ARCHIVE: AAdvantage Gold & Platinum Elite Status Challenges 2004 - 2011
Oct 5, 2009, 4:49 am
#3976
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: AA Lifetime PLT , BA Silver , BD RIP , HH Gold, SPG / Marriott PLT , EF Subscriber
Posts: 6,702
Mondays and Thursday at Midnight.
Oct 5, 2009, 5:34 am
#3977
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: DCA
Programs: AA, AS, Hyatt
Posts: 978
FWIW, I was on a PLT challenge where I passed the 10,000 EQP threshold after I landed in MIA on GRU-MIA. I was connecting to MIA-LAX and went to the AC to take a shower. Since I was technically still GLD at the moment, I wasn't supposed to have access, but after a quick (friendly) explanation to the desk agent and a quick verification on her part, she invited me into the club. 
Oct 5, 2009, 7:08 am
#3978
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 79
I just went from gold to platinum last week. It took a couple of days for it to show. Last Monday I printed my boarding passes from home and they showed platinum. The next day had to print my boarding passes at the airport and they still showed gold (I has requested and upgrade and that put me further down in the queue than I should have been) 
) The gate agents were less than helpful, even when I showed them my correct boarding pass from the day before. The AAdvantage desk was nice, but did not follow through. Then when I flew on Friday, it still showed gold. So even when it shows correct online, it may not be updates in all the systems.
) The gate agents were less than helpful, even when I showed them my correct boarding pass from the day before. The AAdvantage desk was nice, but did not follow through. Then when I flew on Friday, it still showed gold. So even when it shows correct online, it may not be updates in all the systems.
Oct 5, 2009, 7:14 am
#3979
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: jfk area
Programs: AA platinum; 2MM AA, Delta Diamond, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 10,291
aa (in general) does batch processing (not like dl which works for in real time for most things). The miles may correctly show in the account, but the process to recognize these for (plat) status may come later. Weekends also delay things.[When I did a plat challenge, several years ago, it took a day or two before my new "elite" status appeared.]
Oct 5, 2009, 9:15 am
#3980
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 8
Platinum
i become a platinum in the next trip. i am seriously thinking that i should move to some other carrier like UA or DL. what do you guys think about it? and which one to select? if you have to stick to AA what are the perks you would get being a platinum?
Oct 5, 2009, 9:20 am
#3981
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: SJC/VCE
Programs: AA PLT (2.9+ MM), HH GLD, Hyatt Diamond, SPG PLT
Posts: 10,161
The benefits of PLT are clearly spelled out at aa.com in the PLT brochure
Oct 5, 2009, 9:25 am
#3982
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
Welcome to FlyerTalk.
I'm not sure why you would do that - particularly since you seem unaware of the Platinum benefits, such as priority check-in, boarding and security queues, lounge use on the day of qualifying oneworld flights, double bonus miles, 500 mile "upgrade stickers" to use on upgrades, etc. etc. - all viewable if you take the time to download the status manual for Platinum from aa.com.
We like AA because we feel it is better for awards and the use of miles (don't have to buy the highest fares to upgrade,) etc. But by all means, if the grass looks greener before you even find out what the grass here consists of, feel free - it leaves us one less status holder for competition in upgrades, etc.
(I do recommend you check out their miles usage possibilities and probabilities, as well as what the equivalent status offer, before making the leap.)
Some of us would actually recommend working on Executive Platinum next, as those Systemwide Upgrades / eVIPs, First Class lounges and the rest are worth much more than secondary status on another airline. As we say hereabouts, YMMV.
I'm not sure why you would do that - particularly since you seem unaware of the Platinum benefits, such as priority check-in, boarding and security queues, lounge use on the day of qualifying oneworld flights, double bonus miles, 500 mile "upgrade stickers" to use on upgrades, etc. etc. - all viewable if you take the time to download the status manual for Platinum from aa.com.
We like AA because we feel it is better for awards and the use of miles (don't have to buy the highest fares to upgrade,) etc. But by all means, if the grass looks greener before you even find out what the grass here consists of, feel free - it leaves us one less status holder for competition in upgrades, etc.
(I do recommend you check out their miles usage possibilities and probabilities, as well as what the equivalent status offer, before making the leap.)Some of us would actually recommend working on Executive Platinum next, as those Systemwide Upgrades / eVIPs, First Class lounges and the rest are worth much more than secondary status on another airline. As we say hereabouts, YMMV.
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Oct 5, 2009, 9:28 am
#3983
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
Welcome!
Take the time to read the stickies, especially the FAQ, and the Wiki, and you will gather a veritable bounty of information.
As to status showing, we know three things: as others have said, AAdvantage does batch processing, so it can take some time (a few days) for status to show; your previously booked flights may have to be manually updated to reflect status; and if you are flying sooner than your status posts, you might want to print out a copy of the account page showing EQM / EQP to show in the appropriate locations.
Take the time to read the stickies, especially the FAQ, and the Wiki, and you will gather a veritable bounty of information.
As to status showing, we know three things: as others have said, AAdvantage does batch processing, so it can take some time (a few days) for status to show; your previously booked flights may have to be manually updated to reflect status; and if you are flying sooner than your status posts, you might want to print out a copy of the account page showing EQM / EQP to show in the appropriate locations.
My most recent AA international flight was just posted today. The elite qualifying points shown is a couple hundred above the Platinum requirement. 10230 points to be precise. I guess this means I'm Platinum as of this moment. When I was looking at my account online, it looked the same to me. Nowhere does it say "Platinum" and I also did not receive the Platinum bonus miles for the last flight. How long does it take AA to update my new Platinum status? Is it necessary for me to call them and ask? I have no AAdvantage elite status prior to this because I'm using the AAdvantage Platinum status-match challenge.
Please help me because I'm a newbie to the frequent flyer game. Thank you for your assistance!
Please help me because I'm a newbie to the frequent flyer game. Thank you for your assistance!
Oct 5, 2009, 9:32 am
#3984
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 10,949
My most recent AA international flight was just posted today. The elite qualifying points shown is a couple hundred above the Platinum requirement. 10230 points to be precise. I guess this means I'm Platinum as of this moment. When I was looking at my account online, it looked the same to me. Nowhere does it say "Platinum" and I also did not receive the Platinum bonus miles for the last flight. How long does it take AA to update my new Platinum status? Is it necessary for me to call them and ask? I have no AAdvantage elite status prior to this because I'm using the AAdvantage Platinum status-match challenge.
Please help me because I'm a newbie to the frequent flyer game. Thank you for your assistance!
Please help me because I'm a newbie to the frequent flyer game. Thank you for your assistance!
Oct 5, 2009, 10:29 am
#3985
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 8
being a platinum
Yes I had been a quite reader on the flyertalk for a long time.
I had been platinum for the last 3 years and i lost it this year and been a gold. The only perk i get with the status is pre-boarding. The difference of being a platinum than gold, i would get 100% bonus miles, other than that nothing else is there, which is what i feel. I don't travel internationally a lot to use Oneworld partner lounges. so based on this only i feel like i am not getting anything being a platinum at AA. Maybe i might be missing something, if you guys know let me know.
I had been platinum for the last 3 years and i lost it this year and been a gold. The only perk i get with the status is pre-boarding. The difference of being a platinum than gold, i would get 100% bonus miles, other than that nothing else is there, which is what i feel. I don't travel internationally a lot to use Oneworld partner lounges. so based on this only i feel like i am not getting anything being a platinum at AA. Maybe i might be missing something, if you guys know let me know.
Oct 5, 2009, 10:33 am
#3986
Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Programs: AA L.T. PLT
Posts: 3,281
Yes I had been a quite reader on the flyertalk for a long time.
I had been platinum for the last 3 years and i lost it this year and been a gold. The only perk i get with the status is pre-boarding. The difference of being a platinum than gold, i would get 100% bonus miles, other than that nothing else is there, which is what i feel. I don't travel internationally a lot to use Oneworld partner lounges. so based on this only i feel like i am not getting anything being a platinum at AA. Maybe i might be missing something, if you guys know let me know.
I had been platinum for the last 3 years and i lost it this year and been a gold. The only perk i get with the status is pre-boarding. The difference of being a platinum than gold, i would get 100% bonus miles, other than that nothing else is there, which is what i feel. I don't travel internationally a lot to use Oneworld partner lounges. so based on this only i feel like i am not getting anything being a platinum at AA. Maybe i might be missing something, if you guys know let me know.
Oct 5, 2009, 10:49 am
#3987
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 8
pkerr, yes you are right. the segments i fly, there are lot of EXPs on the upgrade list, so it really doesn't matter whether i am platinum or gold, i don't get the upgrade, so that perk doesn't help me at all. you only get 4 - 500 mile upgrades whether you are platinum or gold.
Oct 5, 2009, 11:11 am
#3988
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Home Airports: CAE/CLT
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, National Executive
Posts: 5,452
Oct 5, 2009, 11:31 am
#3990
Join Date: May 2007
Location: ORD, DEL
Programs: AA (Plt Pro; 1.5 MM)
Posts: 6,185
I don't understand what you are asking of this board. You obviously don't need information and know exactly what AA offers. Equally obviously it is not attractive enough for you. So, follow a loyalty program more to your liking.