Originally Posted by
anabolism
Yes, it was serious -- I didn't know what you meant by it (hadn't heard the term before). I'm still not sure I understand -- do you mean that some OW members don't properly upgrade their members' accounts and/or send out elite cards?
Yes, welcome to the world of LAN. I upped a tier in July last year, they finally reflected that in my account in October (actually a day after I ran out of upgrade coupons and flew back from Peru) and I received my "elite pack" whilst I was away for Christmas.
My guess is that if AA took 6 months to send out Platinum cards, there would be a riot on the AA forum.
November I flew BOG MIA DFW HNL LAX MIA BOG with AA and supposedly as a OW Sapphire. No seat selection for me because my status was not recognised by AA in that system, although they did have status "somewhere" in the system because they manually stamped my BP for priority access.
Re the miles I am waiting for, it simply sucks. It's looking like extending out to the full 90 days. How? I emailed AA myself and they got back to me within 1 day. Worth noting that had I flown those AA segments in Oct, Nov or Dec then they would slip into a different qualifying year so it is quite possible to fly the miles necessary to requalify in one year and a chunk of the miles count for the next year.
I will qualify for OW Emerald in August, on LAN so there should be no partner miles issues. But let's see if their fulfilment dept has upped the stakes and manages to send a card out this time.