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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 1:51 am
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carruthers
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: England
Programs: AA EXP, HH Dia
Posts: 58
Originally Posted by Boraxo
Yes.

Your credit card miles do not earn EQMs (elite qualifying miles) so you still need to fly 25K EQMs for Gold status. AA only counts actual flight miles (and class-of-service bonuses) towards qualifying for annual status, hence the acronym EQM.

However, your credit card miles DO count towards the 1M lifetime miles needed for lifetime AA Gold status. AA counts ALL miles earned in your account towards the lifetime status, no matter how you earned them.

I now understand. Thanks
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