Originally Posted by
JetAway
No surprise. USAir did this every year. You could even buy Chairman-the top tier straight up.
It's free money for AA.
United and American let you "buy" CK and GS for $50,000.00. It is not quite free money for them but you are having to purchase upfront a class of service which is much more lucrative for them (CK; GS) or fly a lot (>>100k GS).