ARCHIVE: AAdvantage Gold & Platinum Elite Status Challenges 2004 - 2011
Jul 27, 2011, 7:41 am
#5791
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
All AA published flights that earn miles earn EQP, 0.5 ~ 1.5 per mile. And Iberia flight will not count for a Challenge, unless it is booked as an AA codeshare (which would require a connection to an AA flight at MAD).
My gf and I just returned from LAS and she now has 4,989 points towards her gold challenge. I was wondering if all AA flights give eqps or is there a minimum mileage requirement.
If she flies one way MIA to MCO, will she receive the eqps? She also has an Iberia flight in September from BCN to MAD but I believe those points don't count towards the challenge, correct?
Thanks,
Eric
If she flies one way MIA to MCO, will she receive the eqps? She also has an Iberia flight in September from BCN to MAD but I believe those points don't count towards the challenge, correct?
Thanks,
Eric
Jul 27, 2011, 11:54 am
#5792
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MVPG 75K
Posts: 2,574
If esmalley007's partner has currently accrued 4989 EQP against a challenge of 5000, any AA one-way flight on any fare would earn sufficient EQPs to put her over the top. At only 11 EQPs short, even ORD-MKE on a deep discount economy fare at 33 EQPs would work, and I believe that's the shortest AA/Eagle/Connection flight currently existent.
Thanks for the swift correction.
Jul 27, 2011, 1:11 pm
#5793
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 72
Quick question -- if I start a (plat) challenge and hit gold (or am granted gold) early on, does the challenge point accrual include 500 mile minimums (so 250 minimum eqp/segment)?
It certainly seems like this should be the case, but I haven't been able to find an answer, and I figure a correct answer is more likely to come from here than from AA phone support.
thanks in advance for your help.
It certainly seems like this should be the case, but I haven't been able to find an answer, and I figure a correct answer is more likely to come from here than from AA phone support.
thanks in advance for your help.
Jul 27, 2011, 9:38 pm
#5794
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MVPG 75K
Posts: 2,574
Quick question -- if I start a (plat) challenge and hit gold (or am granted gold) early on, does the challenge point accrual include 500 mile minimums (so 250 minimum eqp/segment)?
It certainly seems like this should be the case, but I haven't been able to find an answer, and I figure a correct answer is more likely to come from here than from AA phone support.
thanks in advance for your help.
It certainly seems like this should be the case, but I haven't been able to find an answer, and I figure a correct answer is more likely to come from here than from AA phone support.
thanks in advance for your help.
Jul 27, 2011, 9:44 pm
#5795
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP, Hilton GLD, Marriott Plat, NEXUS/GE
Posts: 2,872
According to the wiki article on the challenge (which was written before 500 miles minimums were taken away from non-status members) the minimums (250/500/750) do count for challenge point accrual. Considering the whole challenge program seems to assess your progress automatically based on EQP earning, granting status promptly after relevant miles post, it stands to reason that this is still the case.
Jul 27, 2011, 10:10 pm
#5796
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MVPG 75K
Posts: 2,574
Mileage earning is not affected by if your status has been updating in reservations. If a plat's BP says gold they will still automatically earn a 100% RDM, for example.
Jul 28, 2011, 2:05 pm
#5797
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 72
Cool. I totally missed that line in the wiki.
Thanks for your help!
Thanks for your help!
Jul 28, 2011, 7:08 pm
#5798
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 71
It pains me to see all of you hit the PLT challenge in one or two flights. I started June 16, finishing Sept 15th. To date I've accumulated 5708 EQP's on the following flights:
DFW-SAV-DFW
DFW-PHL-DFW
DFW-LAX-DFW
DFW-MCI-DFW
DFW-IAH-DFW
I'm going to hit it without fail as I travel weekly, however these 0.5 EQP flights are killing me. I cannot (with a sound mind) book at the much higher rates that incur 1.0 (or even 1.5) EQP's.
<-- doesn't do any international travel.... It's a damn shame I was MVP Gold on AS and AA doesn't recognize anything. Fortunately I have a ton of miles to use on AS, but being out of DFW, I can only go back to SEA to recognize full value.
DFW-SAV-DFW
DFW-PHL-DFW
DFW-LAX-DFW
DFW-MCI-DFW
DFW-IAH-DFW
I'm going to hit it without fail as I travel weekly, however these 0.5 EQP flights are killing me. I cannot (with a sound mind) book at the much higher rates that incur 1.0 (or even 1.5) EQP's.
<-- doesn't do any international travel.... It's a damn shame I was MVP Gold on AS and AA doesn't recognize anything. Fortunately I have a ton of miles to use on AS, but being out of DFW, I can only go back to SEA to recognize full value.
Jul 29, 2011, 8:51 pm
#5799
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Philadelphia
Programs: AA Gold; Marriott Lifetime Silver; IHG Plat Amb; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 383
Quick question -- if I start a (plat) challenge and hit gold (or am granted gold) early on, does the challenge point accrual include 500 mile minimums (so 250 minimum eqp/segment)?
It certainly seems like this should be the case, but I haven't been able to find an answer, and I figure a correct answer is more likely to come from here than from AA phone support.
thanks in advance for your help.
It certainly seems like this should be the case, but I haven't been able to find an answer, and I figure a correct answer is more likely to come from here than from AA phone support.
thanks in advance for your help.
Jul 29, 2011, 9:34 pm
#5800
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: AA Plt, BA, SPG Plt
Posts: 231
I had the same experience when I signed up for a platinum challenge this summer. They didn't offer Gold outright, but when I asked, they happily gave it to me, no questions asked.
Jul 30, 2011, 9:42 am
#5801
Moderator: American AAdvantage, Signatures
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: London, England
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador, National Exec, AA EXP Emeritus
Posts: 9,765
This is a bit off topic, but you wouldn't have to come back to Seattle to use your AS miles; you can use them on AA or DL, and several airlines internationally. AS will want you to fly their metal to get to a gateway if the airline you're looking for doesn't serve DFW--however, QF, BA, KL (seasonally) and KE all serve DFW directly, so no gateway travel would be needed for those airlines if you snag the non-stops.
Jul 30, 2011, 10:58 am
#5802
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 72
I feel your pain. I'm at 25 segments now, have 21 more booked, and need 4 more to reach 10k eqp during my likely challenge window. Even though I'm flying 20k eqms, it'll still be cheaper to pay the challenge fee than to add the 10 more segments I'd need to qualify normally. At least I'll have gold (worst-case) after my next r/t.
Jul 31, 2011, 2:20 pm
#5803
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Texas
Programs: AA EXP, UA Premier Plat, Alaska MVP Gold, HHonors Diamond, SPG Platinum, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 2,053
I feel your pain. I'm at 25 segments now, have 21 more booked, and need 4 more to reach 10k eqp during my likely challenge window. Even though I'm flying 20k eqms, it'll still be cheaper to pay the challenge fee than to add the 10 more segments I'd need to qualify normally. At least I'll have gold (worst-case) after my next r/t.
Jul 31, 2011, 2:22 pm
#5804
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Texas
Programs: AA EXP, UA Premier Plat, Alaska MVP Gold, HHonors Diamond, SPG Platinum, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 2,053
Your STATUS earned, however, would be on AS and wouldn't count on AA, so your travel would be more miserable.
Jul 31, 2011, 3:47 pm
#5805
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: AUS TUS
Programs: AA PLT, UA GLD
Posts: 993