Originally Posted by
lucky9876coins
AA Gold is 25K while BMI is 35K, so I would have thought they only match AA Plat and up ?
Correct, but I've seen BD silver given to AA Gold.
In reality it's not 25k/35k (38k actually). To get BD Gold comped you're bypassing the 57k it would take to earn from scratch, so an AA Gold / BD Gold match both in alliance status and miles required are way off.