Originally Posted by joe52
Probably not. AA seems to just offer challenges these days. People seem to have success doing the gold and plat challenges at the same time. The only real benefit is getting gold status for half (or less, depending on how long a flight you complte the gld challenge on) of the platinum challenge.
-joe
Some people have had success doing the Gold and Plat challenge at (nearly) the same time. But it's best to enroll for the Gold Challenge first, effective the 1st or the 16th of the month, and then after that challenge start date has passed, call to enroll into the Plat Challenge effective beginning the first 16th or 1st of the month that follows the start date for the Gold Challenge. The reason for trying it this way is that some AA Customer Service reps are saying that only one challenge is allowed and some AA CSRs are loathe to overrule another once a notation has been entered into the account. In any event, YMMV about the success or failure of a (near-)simultaneous Gold & Plat Challenge.