Originally Posted by
NC_Girl
Happy, I will indeed spend some time reading up on AA's policies. I have to say that the sheer volume of information here is a bit overwhelming.
I appreciate that it must be very trying to answer yet another newbies questions that are probably out there if we simply knew where to look. Thanks for taking the time to point me in the right direction.
Actually the STICKY in AA Forum is very nicely prepared, with plain language and links to the aa website for each topic discussed, as well as real life experiences posted by other FTers. It is one of the best-prepared STICKIES in FT site thanks to some enthusiastic AA elites.
May be it is just me, I prefer to understand the fundamentals of each program instead of bits this bits that, and in the meantime misunderstand many important aspects, such as you were thinking credit card miles would help you achieve elite status...
To give you another perspective, for the 100,000 miles flown to earn EXP, I mentioned it would be 20 Transcon trips from east coast to west coast and back, or may be 13 - 14 TransAtlantic trips from east coast to Europe, or 8 TransPacific trips from east coast to Asia.
Are you prepared to fly these many miles, in coach, in this year by December so you would qualify for EXP?