waitingforsanity Welcome to FT
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waitingforsanity
Be kind, be gentle, I'm new.
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Reply: Racking up as many points as possible for personal use at a later date, and miles that do not expire.
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(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
Reply: AmericanAirlines per company and sometimes JetBlue.
Sign up for AAdavantage & US DM
now. US miles will become AA mile some time in the future. I am unsure how long AA have for retro credit, but US has/did allow retro credit up to 6 months before you joined. See post 2 and start
claiming retro credit of flights already taken. Many airline ffp's require you to a member at the date of the flight.
Also look at the links in post 1 for the AA challenge: a fast way to status. Probably worth the ~$200 fee for you.
AA miles do not expire if you have eligible activity in 18 months. With AA and living in the USA this is easy even if you do not fly. 18 months no expiry is very common with ffp. Some have 36 months. And then some ffp's have a hard miles expiry, where your miles will expire in 3 years, no matter how often you fly. AA does not have hard expiry.