<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ermdjdsj:
[BORAXO wrote:}
"AA offers gold for $395 and plat for $595 if you previously qualified. . . ."
I'm confused. If you can requalify by just paying these amounts on AA, why are there still AA elites doing MRs to maintain status? Seems the MRs would cost as much, AND you'd have to fly!</font>
Well, I paid almost that much for a F MR ticket this past weekend. I could have gone much further for the dollars I spent, but a big factor in being able to do a MR run was being away from home for as short a time as possible.
But, in addition to my Plat status [which I would not have qualified for under the offer anyway], I also received just over 11,000 miles AND 4 500-mile upgrade stickers. And the total cost was a little less than $595, even with parking.
And since the purchased status is a one-time only offer (or so they say now), I may have the opportunity to use that option in the future (if I need to and they offer it.)