ARCHIVE: AAdvantage Gold & Platinum Elite Status Challenges 2004 - 2011
Jul 2, 2008, 10:51 pm
#2491
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Seat 2A
Programs: AA EXP LT GLD 1MM, BA GLD, NH/UA*G, Hyatt Dia, Marr Tit LT PLT, IHG Spire,HH Dia, MGM NOIR,Hertz PC
Posts: 10,571
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Jul 2, 2008, 10:52 pm
#2492
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Seat 2A
Programs: AA EXP LT GLD 1MM, BA GLD, NH/UA*G, Hyatt Dia, Marr Tit LT PLT, IHG Spire,HH Dia, MGM NOIR,Hertz PC
Posts: 10,571
You can challenge for PLT if you are GLD. Just doesnt make sense, why wait and waste 4K points until you hit Gold !? Sign up instantly !
Jul 2, 2008, 11:02 pm
#2493
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP 1MM, WOH Globalist
Posts: 1,160
skywalker, it is a question of strategic timing for me.
My next trip is booked in deep discount I believe and I have no travel planned for a while after so I definitely won't get 10k in the next 90 days unless I talk them into counting my travel from the past month (I doubt it).
If I wait until october I have a roundtrip BNA-DFW-SJC full fare (6k miles) and 4 BNA-LGA/ LGA-BNA segments (hopefully 4k miles) so I may just squeeze in.
My next trip is booked in deep discount I believe and I have no travel planned for a while after so I definitely won't get 10k in the next 90 days unless I talk them into counting my travel from the past month (I doubt it).
If I wait until october I have a roundtrip BNA-DFW-SJC full fare (6k miles) and 4 BNA-LGA/ LGA-BNA segments (hopefully 4k miles) so I may just squeeze in.
Jul 2, 2008, 11:53 pm
#2494
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: OKC/DFW
Programs: AA EXP/2 MM
Posts: 9,999
Jul 2, 2008, 11:59 pm
#2495
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Seat 2A
Programs: AA EXP LT GLD 1MM, BA GLD, NH/UA*G, Hyatt Dia, Marr Tit LT PLT, IHG Spire,HH Dia, MGM NOIR,Hertz PC
Posts: 10,571
Jul 3, 2008, 12:00 am
#2496
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Seat 2A
Programs: AA EXP LT GLD 1MM, BA GLD, NH/UA*G, Hyatt Dia, Marr Tit LT PLT, IHG Spire,HH Dia, MGM NOIR,Hertz PC
Posts: 10,571
skywalker, it is a question of strategic timing for me.
My next trip is booked in deep discount I believe and I have no travel planned for a while after so I definitely won't get 10k in the next 90 days unless I talk them into counting my travel from the past month (I doubt it).
If I wait until october I have a roundtrip BNA-DFW-SJC full fare (6k miles) and 4 BNA-LGA/ LGA-BNA segments (hopefully 4k miles) so I may just squeeze in.
My next trip is booked in deep discount I believe and I have no travel planned for a while after so I definitely won't get 10k in the next 90 days unless I talk them into counting my travel from the past month (I doubt it).
If I wait until october I have a roundtrip BNA-DFW-SJC full fare (6k miles) and 4 BNA-LGA/ LGA-BNA segments (hopefully 4k miles) so I may just squeeze in.
Jul 3, 2008, 12:07 am
#2497
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: WAS - (BWI/DCA/IAD)
Programs: AA GLD, soon-to-be PLT in 2 weeks!
Posts: 3,086
Jul 3, 2008, 12:13 am
#2498
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP 1MM, WOH Globalist
Posts: 1,160
On a somewhat unrelated note...
Does anybody know how much pull individual agents can have in these matters? I have become very friendly with someone at the BNA Admirals Club and she usually helps me out with stuff like booking exit rows in advance (I don't have status yet) and advising which flights will be most likely to upgrade me.
It's a longshot but I am going to try and convince customer service to let me start my challenge retroactively to last month. Any chance that she could help me out with this?
Does anybody know how much pull individual agents can have in these matters? I have become very friendly with someone at the BNA Admirals Club and she usually helps me out with stuff like booking exit rows in advance (I don't have status yet) and advising which flights will be most likely to upgrade me.
It's a longshot but I am going to try and convince customer service to let me start my challenge retroactively to last month. Any chance that she could help me out with this?
Jul 3, 2008, 12:17 am
#2499
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: WAS - (BWI/DCA/IAD)
Programs: AA GLD, soon-to-be PLT in 2 weeks!
Posts: 3,086
On a somewhat unrelated note...
Does anybody know how much pull individual agents can have in these matters? I have become very friendly with someone at the BNA Admirals Club and she usually helps me out with stuff like booking exit rows in advance (I don't have status yet) and advising which flights will be most likely to upgrade me.
It's a longshot but I am going to try and convince customer service to let me start my challenge retroactively to last month. Any chance that she could help me out with this?
Does anybody know how much pull individual agents can have in these matters? I have become very friendly with someone at the BNA Admirals Club and she usually helps me out with stuff like booking exit rows in advance (I don't have status yet) and advising which flights will be most likely to upgrade me.
It's a longshot but I am going to try and convince customer service to let me start my challenge retroactively to last month. Any chance that she could help me out with this?
Jul 3, 2008, 12:17 am
#2500
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: OKC/DFW
Programs: AA EXP/2 MM
Posts: 9,999
Jul 3, 2008, 12:19 am
#2501
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP 1MM, WOH Globalist
Posts: 1,160
Good idea, thanks for the advice. Assuming I cannot use points I already earned, I may have to throw in an MR or 2 to make a PLT challenge work but it seems like it would be worth it!
Jul 3, 2008, 12:20 am
#2502
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: WAS - (BWI/DCA/IAD)
Programs: AA GLD, soon-to-be PLT in 2 weeks!
Posts: 3,086
And although I am not yet a PLT, I am willing to bet my bottom dollar that getting PLT is worth 2 MRs.
Jul 3, 2008, 12:23 am
#2503
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP 1MM, WOH Globalist
Posts: 1,160
haha the idea seems so ridiculous yet the more I get obsessed with tracking my miles the more reasonable it sounds. Are MRs actually that common? Are they feasible with fares so high nowadays?
Jul 3, 2008, 12:27 am
#2504
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: WAS - (BWI/DCA/IAD)
Programs: AA GLD, soon-to-be PLT in 2 weeks!
Posts: 3,086
Yes to both questions. On my DCA-DFW-SFO-DFW-DCA run last month I met 2 other people doing MRs and I got it for $205 all-in. You just have to do some research and check out the MR thread for the tools needed to find a good run.
Jul 3, 2008, 6:43 am
#2505
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: SJC/VCE
Programs: AA PLT (2.9+ MM), HH GLD, Hyatt Diamond, SPG PLT
Posts: 10,161
I agree it never hurts to ask but do not count on it. Someone getting you an exit row when you don't have status is one thing, someone back dating paperwork is quite another.