Originally Posted by st_cmcintyre

I applied for and received my card in August, changing my status from nothing to Gold.

Flew DFW-BOS-DFW in September and did not receive 25% bonus or miles towards upgrades for any flights. I did not try to submit upgrade requests. I guess AA recognizes me as GLD Lite.

Interesting side note:
DFW-BOS - my BP had Priority Access and did not have AA GOLD printed on it, SO had Priority Access printed on BP
BOS-DFW - my BP had Priority Access and did have AA GOLD printed on it, SO had no Priority Access and Group 4 on BP