• Does AA offer lifetime or Million Miler status?
Yes, AA offers lifetime ‘Million Miler’ GLD status at 1 million miles and lifetime PLT status at 2 million miles from all sources. At 1 million miles, members also receive 35,000 AAdvantage miles. At each million mile increment thereafter, members receive four additional systemwide upgrades. There is no lifetime EXP status. The required miles may be accumulated over any period of time and do not need to be accumulated in a single year. Note that lifetime status does not give a ‘head-start’ on achieving the next higher elite level annually.
In the previous, unpublished lifetime status program, miles from all sources (flying and non-flying) counted toward lifetime status qualification. However,
as of December 1, 2011, only base flight miles on AA and other AAdvantage participating airlines count toward million miler status. Except for a 13-month exception for Citi Executive AAdvantage World Elite card holders as of December 1, 2011, no other miles count toward lifetime status (
e.g., miles from elite minimums, bonuses, promotions, credit cards, dining, shopping, banking, hotels, rental cars, etc.). During the previous program, U.S.-based members reaching 1 million miles received eight 500-mile electronic / sticker upgrades while non U.S.-based members received 4 systemwide upgrades, instead of the 35,000 AAdvantage miles that all members now receive at that milestone.
These mileage earning changes are NOT retroactive, and Program-to-Date mileage balances as of November 30, 2011 were carried forward to the new Million Miler Balance without change. Members who already attained a lifetime status level retained that status.
Wiki:
Lifetime Status
AA.com:
Million Miler Program |
Citi Executive / AAdvantage World Elite MasterCard
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AAdvantage Million Miler Program Changes (Dec 1, 2011)
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AA Citi Executive / AAdvantage World Elite MasterCard
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AAdvantage Million Miler benefits
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Just made Lifetime Gold / Platinum with NEW Million Miler Program! (as of Dec 1, 2011)
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Just made Lifetime Gold / Platinum (previous program)
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Purported Lifetime EXPs