Public evidence of possible changes to Million Miler Program?
Apr 27, 2011, 10:11 pm
#557
Join Date: Aug 2008
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,714
Does anyone else's miles not reconcile on the "my account" page now that they've gone back to showing balances? I seem to be missing my *wood transfers, my purchased miles and a few miscellaneous miles here and there...they've also only deducted half of milage award I booked earlier today....
To be clear...my "Total Available Award Mileage" is correct but the info under "View My Miles" looks all wrong
To be clear...my "Total Available Award Mileage" is correct but the info under "View My Miles" looks all wrong
Last edited by Stripy; Apr 27, 2011 at 10:13 pm Reason: Clarification
Apr 27, 2011, 10:21 pm
#558
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DFW/DAL
Programs: AA 1MM Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 1,524
Just a matter of time until they re-release this code in full working order.
bahahaha, nice one. Using that at work tomorrow!
Just logged back in to verify for you, and yes, it's gone. Original (and correct) numbers all back in place.
PS, FWIW, I did receive the entire package everyone looks forward to when crossing 2MM.... congratulatory e-mail within ~week, letter promising LT PLT, luggage tags, etc., within ~month of crossing 2MM. My dates are a little hazy, but I crossed in January, got the welcome packet in the mail sometime in February.
PS, FWIW, I did receive the entire package everyone looks forward to when crossing 2MM.... congratulatory e-mail within ~week, letter promising LT PLT, luggage tags, etc., within ~month of crossing 2MM. My dates are a little hazy, but I crossed in January, got the welcome packet in the mail sometime in February.
Does anyone else's miles not reconcile on the "my account" page now that they've gone back to showing balances? I seem to be missing my *wood transfers, my purchased miles and a few miscellaneous miles here and there...they've also only deducted half of milage award I booked earlier today....
To be clear...my "Total Available Award Mileage" is correct but the info under "View My Miles" looks all wrong
To be clear...my "Total Available Award Mileage" is correct but the info under "View My Miles" looks all wrong
Last edited by magic111; Apr 28, 2011 at 8:31 am Reason: for readability
Apr 27, 2011, 10:26 pm
#559
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: ORD/PSP
Programs: AA LT Plat, 6.0 MM, Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 1,002
Does anyone else's miles not reconcile on the "my account" page now that they've gone back to showing balances? I seem to be missing my *wood transfers, my purchased miles and a few miscellaneous miles here and there...they've also only deducted half of milage award I booked earlier today....
To be clear...my "Total Available Award Mileage" is correct but the info under "View My Miles" looks all wrong
To be clear...my "Total Available Award Mileage" is correct but the info under "View My Miles" looks all wrong
Apr 27, 2011, 10:47 pm
#560
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: in the vicinity of SFO
Programs: AA 2MM (LT-PLT, PPro for this year)
Posts: 19,781
PS only has E+ (72 seats)... it's free for everyone booking a coach fare. There's no E- on these planes. Fares may well be higher on UA for this route, but you've not "been lead correctly." And since there are only 72 seats in Economy Plus, it's a very easy upgrade to C, IME. Whether you prefer AA's seats/IFE is a different issue.
Looking at it a bit more online, are those only 757s? If so, the widebody hard product on AA would be preferable to the narrowbody with a bit more legroom, but then again I'm short enough to not see a lot of benefit from a couple extra inches of legroom.
*lol* Noted. None of my coworkers who are UA people seem very fond of them, although they are of some of the other *A alternatives (then again, when I can get decent codeshares or fares in H, I am much funder of CX than of AA proper...)
Apr 27, 2011, 11:09 pm
#561
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: You have to ask?
Programs: AA EXP 2MM
Posts: 1,102
Anyone on AA's IT staff who keeps up with FT is almost surely having a chuckle by now.
Certainly not after this fiasco!
Certainly not after this fiasco!
Apr 28, 2011, 4:14 am
#562
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: New York, NY, USA
Programs: BAGold; AA3MMPlat; UA1MMGold; FBGold; MarriottAmb; AccorPlat; HHGold; ICPlatAmb; HyattDiscoverist
Posts: 4,378
PS only has E+ (72 seats)... it's free for everyone booking a coach fare. There's no E- on these planes. Fares may well be higher on UA for this route, but you've not "been lead correctly." And since there are only 72 seats in Economy Plus, it's a very easy upgrade to C, IME. Whether you prefer AA's seats/IFE is a different issue.
UGs on ps are not subject to UDU, and instead require a confirmed regional, a systemwide, or miles. Even as a 1K, I generally found ps a difficult upgrade (I've had better luck upgrading as an EXP on AA's transcons), but that was in years past, and the forthcoming reduction in regional upgrades may additionally ease the way for anyone willing to "pay" for the UG.
While I really loved row 9, I was less enamored of the rest of the business class cabin and found that service on ps declined markedly in the years following its introduction. I generally prefer AA's FAs, food and wine.
Apr 28, 2011, 6:47 am
#563
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DFW/DAL
Programs: AA 1MM Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 1,524
Fyi, the text "** Million Miler Balance consists of miles earned prior to and miles earned since . " is still on the mobile website as of right now. I did not check this last night.
The normal site is still back to normal for now.
The normal site is still back to normal for now.
Apr 28, 2011, 6:59 am
#564
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: JFK, DCA, BUR, YVR
Programs: AC, AS, BA, DL, HH (D), MR (T/LTP), UA (*S), UScAAre (PLT/1,87MM), WN
Posts: 5,207
I wonder what you guys are doing to be looking at your AAdvantage accounts at all hours of the day. 
And no, my web and mobile accounts look exactly the same as they did yesterday (even after clearing cache and cookies).
And no, my web and mobile accounts look exactly the same as they did yesterday (even after clearing cache and cookies).
Apr 28, 2011, 7:06 am
#565
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DFW/DAL
Programs: AA 1MM Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 1,524
Interesting that yours are the same...
Apr 28, 2011, 7:41 am
#566
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 2,172
999,835 miles, and you didn't do a ORD-MKE MR (or something along that line) to cross over? At least you still have a sense of humor about the whole thing. 
I've been following this thread mainly for the humor factor; the wailing and gnashing has been OTT even for FT. Since I crossed 2MM LT in January, and as of this morning at least, my account showed 2,020,787 PTD miles, I'll throw in with the 38 pages of speculation.
Right now, my account is showing blanks all across the board, with a message at the bottom that "This feature is currently unavailable", along with the nonsense sentence brp referenced just upthread, about "million miler since and after". Something's going on! Just my $0.02 worth of speculation to add.
I've been following this thread mainly for the humor factor; the wailing and gnashing has been OTT even for FT. Since I crossed 2MM LT in January, and as of this morning at least, my account showed 2,020,787 PTD miles, I'll throw in with the 38 pages of speculation.
Right now, my account is showing blanks all across the board, with a message at the bottom that "This feature is currently unavailable", along with the nonsense sentence brp referenced just upthread, about "million miler since and after". Something's going on! Just my $0.02 worth of speculation to add.
Apr 28, 2011, 7:47 am
#567
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DFW/DAL
Programs: AA 1MM Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 1,524
When i spoke to an AAgent who gave me her full name to call with any problems, she said that the POST date (not the date that they show up on your account summary) is how they would officially determine when you crossed the 1M mark. If you have pending dining or AAeshopping, those things should have a post date from the date that they occurred and when they hit your AA summary should increase your miles expiration date and date of last activity to that date only, not the date they hit your summary. CC post dates aren't until after a statement so that will not work out most likely. Buttt... nothing to worry about if they keep taking their time with whatever change is going on.
Apr 28, 2011, 7:58 am
#568
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA LT Gold; BA Silver; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,081
Nobody asked me, but if AAnyone from AA is lurking here, I'd recommend the following if they plan to restrict (oops, I mean "enhance") the MM program.
1. Allow about 6 months' lead time before the changes take effect. That should give them a burst of mileage purchases, credit card charges, mileage runs, etc. for those of us who are close to 1MM or 2MM. It will also avoid alienating those of us in this category. As has been pointed out multiple times, AA gets revenue from us in many forms.
2. If any type of miles no longer qualifies towards MM status, do not apply this change to Lifetime miles already counted.
1. Allow about 6 months' lead time before the changes take effect. That should give them a burst of mileage purchases, credit card charges, mileage runs, etc. for those of us who are close to 1MM or 2MM. It will also avoid alienating those of us in this category. As has been pointed out multiple times, AA gets revenue from us in many forms.
2. If any type of miles no longer qualifies towards MM status, do not apply this change to Lifetime miles already counted.
Apr 28, 2011, 9:17 am
#569
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: JFK, DCA, BUR, YVR
Programs: AC, AS, BA, DL, HH (D), MR (T/LTP), UA (*S), UScAAre (PLT/1,87MM), WN
Posts: 5,207
Apr 28, 2011, 9:37 am
#570
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DFW/DAL
Programs: AA 1MM Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 1,524