Originally Posted by
janetdoe
Did you already spend the dollar that put you over $25k? When and how did it post? That would be the first data point.
There's also bound to be a little bit of strategy here, since EQD contribute to your upgrade priority, and they are rolling 365-day totals.
Fantastic question! Ok, I looked everything up to get the datapoints. Here they are for what they are worth for anyone else trying to time things out and of course YMMV.
1/14 Spent 20,000th dollar
1/16 Transaction posted for 20k dollar
2/3 5K EQM post on AA
2/15 Statement closes and award miles post to AA
5/17 Spent 25,000th dollar
5/18 Transaction posted for 25k dollar
6/8 3k EQD post to AA
6/15 statement closes and award miles post to AA
8/29 Spent 40,000th dollar
8/30 Transaction posted for 40k dollar
9/8 5k EQM post to AA
9/15 statement closes and award miles post to AA