Originally Posted by
Rolando Heffers
...Just one question: I assume that once you reach Lifetime Plat with AA, then any year when you qualify for Plat Exec, you go up to Plat Exec for the relevant year, and then down to Plat again for the rest, right ? ...
That's right. Lifetime status means "no less than," not "always exactly." You'll be Platinum in the second year for two or three reasons - lifetime status, AA's "soft landing" policy of dropping people no more than one level per year, and perhaps because you flew enough - but still just Platinum.