Originally Posted by
kajukenbo
I'm curious if we'll also see changes to credit card benefits. They've already pushed for folks to spend $30k to waive EQD for Platinum Pro. Even with that, I think EQM is difficult, especially for folks that primarily fly internationally. It'll be interesting how they try to add additional incentives to CC spend.
I understand overall AA wants to make money. The whole point of their affinity program is to get folks to spend money with AA, but I still think they've made the requirements too difficult for most customers that it isn't even worth trying. Do they want to lose existing customers? Especially when there is very little cost to extending status/SWUs for folks that aren't flying.
My god. Everything doesn't have to be a giveaway. AA has already 1) waived the EQD spend for those who hit $30,0000 in spend (on top of allowing for upwards of 20,000 EQMs based on total spend) 2) reduced the EQM requirements to 60,000 for PPro, and 3) allowed you to roll in your EQMs from Q4 2020. How much more do they need to do???
I will hit PPro this year - with what will likely be less than $2,000 in actual spend on tickets this year....