Originally Posted by
Flyertalker1
VFTW reporting that bonus categories will apply to lifetime miles.
No, it doesn’t. The article explicitly says they won’t.
- Earn rate. The offer says you earn 1 million mile status mile per dollar spent, however where you earn more than 1 mile per dollar for your spending, you earn more than 1 million miler mile too. So when you spend on American Airlines tickets, you earn at a rate greater than $1 = 1 mile.
- New card initial bonus offers do not count. So while there are generous bonus offers available for new AAdvantage cards, those up front bonus offers won’t help you gain million mile status quickly.
- Other promotional bonus offers do not count either, for instance Citi is currently offering bonus points for online purchases, only the base earning would count and not the bonus.
- Statement close dates, not spending dates, matter. Miles reported and posted to a member’s account between May and December will count towards this offer. So purchases made in April but reported in May will count, while purchases in December that are part of a statement closing and reporting in January will not count.