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Exactly. Many Platinums I know spend much more than 20,000 dollars a year. If they all caught on, eventually, it would be quite crowded up here. I look at it as a bit of a fallback...if I ever quit flying for work, I might just pay the money and have the benefits as I probably would spend it anyway for personal travel.Originally Posted by mvoight
Pay $20000 to AA and you can qualify very quickly.
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If John Madden weren't affraid of flying (hence the bus), and into frequent flyer programs, this would definitely be one of his quotes!Originally Posted by JonNYC
Some people make it very quickly. Others-- it takes longer.
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Would you please explain why? It is now February 11. The AA status year during which I am EXP runs through the end of this month. I intend to leave my profile alone as long as my calls still go to AA's EXP desk, which they do, and my domestic upgrades still clear at 100 hours, which one just did.Originally Posted by Deltahater
So you admit that you are guilty of false advertising in your profile?
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How? I thought that they didn't extend the pre-paid travel card program like United has. (Which would make sense, it devalues status on United.)Originally Posted by mvoight
Pay $20000 to AA and you can qualify very quickly.
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Many never qualify. Some did not qualify, yet their profile states they did. Some are qualified according to their profile, but after they are booted off, their next profile might not show status. You just never know.Originally Posted by JonNYC
Some people make it very quickly. Others-- it takes longer.
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My problem is that I pretty much only get two leisure flights a year (back home to Finland for Mid summer and x-mas) and there always seems to be enough miles for a anytime F award for that Originally Posted by pauleeepaul
Better to manage your multi program strategy more holistically than just quickly requalifying for EXP and then turning to other programs. Each has nuances around fare classes and how much each flight segment is worth towards requalification (ie tier points vs Q miles/points.) For instance, a domestic transcon in 2 class YUP is worth more on some other airlines than AA- so if you have any of those earlier in the year perhaps they would be better used in the other airlines program. Conversely, I find my leisure travel (cheaper coach fares on AA metal so upgradable) is usually best posted to AA- but this travel is typically weighted to the latter half of the year. Of course YMMV but that is what I have found.
I hardly fly domestic, just SAN - TPE/HKG, SAN-LHR and few times a year TPE/HKG - LHR. I suppose you are right though, just seems like a lot of work to really think it though each time where to post and what ticket to buy. Thank god they let me buy my own tickets at least