Originally Posted by
PresRDC
If the intent behind loyalty points is to reward spend vs miles flown, then why shouldn’t I receive loyalty points when I buy tickets for my family? I’m choosing to spend the money on AA vs a competitor and it’s my loyalty to AA that’s driving that decision. It just makes sense that I should get the loyalty points if I want them. Especially if we’re all flying under the same reservation.
In other words, give me the option to have the points flow to my account vs their accounts, earning what I’d earn if it were me flying. Hell, even if I’d earn at the basic AAdvantage earning level, I’d still feel as though AA is recognizing my decision to steer my family’s business to AA.
I have already predicted here that this will happen eventually.
Originally Posted by
js1993
Under this type of system, a huge percentage here would lose the status they get via employer-paid travel.
Absolutely. Law of unintended consequences and all that. Luckily I've been my own employer and employee for 20 years.
Originally Posted by
jtav559
But I think OP's idea has close to zero chance of materializing into actual AA policy.
Who would have believed last year that AA would make it possible to earn even the highest-level earnable status purely through shopping and hotel stays? I have nearly 140K LPs right now with no flying.