Originally Posted by
Jonesdds
Thats interesting because their agent told me the rolling 12 mo spend total is when purchased, not flown. I even confirmed with him again because I didn’t believe it.
That's nonsense and just an agent getting words mixed up or having no idea what they're talking about.
Other than for ticket validity purposes, the date of purchase has no bearing on anything, be it with Business Extra or AAdvantage. Business Extra doesn't know that you've spent $X until you take the flight and the flight credits to your account. The date you buy the ticket is irrelevant.
Otherwise anyone could buy a ticket today for some date in the future, get credit for it, then cancel it.