When did you cross the threshold? I crossed mine on Jan 27th (dine Jan 27, miles posted Feb 3) and the bonus miles still haven't posted. (Mind you, they had to manually register me for this promo, so I may have to call.)
Today I received 204 miles for a dine on Feb. 4. The $40.81 I spent that day put me over the $150 limit needed in order to earn the 2000 bonus miles and it also was the last dine I needed to earn the 500 bonus miles as part of the 4 dines of $25 or more.
Call RN and ask what happened. I hope that helps. Good luck!
Bonuses now post much slower than they used to. I find that the bonus posts approx 10 days after the dine posts. That seems to accord with what OJ states above.
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Originally Posted by margarita girl
When did you cross the threshold? I crossed mine on Jan 27th (dine Jan 27, miles posted Feb 3) and the bonus miles still haven't posted. (Mind you, they had to manually register me for this promo, so I may have to call.)
I would give them a call. I crossed the threshold on 1/31 & the bonus miles posted on 2/10.
Does anyone know if they look at dines retroactively without it being requested? My 4th fast track dine wasn't posted until after I emailed a copy of the receipt. I had 2 dines after that, both of which were paid at 3 pts per $$ because I wasn't moved up to VIP right away.
I also didn't know about the 500 bonus miles for spending over $150 if you're AA elite, so I'll be on the lookout for those miles from January.
I would give them a call. I crossed the threshold on 1/31 & the bonus miles posted on 2/10.
Does anyone know if they look at dines retroactively without it being requested? My 4th fast track dine wasn't posted until after I emailed a copy of the receipt. I had 2 dines after that, both of which were paid at 3 pts per $$ because I wasn't moved up to VIP right away.
I also didn't know about the 500 bonus miles for spending over $150 if you're AA elite, so I'll be on the lookout for those miles from January.
The 500 miles was not for spending over $150. The 500 miles was for VIP Fast Track. To earn the Fast Track you have to spend at least $25 on four different dines.
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The 500 miles was not for spending over $150. The 500 miles was for VIP Fast Track. To earn the Fast Track you have to spend at least $25 on four different dines.
Good luck!
Thanks Open Jaw...yes, I did receive those points. The other points are a benefit of being an AAdvantage Elite member, which I had no clue until I was looking at the website today:
"Earn 500 bonus miles every month that you spend $150 or more at any of the thousands of restaurants nationwide that participate in the AAdvantage Dining program. A one-time bonus registration is required."
I clicked the link but it didn't give me any information about registering - just that if you are already have an AAdvantage Dining login you're automatically eligible for the bonus.
I should give them a call since I am full of questions!
When did you cross the threshold? I crossed mine on Jan 27th (dine Jan 27, miles posted Feb 3) and the bonus miles still haven't posted. (Mind you, they had to manually register me for this promo, so I may have to call.)
Maybe it's a Canadian thing. I haven't got my 500 mile bonus either. My 4th dine over $25CAD was Jan 25, paid Feb 2.
Thanks Open Jaw...yes, I did receive those points. The other points are a benefit of being an AAdvantage Elite member, which I had no clue until I was looking at the website today:
"Earn 500 bonus miles every month that you spend $150 or more at any of the thousands of restaurants nationwide that participate in the AAdvantage Dining program. A one-time bonus registration is required."
I clicked the link but it didn't give me any information about registering - just that if you are already have an AAdvantage Dining login you're automatically eligible for the bonus.
I should give them a call since I am full of questions!
When did you cross the threshold? I crossed mine on Jan 27th (dine Jan 27, miles posted Feb 3) and the bonus miles still haven't posted. (Mind you, they had to manually register me for this promo, so I may have to call.)
I crossed the VIP Fast Track 4x$25 threshold on 2/2/09 and received the 500 mi bonus in the next weekly sweep on 2/10/09.
Not going to make the $400 'Exclusive' threshold, though.
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Maybe it's a Canadian thing. I haven't got my 500 mile bonus either. My 4th dine over $25CAD was Jan 25, paid Feb 2.
Actually, I did get the 500 mile VIP fast track bonus on Jan 27th. Interestingly it says I need 4 more dines to reach VIP status. I don't really care since I am already VIP and I will definitely have VIP status again before the end of the year!
What's missing is my 2000 mile bonus for spending $150. I was told that these 2 bonuses would be concurrent for me.
I finished my 4 x $25 bonus in Jan and had the 500 bonus miles post during this week's Tuesday posts.
I'm short about $30 bucks of hitting the "$150 for 2000 miles" bonus...hope to get that knocked out this week or next week.
And I'm still waiting for the Jan AA Elite 500 mile bonus to post. (I did go over $150 last month, but I signed up for the "$150 for 2000 miles" bonus after I already had a few dines in Jan.)
OK -- Here is my take on both the AA dining Fast Track and VIP bonuses.
They are combinable -- However, if you signed up for the Fast track prior to the VIP bonus and had a dine before registering for the VIP bonus (which is understandable as the VIP bonus, I think was announced on 1/5/09 and the Fast Track on 1/1/09) then the dine(s) you had prior to your registration for the VIP bonus likely will not count for both bonuses.
I am fairly certain of this as my spouse crossed the threshold for her VIP bonus before I expected her to do so -- she still would have had to have another dine of $50.00, if they were not combinable.
In addition, from what I have seen from the other RN dining programs that I am heavily invested in, most permit the elite diners -- with bonuses, when they are present -- a return of 10 miles to the $1.00.
That is the return I currently receive from United.
I received a 1,500 bonus miles for $400 spend from AA for my VIP bonus. I thought that paltry -- and still do.
However, if all my dines in AA had occurred after registering for both bonuses -- sadly they do not -- then my net return from both bonuses and my elite status for a $400 spend would have yielded 10 miles/$1.00 =
1). 2000 elite miles due to $400 X 5 miles/$1.00;
2). 500 bonus miles due to the Fast Track bonus (assuming you broke it down into a $25 mile dine the first of four times);
3). 1,500 bonus miles for a $400 spend
Since I had one $25 dine prior to registering for my VIP bonus, I calculate that the other $75 in dines I had accumulated since should also count towards my VIP bonus. This is enough for me to now decide to shoot for my AA bonus, for although it will be less than 10 miles/$1.00 I normally am accustomed to, it still should be doable for me with Valentine's Day coming up and the month still young.
I hope my analysis, if correct, will help others in deciding whether or not to shoot for their VIP bonus.
OK, this did work for me. I was credited with $75 in dines that I was able to apply to both bonuses, as I had suspected. Although as of this date the IDINE site does not list the bonus for me, AA.com, does, having awarded me 1,500 miles. So it works for me and both bonuses should be combinable for you, as outlined above.
