi® / AAdvantage® cardholder, we'd like to offer you the opportunity to earn American Airlines AAdvantage® Gold status in two simple steps.
Step 1. Enroll in this special offer by July 31, 2017.*
Step 2. Use your Citi® / AAdvantage® card(s) to spend a net of $15,000 in purchases from date of enrollment through August 31, 2017.
After reaching your qualifying spend, you’ll enjoy AAdvantage® Gold status — with exceptional benefits like upgrades, complimentary Preferred Seats and much more — through January 2018.†
As a valued Citi® / AAdvantage® cardholder, we'd like to offer you the opportunity to earn American Airlines AAdvantage® Gold status in two simple steps.
Step 1. Enroll in this special offer by July 31, 2017.*
Step 2. Use your Citi® / AAdvantage® card(s) to spend a net of $15,000 in purchases from date of enrollment through August 31, 2017.
After reaching your qualifying spend, you’ll enjoy AAdvantage® Gold status — with exceptional benefits like upgrades, complimentary Preferred Seats and much more — through January 2018.†
Jun 8, 2017, 12:37 pm
#137
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: FIND ME ON TWITTER FOR THE LATEST
Posts: 27,730
Interesting, I got the following
As a valued Citi® / AAdvantage® cardholder, we'd like to offer you the opportunity to earn American Airlines AAdvantage® Gold status in two simple steps.
Step 1. Enroll in this special offer by July 31, 2017.*
Step 2. Use your Citi® / AAdvantage® card(s) to spend a net of $15,000 in purchases from date of enrollment through August 31, 2017.
After reaching your qualifying spend, you’ll enjoy AAdvantage® Gold status — with exceptional benefits like upgrades, complimentary Preferred Seats and much more — through January 2018.†
As a valued Citi® / AAdvantage® cardholder, we'd like to offer you the opportunity to earn American Airlines AAdvantage® Gold status in two simple steps.
Step 1. Enroll in this special offer by July 31, 2017.*
Step 2. Use your Citi® / AAdvantage® card(s) to spend a net of $15,000 in purchases from date of enrollment through August 31, 2017.
After reaching your qualifying spend, you’ll enjoy AAdvantage® Gold status — with exceptional benefits like upgrades, complimentary Preferred Seats and much more — through January 2018.†
Jun 8, 2017, 1:36 pm
#138
FlyerTalk Evangelist
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
Interesting, I got the following
As a valued Citi® / AAdvantage® cardholder, we'd like to offer you the opportunity to earn American Airlines AAdvantage® Gold status in two simple steps.
Step 1. Enroll in this special offer by July 31, 2017.*
Step 2. Use your Citi® / AAdvantage® card(s) to spend a net of $15,000 in purchases from date of enrollment through August 31, 2017.
After reaching your qualifying spend, you’ll enjoy AAdvantage® Gold status — with exceptional benefits like upgrades, complimentary Preferred Seats and much more — through January 2018.†
As a valued Citi® / AAdvantage® cardholder, we'd like to offer you the opportunity to earn American Airlines AAdvantage® Gold status in two simple steps.
Step 1. Enroll in this special offer by July 31, 2017.*
Step 2. Use your Citi® / AAdvantage® card(s) to spend a net of $15,000 in purchases from date of enrollment through August 31, 2017.
After reaching your qualifying spend, you’ll enjoy AAdvantage® Gold status — with exceptional benefits like upgrades, complimentary Preferred Seats and much more — through January 2018.†
Jun 8, 2017, 1:41 pm
#139
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: FIND ME ON TWITTER FOR THE LATEST
Posts: 27,730
Jun 8, 2017, 4:00 pm
#140
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: New York, New York
Programs: AA Gold, Alaska MVP; Free Agent Super Duper Diamond Treasure Chest ;)
Posts: 4,682
G
My offer to keep Platinum longer:
Keep status longer
To extend your elite benefits through January 31, 2019, earn $5,000 Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) on American or other airlines for travel between the date you register and September 22, 2017.**
Pfft ... I have 28 paid segments on Delta this year and $3,664 MQD, and that's buying first class on about half my trips.
My offer to keep Platinum longer:
Keep status longer
To extend your elite benefits through January 31, 2019, earn $5,000 Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) on American or other airlines for travel between the date you register and September 22, 2017.**
Pfft ... I have 28 paid segments on Delta this year and $3,664 MQD, and that's buying first class on about half my trips.
Jun 8, 2017, 7:33 pm
#141
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,369
Spending $15,000 on a 1% cash back card would be $150 and $300 at 2% or $450 at 3%. How much is Gold on AA worth? And for how much as AA sold status around the end of the year?
Jun 9, 2017, 5:23 am
#142
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Suburban Philadelphia
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Plat, IHG Gold
Posts: 3,392
I got the same offer upthread. Extremely low odds of me meeting this "challenge". They would have been better off giving me a XX,XXX EQM + XXXX EQD promotion which at least would have been interesting.
Jun 9, 2017, 10:08 am
#143
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: New York
Programs: AA EXP 1.0mm, not sure where I am with hotels these days
Posts: 2,795
Jun 9, 2017, 5:04 pm
#144
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: LAX
Programs: AAdvantage EXPLAT, Hilton Diamond, SPG/Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum, Citi Exec MC, Amex Plat
Posts: 1,443
Jun 12, 2017, 10:36 am
#145
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Florida
Programs: US CP, MR Gold, SPG Gold, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 441
A friend of mine received a somewhat similar offer through her employer. Though it wasn't comped status, it was more like a status challenge (plat pro through 1/30/17 if 20k EQMs and $3k EQDs in the next 90 days). She has a few international J flights booked in the next 90 days on AA metal so it shouldn't be difficult for her to meet the threshold.
However, in the fine print it says "bonus EQMs do not count towards elite status qualification." I'm assuming this means EQMs through credit card spend on the Barclays and Citi cards but is it possible this restriction also includes the 2x/3x EQMs on paid J and F tickets?
Go Gators
However, in the fine print it says "bonus EQMs do not count towards elite status qualification." I'm assuming this means EQMs through credit card spend on the Barclays and Citi cards but is it possible this restriction also includes the 2x/3x EQMs on paid J and F tickets?
Go Gators
Jun 12, 2017, 6:50 pm
#146
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: at 35,000 feet
Programs: WN A-List; Hyatt Glob: CC/HH Gold, Hertz 5*
Posts: 1,473
Free Gold status offer (Targeted)
A family member got an invitation for free gold status on American:
aa.com/getgold (need promotion code from flyer)
Modest flying last year, maybe 3 or 4 trips on AA, had offer to buy up to Gold earlier this year and now this card in the mail after booking the first trip of the year on American. Or was it because of the recent AS sign-up and having that # in the reservation?
aa.com/getgold (need promotion code from flyer)
Modest flying last year, maybe 3 or 4 trips on AA, had offer to buy up to Gold earlier this year and now this card in the mail after booking the first trip of the year on American. Or was it because of the recent AS sign-up and having that # in the reservation?
Jun 12, 2017, 7:01 pm
#147
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: TX
Programs: AA: EXP MR: Ti
Posts: 495
Jun 12, 2017, 7:11 pm
#148
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: at 35,000 feet
Programs: WN A-List; Hyatt Glob: CC/HH Gold, Hertz 5*
Posts: 1,473
Jun 12, 2017, 8:01 pm
#149
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: BOS
Posts: 12
My wife had 0 EQM/0 EQM, but two trips booked. She was gifted PLT (and already cleared a PHL-LAX flight).
I had 18k EQM/$2k EQD and was offered gold through credit card spend alone ($6k by Aug 31).
My wife says I'm jealous (and she ain't lying).
I had 18k EQM/$2k EQD and was offered gold through credit card spend alone ($6k by Aug 31).
Step 1. Enroll in this special offer by July 31, 2017.*
Step 2. Use your Citi® / AAdvantage® card(s) to spend a net of $6,000 in purchases from date of enrollment through August 31, 2017.
Step 2. Use your Citi® / AAdvantage® card(s) to spend a net of $6,000 in purchases from date of enrollment through August 31, 2017.
Jun 12, 2017, 8:08 pm
#150
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Platinum, SW A-List Pref, Marriott/SPG Gold, Uber
Posts: 23
No cost targeted fast track offer to non corporate employee received today. Target person has zero aa miles flown this year..
Reach American Airlines AAdvantage® elite status faster.
Earn the required Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) and Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) between the date you register and September 22, 2017, and you'll receive status through January 2019.
Elite status level EQMs needed EQDs needed
Gold 25,000 7,000 $3,000 $1,000
Platinum 50,000 12,500 $6,000 $2,000
Platinum Pro 75,000 20,000 $9,000 $3,000
Executive Platinum 100,000 35,000 $12,000 $4,000
Reach American Airlines AAdvantage® elite status faster.
Earn the required Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) and Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) between the date you register and September 22, 2017, and you'll receive status through January 2019.
Elite status level EQMs needed EQDs needed
Gold 25,000 7,000 $3,000 $1,000
Platinum 50,000 12,500 $6,000 $2,000
Platinum Pro 75,000 20,000 $9,000 $3,000
Executive Platinum 100,000 35,000 $12,000 $4,000