Originally Posted by
trueTTU
Got bumped down to Gold status this time around and tried to enroll in a Platinum Challenge now that my travel is picking back up. Anyone hear of AA not allowing people to enroll in challenges in back-to-back years?
I have called 3 times talking to 3 different agents. They all have said the same thing. Has anyone else run into this problem and what's a way around it?
Yes, those are the rules and rightfully so. If you read the email you got when you challenged (which is in the Challenge sticky above), it said:
A Challenge is intended for members who are in a hurry to get to the elite level they desire. Think of it as a shortcut to the status you would probably earn on your own during the normal 12-month qualification period. If you meet your Challenge goal, then you will be expected to requalify the following year by meeting the normal criteria. We know you can do it.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=702660
If your travel is picking up, you should re-qualify for Platinum soon. Until then, you should be quite happy with your Gold status, which is basically a gift seeing as you appear to have qualified by Challenge last year and been soft-landed into Gold.