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Old Dec 13, 2014 | 2:55 am
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mvoight
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Originally Posted by ben78
Yeah, I pretty much got confirmation from an AAdvantage customer service agent that they're not doing courtesy bumps anymore when I called to ask if I should route myself from BOS-DCA via LGA to get the extra 500 miles and avoid being 334 miles short. They said flat out if I didn't add that extra segment I'd be paying $1199 to renew my EXP status.

Hmm. $1199 to bump up vs $23 and an extra 2 hours of travel time to just get the miles...
Is it $1199 no matter how many miles you are missing?
That sounds like a great deal for many people.
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