My first post. Love this forum. I am suddenly within sight (realitivly speaking) of ExPlt on AA. I have 71K miles. Am I too late to the game. The month is half over. Any advice? Budget is $1500ish max and ORD is my home airport.

Caveats: I can't spend $40k on the Citi card in time for the 10k. And I can't be gone for Xmas day. Otherwise I'm open and don't mind a grind if worth it value wise. And I'm of course signed up for the double mile promotion.