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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 5:09 pm
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Originally Posted by arollins
$1000 Gets you no status at most airlines. At the very least, on super discounted fares, you might get the lowest tier status, most of the low tier benefits can be achieved by having the airline credit card as mentioned by the previous posters.
You can make it to Platinum on AA (without the challenge) with some clever routings taking you to 4 continents, 50k miles and costing about $950. More of a trick-it stuff though.
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