Status at time of booking vs no status at flight time
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 60
Status at time of booking vs no status at flight time
Booked a flight on AA for an AS flight and it shows "waitlisted" for first due to my AA Platinum status.
My status expires at the end of the month. Will Alaska refresh my status before my flight departs in a few months?
Thanks!
My status expires at the end of the month. Will Alaska refresh my status before my flight departs in a few months?
Thanks!
#2
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Bali, Indonesia
Programs: AA, DL, AK, UN, CN
Posts: 891
The minute I lost my Marriott Titanium, I also lost the corresponding United Silver. Hoping for the best for you but unless there's a glitch, you'll fall off the list when you lose your status.
#3
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Ambassador, Hilton Gold
Posts: 6,629
My partner was AS MVPG75K in 2022 but dropped to Member at the start of 2023. Last fall, I booked 2 international J return itineraries and 1 PE one-way to/from Europe, from AA, on a mix of AA & BA with prime & codeshare flight numbers.
The PE flights, upgraded with an SWU, both became BA prime flight numbers.
In all cases, he had OWE status on the itineraries when flown.
It appears that AA does not refresh Elite status once the PNR is booked; at least with AS FF#s
James
Last edited by Flying for Fun; Mar 19, 23 at 12:06 am
#4
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
Programs: UA 1MM, AS MVP, Bonvoyed Gold, Honors Dia, IHG Plat, ...
Posts: 12,936
I was 75k last year, but dropped to MVP. I had booked a companion fare last fall. The trip was in Feb after my fall from grace. The AS website continued to show “waitlisted for First” and we both appeared on the waitlist and actually cleared on one segment. As you may know, MVPs are not eligible to bring a companion into first class, so it seems the AS system never updated my status for upgrade purposes (but I did earn miles based on MVP status).