swthomas

I am LT Titanium on Bonvoy and LT PLT on AA (6.6 million miles to date). After 40 years of business travel, I’ve retired and travel for pleasure now. AA EXP since it started except for 1 or 2 years.

I still chase the systemwide upgrades on AA to get lower cost business class flights e.g., I had a $700 RT each for both myself and wife from DFW - BCN earlier this year.

I put all the expenses I can on my 2 AA (Citi and Barclays silver) cards (plus Citi AA business card for my LLC) and pay off every month to avoid interest, so the change to $ has helped me retain status as I fly less than I used to.

Having said that I too am debating when to stop the chase for EXP status. As long as I travel intl for pleasure the pursuit will continue I guess.