Originally Posted by
whisperjetL1011
First time post
Looks like I am on the other side of the loyalty equation. Recently completed what likely will be my last SWU upgraded flight. They were earned in 2022 just prior to retiring. Have had an Advantage account since 1984 and for the last 15 years was an EP or CK. But after March i moved down to Platinum status based on LP I earned flying in 2023/2024 (and what my 3.5m lifetime miles gives me as well). Don’t see any change to that in my future.
If you are retired and not flying that much, just choose the airline that you actually want to fly on, be it with cash or points. AA was always a good short term loyalty program, and never a great long term loyalty program.
AA has great short term rewards such as a better premium soft product (ie. CK treatments; award flights), but the tradeoff was a non competitive million miler program.
Looking back, do you wish you would have credited towards UA or DL instead? 500k away from having you and your spouse be both GS. You would have made lifetime Diamond with their new program change. Then again, maybe AA will turn around and make your lifetime Platinum to PPRO when they finally revamp their million miler program.