<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PsychoFreakGoalie:
If you decide to go with AA, you might also want to check the AA forum to see how easy it would be to get your status matched for the first year.</font>
AFAIK, AA will only match UA's status. For all the others they will offer the challenges for either Gold or Platinum. There is no challenge for Executive Platinum.
Challenges are based on qualifying points.
Discount economy = .5 per mile flown
Full fare economy = 1 point per
Buisness = 1.25 points per
First class = 1.5 points per
For Gold you need to get 5000 QP in a three month period
For Platinum you need 10000 QP in 3 months.
If the challenge is completed in the first half of the year, the status is good till February of the following year. If it's completed in the second half, you will retain the status till February of the year after next. You can only do the challenge to attain new status, not to renew old. One call to AA CS is all it takes to sign-up.