Originally Posted by
tom911
That was the case a few years ago ( I was comped from UA), but the only reports on the AA forum these days tend to be from FTers that are comped in via their corporate travel agent. Everyone else seems to be offered a "challenge".
This always sucks, although when I called them a few months ago they said they do it a couple times a year. Has anyone managed calling and getting an exception to the challenge, or advanced status along with a challenge, recently?