Oct 29, 2012, 4:53 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
MODERATOR NOTE
THIS PROGRAM ENDED 30 NOV 2011 - see the new thread linked to below for current information.
THIS PROGRAM ENDED 30 NOV 2011 - see the new thread linked to below for current information.
● The terms of the undocumented lifetime status million miles from any / all sources program ended 30 Nov 2011; please read the new
AAdvantage® Million Miler Program Launched on 1 Dec 2011 for the current terms and conditions.
● To shout out how you made 1MM, 2MM or even more under the new program, please share in:
Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum with NEW Million Miler Program! (>1 Dec 2011)
American AAdvantage Forum Moderator TeamAAdvantage® Million Miler Program Launched on 1 Dec 2011 for the current terms and conditions.
● To shout out how you made 1MM, 2MM or even more under the new program, please share in:
Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum with NEW Million Miler Program! (>1 Dec 2011)
ARCHIVE: Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum! million miles - brag etc. (ended 30 Nov 2011)
Nov 30, 2011, 5:14 pm
#2372
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: STL
Programs: AA 2MM, AS MVP Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,966
Nov 30, 2011, 5:19 pm
#2373
Join Date: Aug 2010
Programs: AA 1.6MM EXP; UA GS; SPG LTG,Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,477
Nov 30, 2011, 8:02 pm
#2374
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Benicia CA
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold 75K, AA 3.8MM, UA 1.1MM, enjoying the retired life
Posts: 31,849
Or when there's a merger or buyout and they rename the program and change the benefits, just like UA just did. Everyone who moved around hundreds of thousands of points must surely be betting that a AA-US merger doesn't come about and lifetime status as you know it disappears. I'm not willing to take that off the table.
Nov 30, 2011, 8:06 pm
#2375
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: WAS
Programs: AA EXP2M, DL 1MM DM ext, UA PP <=> HH G/Marr PE/Hyatt G/IHG P FT RA ( Recovering Addict)
Posts: 4,596
I for one do not mind a US-AA merger, as long as they keep the LT benefits, it will give me miles in fewer accounts and lifetime status in *A if US stays in it (more likely it will move my US miles to OW). So do I spend my AA miles now thinking they will go kaput, or my US miles now in that they will soon be in OW and subject to high BA award and YQ fees? Decisions, decisions....
Last edited by ffI; Nov 30, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Dec 2, 2011, 5:04 am
#2376
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Sydney
Posts: 5,769
Just got MR T to 2MM AA
great for him in oz as free Qantas club .
hope that continues^
great for him in oz as free Qantas club .
hope that continues^
Dec 2, 2011, 6:58 am
#2377
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,037
a) you're an elite customer, since you haven't flown. You are by status, but not by action.
b) they would bother to screw you (more). If you cost them nothing by not flying, and make them money by accumulating their currency, it seems like they might already be screwing you as is.
I should note, I'm in the same boat. LT Platinum, working on LT Gold for my wife, and we fly pretty rarely.
Dec 2, 2011, 8:06 am
#2378
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PHX
Posts: 4,787
Well, I made it to gold. I was going to use the new credit card to get there in the next few months, but I got impatient and just did a 15k transfer to get it done. Plus, I can use the credit card spend for other card bonuses. I got to 998,xxx and kind of wanted to get past 1MM by flying in a few weeks, but unexpectedly yesterday a very old eshopping transaction I had forgotten about posted with a pre-12/1 transaction date and got me to 1mm. I think I actually made it on November 30, so it will be interesting whether I get the stickers or the 35k. (Hopefully, they will still honor the conversion to 35k if the former.)
So, hurray! Thanks everyone.
So, hurray! Thanks everyone.
Dec 3, 2011, 1:02 pm
#2379
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska and Ann Arbor, Michigan
Programs: Charter Member Delta Diamond Medallion, Lifetime AA Platinum, IHG Diamond, Hilton & Marriott Gold
Posts: 629
I'm not sure if:
a) you're an elite customer, since you haven't flown. You are by status, but not by action.
b) they would bother to screw you (more). If you cost them nothing by not flying, and make them money by accumulating their currency, it seems like they might already be screwing you as is.
I should note, I'm in the same boat. LT Platinum, working on LT Gold for my wife, and we fly pretty rarely.
a) you're an elite customer, since you haven't flown. You are by status, but not by action.
b) they would bother to screw you (more). If you cost them nothing by not flying, and make them money by accumulating their currency, it seems like they might already be screwing you as is.
I should note, I'm in the same boat. LT Platinum, working on LT Gold for my wife, and we fly pretty rarely.
At the Chicago DO, it was reported that one frequent flyer had 112 million miles. That person could always fly first cabin using twice the number of miles. Status should not matter. I would think they would never need to purchase a revenue ticket on that airline or their partners which include, car rental, hotel and lounge access.
Dec 3, 2011, 1:19 pm
#2380
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
I can always fly First cabin with the normal amount of miles (AAnytime awards). 
Dec 4, 2011, 6:09 am
#2381
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: BVI
Programs: AA 1mm
Posts: 9
Woo Hoo!
I made it just before the dead line. 1,001,945. Then I got my 8 SWUs turned to 35,000 miles to also count towards mm status!
And then now eshopping has just reversed 10,000 miles for a purchase I had made. I never returned the product, changed it or anything, but they have reversed it.
So now my status has been stripped and the 35,000 miles deleted. Sure, I'll be right back over a million before the end of the year, but now the the 35,000 + more than 10,000 won't count towards MM.
Oh well, I wasn't going to be using eshopping any more anyways. At least in the future I won't have to wonder if I am getting miles or not.
I made it just before the dead line. 1,001,945. Then I got my 8 SWUs turned to 35,000 miles to also count towards mm status!
And then now eshopping has just reversed 10,000 miles for a purchase I had made. I never returned the product, changed it or anything, but they have reversed it.
So now my status has been stripped and the 35,000 miles deleted. Sure, I'll be right back over a million before the end of the year, but now the the 35,000 + more than 10,000 won't count towards MM.
Oh well, I wasn't going to be using eshopping any more anyways. At least in the future I won't have to wonder if I am getting miles or not.
Dec 4, 2011, 6:20 am
#2382
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: JFK/LGA
Programs: AA EXP/5 MM, BA Blue Bayou, HH LT Diamond
Posts: 5,827
Woo Hoo!
I made it just before the dead line. 1,001,945. Then I got my 8 SWUs turned to 35,000 miles to also count towards mm status!
And then now eshopping has just reversed 10,000 miles for a purchase I had made. I never returned the product, changed it or anything, but they have reversed it.
So now my status has been stripped and the 35,000 miles deleted. Sure, I'll be right back over a million before the end of the year, but now the the 35,000 + more than 10,000 won't count towards MM.
Oh well, I wasn't going to be using eshopping any more anyways. At least in the future I won't have to wonder if I am getting miles or not.
I made it just before the dead line. 1,001,945. Then I got my 8 SWUs turned to 35,000 miles to also count towards mm status!
And then now eshopping has just reversed 10,000 miles for a purchase I had made. I never returned the product, changed it or anything, but they have reversed it.
So now my status has been stripped and the 35,000 miles deleted. Sure, I'll be right back over a million before the end of the year, but now the the 35,000 + more than 10,000 won't count towards MM.
Oh well, I wasn't going to be using eshopping any more anyways. At least in the future I won't have to wonder if I am getting miles or not.
Interesting to see AA is watching for cutoff issues in terms of miles earned from partners before Dec 1 and then reversed subsequent. It sounds like yours was reversed in error so perhaps you can get it sorted out.
Dec 4, 2011, 6:35 am
#2383
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: DFW, DAL
Programs: AA Lifetime Plat, SWA A-list +
Posts: 1,007
So will there be a new thread for those that hit LT gold/LT Plat after Nov 30, 2011? Or are they not allowed to brag about it anymore (I should hit LT Plat in about a year).
Dec 4, 2011, 7:34 pm
#2384
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,905
Last edited by Ritz; Dec 4, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Dec 4, 2011, 9:18 pm
#2385
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
This thread has not been closed - or one would be unable to post to it. It has been retitled to show this is basically for the "old" "miles from anywhere" program and not the new Million Miler program, and incidentally remind people the new program began 1 Dec 2011.
To shout out how you made 1MM, 2MM or even more under the new program, please share here: Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum with NEW Million Miler Program! (>1 Dec 2011)
Knowing us FlyerTalkers, we will undoubtedly continue to should and brag...
To shout out how you made 1MM, 2MM or even more under the new program, please share here: Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum with NEW Million Miler Program! (>1 Dec 2011)
Knowing us FlyerTalkers, we will undoubtedly continue to should and brag...
Last edited by JDiver; Dec 4, 2011 at 9:43 pm