Here's a question on upgrades. I know the pecking order is by FF status level and then the first divider within a given status level is your rolling 12 month EQD spend. My question is what does AA view as view your EQD spend? I know you can get $3000 or even $6000 in EQD spend credit by hitting certain spend levels with the Barclays cards (at least with the silver card). So, if you spent $4100 in a 12 month period on AA flights and you happened to have spent $30,000 in credit card (yielding you a $3,000 EQD credit), does the upgrade queue and system view your EQD as being $4,100 or $7,100?

In other words does AA system know your butt in seat EQD is $4,100 or $7,100?