Originally Posted by
silverthief2
Correct. The promotion's lower thresholds are enticements to go for a higher status than what was initially offered, but based on who AA has targeted it doesn't seem likely that many will.
I don't know about that. My Gold email didn't have any offer for earning higher status. It just said "Keep your status through January 31, 2020, by earning:
$850 Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) and
7,000 Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs)" So if I earn 12,500 EQM I have no idea if I'll be given Plat or not.