Buy-up question
Feb 11, 2011, 6:37 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: AA Executive Platinum; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,662
Buy-up question
I am CP and my wife is GP. If I buy her up to CP today ($1299), will I get the upgrade certs immediately deposited in her account or will I have to wait until 01Mar? I see some flights to Europe that I might want to book now (with low first availability) but I want to make sure I can get the upgrade processed today. Thanks.
I called the CP desk for the answer and they said she would have to wait until after the 15Feb mailing but that does not sound correct to me.
I called the CP desk for the answer and they said she would have to wait until after the 15Feb mailing but that does not sound correct to me.
Feb 11, 2011, 8:09 am
#2
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: AVL
Programs: AA EXP ; Cunard Plat
Posts: 4,211
Your best bet is to email the CP Desk (they reply promptly, as you know), so that you'd have something in writing before you plunk down the bucks. Hopefully the cert upgrade opportunity would still be there in a few days (but you can still check before you buy up)....
I know a buy-up in calendar year 2010 would get immediate "courtesy" certs deposited in your account, and logically it would be so up to the end of Feb 2011. However, it's a new calendar year, the computer may not be programmed to issue the certs until Mar 1, etc and I'd rather have guidance in writing in case things don't go right.
Best wishes.
I know a buy-up in calendar year 2010 would get immediate "courtesy" certs deposited in your account, and logically it would be so up to the end of Feb 2011. However, it's a new calendar year, the computer may not be programmed to issue the certs until Mar 1, etc and I'd rather have guidance in writing in case things don't go right.
Best wishes.
Feb 11, 2011, 10:00 am
#3
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Washington DC
Programs: AA Plat
Posts: 1,304
Personally, I'd just give it a shot and see. I think the agent's reaction was a knee-jerk. I concur with Kudzu about the fact that it was immediate in the middle of a calendar year in the past. You can always re-work your travel after Mar 1 if the seats are gone. Alternatively if you're sitting on enough miles you could book it as an award, refund later and re-book as revenue.
Feb 11, 2011, 10:03 am
#4
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Miami, Nice
Programs: Marriott Titanium, AA Concierge Key, Delta, United, Emorates, and others
Posts: 4,694
It worked instantly for me last year, and I suspect it might for you now. The CP dek last year told me it would not happen immediately too, but it did. I agree you won't know in advance...
Feb 11, 2011, 12:05 pm
#5
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: TPA, FL
Programs: United Gold, Hilton Diamond,Marriott Gold
Posts: 482
So if I have 0 Dividend miles now and I pay the $3720 to upgrade to CP that's it? That works out to about 3 cents a mile. Am I seeing this right?
Feb 11, 2011, 12:47 pm
#7
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: TPA, FL
Programs: United Gold, Hilton Diamond,Marriott Gold
Posts: 482
$3999, which includes the excise tax, and valid through Feb 2012. Yes, that's it.
Remember that you're buying status, and not Miles - you don't get the 100k Miles in your account.
Remember that you're buying status, and not Miles - you don't get the 100k Miles in your account.
Feb 11, 2011, 4:45 pm
#8
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MCO
Programs: US PP, HH Gold
Posts: 22
As mentioned it is $3999 to buy up to CP from zero. However, if you can get yourself just one PQM that price drops to $2999 for those needing 75,000-99,999 miles to move up. But again you are not buying the miles just the status.