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Nov 25, 2022 | 1:36 pm

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Originally Posted by Catbert10

You're getting points from credit card spend. AA wants to make sure that spend over the holiday period counts for the year you spend it, not the next qualifying year, which would happen if the qualifying period starts 1/1.

Then that makes it a worse proposition for AA. Assuming that the award of LPs/RDMs has cost to AA, AA has an incentive to defer having to pay out on the benefit.

Most travel loyalty programs have a way to earn points from credit card spend. As far as I know, none bar AA have moved away from a 1/1-12/31 qualifying year.

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