Originally Posted by
micned
Yes, I was talking about lifetime gold/platinum. I know that redeemable miles from credit cards or anywhere else no longer count, but I couldn't find it explicitly stated whether EQM miles from credit cards count. Thanks for the response.
EQM from credit cards (Aviator and Citi AAdvantage Executive) are in essence "phantom miles" that are counters used for status determinations (a bit like EQP and how they work) but once that's done they're vapor - they don't become MM, and iirc they don't even become redeemable miles.