Originally Posted by brahms77

1. Correct, only the BIS miles count and as long as the fare credits 100%, you are all set.

2. This is exactly the reason why I am starting my trial in January (though, I had signed up this month). I plan on flying about 60K miles between Jan and Feb so this will get me CP until Feb 2016 and I will have guaranteed AA PLAT until Feb 2017.