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Lifetime Gold / Platinum with NEW Million Miler Program!
(or crossed another million mile threshold- program since 01 Dec 2011)
Congratulations to our new Lifetime Gold and Platinum members!
AAdvantageŽ Million MilerSM program, a summary:
. . . As of 1 Dec 2011, base miles earned by flying on AA, its affiliate carriers* or any eligible AAdvantage program participating airline will count towards Million Miler status. (Mileage minimum guarantees do not count, nor do class of service, etc. bonus miles.)
. . . Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantageŽ World Elite MasterCardŽ credit card account holders spending $40,000 in one calendar year will earn 10,000 EQ Miles*.
. . .
AAdvantage Members will enjoy the following benefits when Million Miler status is reached:
. . . At one million (1,000,000) Million Miler miles, AAdvantage members will receive lifetime AAdvantage GoldŽ status and 35,000 AAdvantage bonus miles**
. . . At two million (2,000,000) Million Miler miles, AAdvantage members will receive lifetime AAdvantage PlatinumŽ status and four (4) one-way systemwide upgrades
. . . At each additional Million Miler mark, AAdvantage members will receive four (4) additional one-way systemwide upgrades. (No additional status is earned.)
. . . All members' beginning Million Miler balance on 1 Dec 2011 included every AAdvantage mile ever earned in the program.
. . . As of 1 Dec 2011, Million Miler activity is displayed in your AAdvantage account on AA.com separately from award miles.
*One mile for every dollar spent on eligible purchases using the new Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantageŽ World Elite MasterCardŽ credit card that posted to billing statements through December 2012 counted toward Million Miler status*. The Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantageŽ World Elite MasterCardŽ credit card account had to have been open and in good standing by December 1, 2011.
**American EagleŽ or the AmericanConnectionŽ
See How American AAdvantage Turned Its Back On Lifetime Elite Customers in 2017 by Gary Leff on May 17, 2017
The other active and archived threads discussing the American Airlines AAdvantage Million Miler Program are:
Wiki: AAdvantage Million Miler Program Launched on 1 Dec 2011.
ARCHIVE: Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum! million miles - brag etc. (ended 30 Nov 2011)
Million Miles / Million Miler Program ARCHIVE
(or crossed another million mile threshold- program since 01 Dec 2011)
Congratulations to our new Lifetime Gold and Platinum members!
AAdvantageŽ Million MilerSM program, a summary:
. . . As of 1 Dec 2011, base miles earned by flying on AA, its affiliate carriers* or any eligible AAdvantage program participating airline will count towards Million Miler status. (Mileage minimum guarantees do not count, nor do class of service, etc. bonus miles.)
. . . Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantageŽ World Elite MasterCardŽ credit card account holders spending $40,000 in one calendar year will earn 10,000 EQ Miles*.
. . .
AAdvantage Members will enjoy the following benefits when Million Miler status is reached:
. . . At one million (1,000,000) Million Miler miles, AAdvantage members will receive lifetime AAdvantage GoldŽ status and 35,000 AAdvantage bonus miles**
. . . At two million (2,000,000) Million Miler miles, AAdvantage members will receive lifetime AAdvantage PlatinumŽ status and four (4) one-way systemwide upgrades
. . . At each additional Million Miler mark, AAdvantage members will receive four (4) additional one-way systemwide upgrades. (No additional status is earned.)
. . . All members' beginning Million Miler balance on 1 Dec 2011 included every AAdvantage mile ever earned in the program.
. . . As of 1 Dec 2011, Million Miler activity is displayed in your AAdvantage account on AA.com separately from award miles.
*One mile for every dollar spent on eligible purchases using the new Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantageŽ World Elite MasterCardŽ credit card that posted to billing statements through December 2012 counted toward Million Miler status*. The Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantageŽ World Elite MasterCardŽ credit card account had to have been open and in good standing by December 1, 2011.
**American EagleŽ or the AmericanConnectionŽ
See How American AAdvantage Turned Its Back On Lifetime Elite Customers in 2017 by Gary Leff on May 17, 2017
The other active and archived threads discussing the American Airlines AAdvantage Million Miler Program are:
Wiki: AAdvantage Million Miler Program Launched on 1 Dec 2011.
ARCHIVE: Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum! million miles - brag etc. (ended 30 Nov 2011)
Million Miles / Million Miler Program ARCHIVE
Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum with NEW Million Miler Program! (>1 Dec 2011)
Dec 4, 2011, 9:36 pm
#1
Moderator: American AAdvantage
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum with NEW Million Miler Program! (>1 Dec 2011)
This new thread provides a place for those who have gained American Airlines AAdvantageŽ new Million Miler status under the new program as described below to share, shout and brag. (Members will undoubtedly be making the status on the basis of base miles combined with the Million Miler status recorded when the program changed, as well as miles earned through spending with Citi Executive(SM) / AAdvantageŽ World Elite(TM) MasterCardŽ credit card through December 2012, for some time to come.)
The previous thread, which covers those who earned lifetime status under the old, pre-1 Dec 2011 undocumented million miler - lifetime status program, is Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum! 1 - 2 million miles - brag etc. (ended 30 Nov 2011).
For further details be sure to consult the thread mentioned above; if you have crossed a Million Miler threshold as of 1 Dec 2011, jump up on your virtual soap box and tell us about it here.
The previous thread, which covers those who earned lifetime status under the old, pre-1 Dec 2011 undocumented million miler - lifetime status program, is Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum! 1 - 2 million miles - brag etc. (ended 30 Nov 2011).
For further details be sure to consult the thread mentioned above; if you have crossed a Million Miler threshold as of 1 Dec 2011, jump up on your virtual soap box and tell us about it here.
Last edited by JDiver; Apr 9, 2014 at 9:10 pm
Dec 10, 2011, 2:20 pm
#3
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: west of DFW airport
Programs: AA LT Gold 1.9 MM flying my way to LT PLAT
Posts: 11,074
Thanks JDiver, but I'm really sorry to see 'my' old thread go into history.
Good luck to all on the new hunt for status!
I have about 30 RT's to go to get lifetime PLAT. Not impossible and should take 2+ years.
Good luck to all on the new hunt for status!
I have about 30 RT's to go to get lifetime PLAT. Not impossible and should take 2+ years.
Dec 10, 2011, 3:38 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: DFW, 3.5 MM, AA EXP, LIFETIME PLATINUM, MARRIOTT LIFETIME PLATINUM, STARWOOD AMBASSADOR 223 NIGHTS, AND LIFETIME GOLD, HILTON DIAMOND, NATIONAL EXECUTIVE ELITE
Posts: 5,847
Dec 10, 2011, 4:55 pm
#6
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SJC
Programs: AA EXP, BA Silver, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 33,533
Dec 10, 2011, 5:37 pm
#7
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: SJC/SFO & ORD
Programs: LT Gold/BA Executive Club/AS MP/Marriott
Posts: 1,646
What's going to be interesting is not people who cross some million mile threshold from say 1.99 million to 2 million but from say 1.00 million to 2.00 million, etc. I don't think there will be as many as there used to be (obviously)....will be interesting to see how this thread pans out the next 3-5 years.
Dec 10, 2011, 5:58 pm
#8
Join Date: Aug 2008
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,714
What's going to be interesting is not people who cross some million mile threshold from say 1.99 million to 2 million but from say 1.00 million to 2.00 million, etc. I don't think there will be as many as there used to be (obviously)....will be interesting to see how this thread pans out the next 3-5 years.
Dec 10, 2011, 6:03 pm
#9
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
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What's going to be interesting is not people who cross some million mile threshold from say 1.99 million to 2 million but from say 1.00 million to 2.00 million, etc. I don't think there will be as many as there used to be (obviously)....will be interesting to see how this thread pans out the next 3-5 years.
Dec 10, 2011, 7:58 pm
#10
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: No. California
Programs: AA ExPlat 4mil miles, Hilton Gold
Posts: 270
Have been flying with mostly AA since 1985. Many years as Plat and for a few years now as Ex. Plat. Flying in front of the plane sure makes it much easier to travel all those miles.
Dec 11, 2011, 2:45 am
#11
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: PHL
Programs: AA EXP (1MM), Hyatt, Marriott Gold, HH Diamond
Posts: 396
Dec 11, 2011, 11:19 am
#12
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: SJC/SFO & ORD
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Indeed. Even someone flying a very solid, say, 150,000 miles BIS a year will take almost 7 years to advance from 1 million to 2 million. I'm at around 7600 myself (yes four digits, I'm very early in my flying lifetime), don't even want to think of how long it will take me to get to LT Gold!
1 million to 2 Million
Dec 11, 2011, 3:12 pm
#14
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: Delta DM 1MM, AA Plat 2 MM, Marriott Ambassador & LTP, JetBlue Mosaic 4, Hilton Gold, United Silver
Posts: 264
Finally - made 1M in 06 - and figured it would take me about 7-8 years to make to 2M - but I manage to accelerate quite a bit when I heard about the rules changes (230k from Bonus miles from 4 AA CC in last 8 months + 50k or so in purchased and 50k transferred from Starwood).
Was hoping to defer the SWUs until Jan 1 - but an unexpected mile bonus posted in Nov - and left me only 700 miles short - and my aa exec card miles pushed me u.
Million Miler Balance ** 2,000,421
Program to Date Miles 2,002,928
As of today
BTW - I still think my biggest unexpected boost was back in 02/03 ish when I was exchanging upgrades for 2500 miles per upgrade - was basically giving me the equivalent of triple miles. I Was sad when that ended - the current exchange rate sucks
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/1401367-post32.html
Was hoping to defer the SWUs until Jan 1 - but an unexpected mile bonus posted in Nov - and left me only 700 miles short - and my aa exec card miles pushed me u.
Million Miler Balance ** 2,000,421
Program to Date Miles 2,002,928
As of today
BTW - I still think my biggest unexpected boost was back in 02/03 ish when I was exchanging upgrades for 2500 miles per upgrade - was basically giving me the equivalent of triple miles. I Was sad when that ended - the current exchange rate sucks
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/1401367-post32.html
Dec 12, 2011, 1:26 pm
#15
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: DC Metro (WAS--DCA/IAD/BWI)
Programs: AA Plat 2MM, OW Sapphire, QF Bronze, Marriott Silver, Starwood Gold; National Emerald
Posts: 2,533
I only just crossed 400k BIS miles on all airlines, both paid and awards, two and a half years after I earned 2MM on the old rules.
I am very glad I pushed and earned the 2MM between Jan 2006 and May 2009.
Steve32
I am very glad I pushed and earned the 2MM between Jan 2006 and May 2009.
Steve32
Last edited by steve32; Dec 12, 2011 at 1:33 pm