Made Gold Status, no idea why.....
Sep 16, 2011, 5:30 am
#16
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Sep 16, 2011, 8:59 am
#17
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Trust me, we do not want to mimic the sky pesos program and their medallion program. Much like the medallions you would get for winning a 1st grade diorama contest, just about anyone can get some sort of Delta medallion with minimal effort.
Sep 16, 2011, 10:31 am
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Sep 16, 2011, 10:46 am
#19
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Welcome FewMiles, a posting legend! Honored to see you hereabouts. As much as I respect you for your great and informative websites when they were "the" way to find out about AA, Challenges, etc. if I did that, would I respect myself in the morning? 
The mystery is solved. ^ Wow, live and learn - for those without status, they get Gold as the way of being granted the perqs they address whilst flying AA!
The mystery is solved. ^ Wow, live and learn - for those without status, they get Gold as the way of being granted the perqs they address whilst flying AA!
Sep 16, 2011, 11:56 am
#20
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Welcome FewMiles, a posting legend! Honored to see you hereabouts. As much as I respect you for your great and informative websites when they were "the" way to find out about AA, Challenges, etc. if I did that, would I respect myself in the morning?
The mystery is solved. ^ Wow, live and learn - for those without status, they get Gold as the way of being granted the perqs they address whilst flying AA!
The mystery is solved. ^ Wow, live and learn - for those without status, they get Gold as the way of being granted the perqs they address whilst flying AA!
I still have all those sites bookmarked LOL
welcome back
Sep 16, 2011, 1:30 pm
#21
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Given this is not a published benefit, it's always possible this is simply a temporary fix until AA can update their systems for it.
Sep 16, 2011, 4:42 pm
#22
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EP/4MM, DL GM/1MM, HH ♦, Bonvoy LT PLT, Hyatt Globalist, AMEX Bus Plt
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This could actually increase, rather than decrease the number of AA elites after the new MM program launch.
Sep 16, 2011, 5:27 pm
#23
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Now, AA, if you are intentionally trying to keep the card numbers down by not advertising Gold and giving it to us anyway...thanks!!
Sep 16, 2011, 5:48 pm
#24
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If this really turns out to be full GLD status, plus an Admirals Club membership, all for a $450 fee, that becomes an extremely enticing value proposition for many.
Sep 16, 2011, 6:20 pm
#25
Join Date: Dec 2006
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There's something really unfair about this-- the benefits of that card are so greatly diminished for elites relative to non-elites. As a PLT who is not interested in the A/C membership, I really can't justify the 450 to turn potential RDMs into MM RDMs, as much as I (previously) had my eye on the magic 2MM threshold (and am pretty upset it's now been put out of reach).
Now if they offered me a bump to EXP with the card, that would be a different story... (and no, I would NOT expect SWUs to be part of that bump.)...
That said, has it been confirmed that non-elites who magically found themselves with GLD status because of the CC are indeed able to successfully request an upgrade?
Now if they offered me a bump to EXP with the card, that would be a different story... (and no, I would NOT expect SWUs to be part of that bump.)...
That said, has it been confirmed that non-elites who magically found themselves with GLD status because of the CC are indeed able to successfully request an upgrade?
Sep 16, 2011, 7:06 pm
#26
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Interesting... is this the first CC that grants AA status?
Sep 16, 2011, 8:31 pm
#27
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The phrase "waiting for Godot" will be replaced in common language usage - at least among us - by "waiting for Jetstream" I suspect. Perhaps we will even end up calling it Jeststream if the new PSS* doesn't meet expectations.
One Forrester writer called the move to cloud-based Jetstream like "What AMR and HP are about to commence upon is the technology equivalent to a team of doctors simultaneously doing a brain transplant, heart transplant, and extensive corrective surgery. The systems that AMR will move to Jetstream literally represent the brains and heart of the airline. This is not an undertaking for the weak and squeamish. It’s a gutsy, but smart move for AMR to make."
(Trivia question of September: Exactly why did HP/EDS and AA settle on Jetstream for the name of the new system, given it was the name of the short-lived Lockheed 1649 "ultra-Constellation" and the old British Aerospace small turboprop?)
*Passenger Service System
One Forrester writer called the move to cloud-based Jetstream like "What AMR and HP are about to commence upon is the technology equivalent to a team of doctors simultaneously doing a brain transplant, heart transplant, and extensive corrective surgery. The systems that AMR will move to Jetstream literally represent the brains and heart of the airline. This is not an undertaking for the weak and squeamish. It’s a gutsy, but smart move for AMR to make."
(Trivia question of September: Exactly why did HP/EDS and AA settle on Jetstream for the name of the new system, given it was the name of the short-lived Lockheed 1649 "ultra-Constellation" and the old British Aerospace small turboprop?
)*Passenger Service System
Sep 17, 2011, 5:58 am
#29
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Fascinating. I have a friend who just booked her first-ever milage run to meet me in SFO to requal for Gold. I'll mention this card to her. At first I thought the difference between the advertised card benefits and the way it was implemented by just granting Gold status would matter to her.
But now that I've considered it, she will consider the advertised benefits plus AC membership to be a great bargain. I can't think of any advertised Gold benefit that she would miss if it were deleted with an alternate IT implementation of the card benefits.
But now that I've considered it, she will consider the advertised benefits plus AC membership to be a great bargain. I can't think of any advertised Gold benefit that she would miss if it were deleted with an alternate IT implementation of the card benefits.
Sep 17, 2011, 12:58 pm
#30
Join Date: Jul 2009
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As an EXP, if I could gift gold status to someone else and keep the rest of the bennies for myself, this would be a great value.
Guess that won't be happening anytime soon...
Guess that won't be happening anytime soon...