Originally Posted by
nickflies
I was going off the statement under Repeating a Challenge
"AA Challenges may not be repeated back to back from one year to the next - that is, you may not use a challenge to requalify. If you do not requalify within the year, you will be downgraded one level, either to gold or no status. At the end of the downgraded year, you may complete the challenge again to regain your original status. (This info provided by AAdvantage rep on 10/10/2006.)" Emphasis mine.
As you have probably noticed, there is no requirement that one must be without status.
Originally Posted by
nickflies
So, theoretically, if you qualify for GLD again via standard methods during your 'soft landing' period, then you could start a PLT challenge during the next qualification year?
Yes, at this point, as I understand it, that would be possible.