Originally Posted by CApreppie
You may also want to look at signing up for the elite Gold and/or Plat challenges that AA unofficially offers. You'll get the reduced points needed for elite status quickly since you will be buying F. 10K for Plat and 5K for gold.
I'm pretty sure Gold Challenge wouldn't work here, as I don't believe you can do it to maintain status. However, if they were planning on flying the 10,000 Q-miles in 90 days, they could do the Plat Challenge...