ARCHIVE: Concierge Key AA Premium Service
Mar 19, 2012, 3:11 pm
#646
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: JFK
Programs: AA EXP/CK 2M+
Posts: 540
I was able to enter the MIA AAdmirals club on Sunday with only a boarding pass, so the membership shows up if AA pulls you up. This was for a domestic flight.
Mar 19, 2012, 3:25 pm
#647
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Always on the move
Programs: Something lifetime here and there
Posts: 1,867
Nice additional perks for the CK level. 
Not sure if this has been answered, but does code-share spend on OW carriers count towards CK level or is it just AA metal or????
Not sure if this has been answered, but does code-share spend on OW carriers count towards CK level or is it just AA metal or????
Mar 19, 2012, 6:30 pm
#648
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Racine, WI/VCE
Programs: AA EXP, MR LT PPE, Arise Mucci des Hommes de Fer
Posts: 1,047
Mar 19, 2012, 8:33 pm
#649
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: AA SPG Amex
Posts: 4,644
Maybe. Maybe not. I would imagine that 5-6 annual r/t between JFK/MIA and LHR/GRU on full-fare F tickets would make you a top spender but wouldn't have you at EXP.
I also thought that "top revenue generators" also included those with considerable influence over others' travel in spite of perhaps not traveling that frequently themselves.
I also thought that "top revenue generators" also included those with considerable influence over others' travel in spite of perhaps not traveling that frequently themselves.
Mar 19, 2012, 8:43 pm
#650
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 9,916
Maybe. Maybe not. I would imagine that 5-6 annual r/t between JFK/MIA and LHR/GRU on full-fare F tickets would make you a top spender but wouldn't have you at EXP.
I also thought that "top revenue generators" also included those with considerable influence over others' travel in spite of perhaps not traveling that frequently themselves.
I also thought that "top revenue generators" also included those with considerable influence over others' travel in spite of perhaps not traveling that frequently themselves.
Mar 19, 2012, 10:08 pm
#651
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: ORD
Posts: 654
Mar 19, 2012, 10:33 pm
#652
Join Date: Feb 2012
Programs: AA CK, Delta PLT, Hilton LT Diamond, Marriott/SW Plt
Posts: 35
Mine came... and as usual the CK card has no magnetic strip it just proves you are a member and has the telephone number... The letter promised information about EXP soon ... but as I have been at this level for 11 years I am not expecting anything additional.
Mar 19, 2012, 11:08 pm
#653
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 9,916
Which, as related by JonNYC, is precisely who the program was started for. I would say that point is not just relevant, but essential when discussing the overall makeup of CK.
If I am read that correctly, the insinuation is there are less than 10,000 CKs who attained the status based on their own individual flying.
It would be interesting to know how many of those top individual revenue fliers were not EXP.
In terms of the initial make-up of CK, all I know is I had been VIP for years - no idea why - no idea when, but I remember seeing it on the manifest whenever I was able to sneak a peak. Every time I flew to LHR I was met w a sign and buggy and whenever I had a transit that was near the MCT I got the nice private van. A couple times I was even picked up at the stand from my inbound BA flight and taken by private van across to T3 and through security for my AA flight. Whatever got me the VIP status didn't make the cut to CK. At NRT I also got nice courtesy meet and greets and then from time to time at LAX, ORD and JFK. I got a few double upgrades - no idea if that was related. Aside from the above I can't say anything else tangible I received from being a VIP.
Mar 20, 2012, 12:34 am
#654
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: AA SPG Amex
Posts: 4,644
I totally agree. However, I specifically was referring to the individual flier composition.
If I am read that correctly, the insinuation is there are less than 10,000 CKs who attained the status based on their own individual flying.
It would be interesting to know how many of those top individual revenue fliers were not EXP.
If I am read that correctly, the insinuation is there are less than 10,000 CKs who attained the status based on their own individual flying.
It would be interesting to know how many of those top individual revenue fliers were not EXP.
Mar 20, 2012, 1:33 am
#655
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: ORD, LHR, GLA
Programs: AA CK/EXP/1MM, UA Conscientious Objector, Hyatt CC, SPG Plat, HH Diamond VIP
Posts: 244
Mar 20, 2012, 1:37 am
#656
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: ORD, LHR, GLA
Programs: AA CK/EXP/1MM, UA Conscientious Objector, Hyatt CC, SPG Plat, HH Diamond VIP
Posts: 244
Mar 21, 2012, 10:40 am
#657
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 78
Also, what is the five digit number in the lower-right corner of the back of the card? It appears to be unique (i.e. not pre-printed on).
Mar 21, 2012, 3:38 pm
#658
Join Date: Feb 2012
Programs: AA CK, Delta PLT, Hilton LT Diamond, Marriott/SW Plt
Posts: 35
Well maybe I need to call in CSI as I see a blacker strip across the back but it does not appear to be a magnetic strip ... it's off to the forensic lab or maybe I'll try using it next time I am at the airport ...the five digit number is new.
Mar 21, 2012, 3:43 pm
#659
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: Marriott, AAdvantage, United, Club Carlson
Posts: 1,687
Picture of a card?
Mar 21, 2012, 8:39 pm
#660
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: NYC, USA
Programs: AA EXP 3MM, Lifetime Platinum, Marriott Titanium, HH Gold
Posts: 10,968
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Five-digit numbers were on the AC cards last year too....but not there this year.
Five-digit numbers were on the AC cards last year too....but not there this year.