Originally Posted by
MarkY123
Qualification and membership year period
The status qualification year starts on March 1 and runs through the last day of February.
- For example, in 2023, your counter will restart on March 1, 2023, and run through February 29, 2024.
- The membership year (when your status is valid) takes effect the date you qualify, or April 1 (whichever comes first) and will be valid through March 31.
Purchases made with your AAdvantageŽ credit card will count based on the date the activity posts to your AAdvantageŽ account. All other flight and partner transactions will count based on the activity date of the flight or other transaction.
I was also thinking of the same thing. The wording here is very unclear.
I think the correct interpretation is that the April 1 of membership year refers to the same year as the February in the status qualification year. And the end of the membership year is on March 31 of the subsequent year.
So status qualification year starts on March 1 (of year 1) and runs through the last day of February (year 2)
Membership year takes effect the date you qualify (any time from year 1 to February 29 of year 2) or by April 1 (late credits?) of year 2 and valid until March 31 of year 3.