Originally Posted by
lairdb
I have; my personal challenge is my flying may not be enough for legit every-year AS status — but I have AA Life Gold. I’d still rather accrue AS miles, since I also now avoid AA unless necessary.
Could be worth testing out for a year instead of playing this game of constantly swapping the FFN. You may find it easier to maintain status than you anticipated (e.g. award flights count toward status, credit card spend, etc.) and it's not clear to me how AS views people who do this repeatedly