Originally Posted by arlflyer

This might not be "high spend" by Flyertalk chest-thumping standards, but remember that AA media day stat? 87% of their customers fly once a year, and the other 13% represent 50% of AA's revenues. Assuming there's even a modest ramp-up from once a year to $7K, that would could put OP in the top 10% of AA revenue generators, which I think makes their contribution more than inconsequential in objective terms.