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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.
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Dec 8, 2008, 5:27 am
#482
Join Date: Jan 2006
Programs: AA gold MM, HH gold, SPG gold,
Posts: 217
1,007,824 and all on my own dollars. Now we can concentrate on getting Mr B up to 2MM...he's at 1.3 now. Don't think I'll ever make it there, but I never would have gotten to 1MM without FT.
Dec 8, 2008, 6:30 am
#483
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: AA PLT (2MM+); Steerage in most other airline programs; SPG GLD; heckuva guy
Posts: 520
Never say never. I went from ~350K miles to 2MM+ in less than two years--all on my own nickel. Of course, a fair chunk of it was compliments of a certain Swiss cheese manufacturer. Keep your eye out for MR deals, bonus offers and the like.
Dec 10, 2008, 11:42 am
#484
Join Date: Oct 2005
Programs: AA-Gold (1mm) AMEX Plat HH Gold BA Silver
Posts: 30
Just hit 1mm this morning on a flight from KC to ORD. 
Dec 10, 2008, 12:12 pm
#485
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: AA L/T Gold
Posts: 174
I know 1MM & 2MM miles lifetime status are technically unpublished benefits and I don't want to start any rumors but any chance this could be done away with in the near future? I'm about 75k away from 1MM and am trying to hit before Jan. 1.
Since I've started on the endeavor of trying to get 1MM I've been worried they would end the lifetime status before I got to 1MM. Since I'm so close and it's the end of the year and at the end of a year where AA added a lot of fees, raised fees, etc. So I'm extra paranoid this could go away 12/31/08.
Am I just being paranoid?
Since I've started on the endeavor of trying to get 1MM I've been worried they would end the lifetime status before I got to 1MM. Since I'm so close and it's the end of the year and at the end of a year where AA added a lot of fees, raised fees, etc. So I'm extra paranoid this could go away 12/31/08.
Am I just being paranoid?
Dec 10, 2008, 12:19 pm
#486
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 6,436
I'm thinking of going over 2,000,000 now rather than waiting until Jan 1 (I could do either) as I'd feel worse if the program ended than if I had earlier to expire eVIPs. I'd rather have 2/2011 than 2/2010 eVIPs, but being lifetime PLT is more important to me. Am I being silly?
Dec 10, 2008, 1:16 pm
#487
Join Date: Dec 2006
Programs: AA PLT (2MM-- thank you FT!), UAL, DL, AF, BA
Posts: 853
not silly, as you've worked it out quite logically in terms of your preferences and relative risk assessment.
paranoid, perhaps, but not silly.
paranoid, perhaps, but not silly.
Dec 10, 2008, 6:44 pm
#488
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: OKC/DFW
Programs: AA EXP/2 MM
Posts: 9,999
I'm thinking of going over 2,000,000 now rather than waiting until Jan 1 (I could do either) as I'd feel worse if the program ended than if I had earlier to expire eVIPs. I'd rather have 2/2011 than 2/2010 eVIPs, but being lifetime PLT is more important to me. Am I being silly?
Funny thing, though, is that I've been looking at this from quite the opposite perspective recently. My husband hit 2MM last week even though I had intended to delay that achievement until after Jan 1. I'm still kicking myself for miscalculating, but ah well, I've heard that the proverbial bird in the hand is worth something...
Dec 11, 2008, 3:30 pm
#489
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, SPG Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 660
Unless I want to fork over a bunch of money in sharing miles (I'm about 60k short and wife has 60k in her account) to send her miles to my account I won't make it before 12/31. I was hoping to have 20k SPG points to transfer, about 5k from my Citi AA and a bunch of LSC points hit to get me around 20k. If that would've happened I was going to share the miles to get there by 12/31.
More than likely I am being paranoid but now that I'm less than 60k away I'd hate to see all that hard work go to waste. Since I would never qualify for Gold on miles/segments (I only fly about 7-8 times a year) it would be nice to have lifetime status.
More than likely I am being paranoid but now that I'm less than 60k away I'd hate to see all that hard work go to waste. Since I would never qualify for Gold on miles/segments (I only fly about 7-8 times a year) it would be nice to have lifetime status.
Dec 11, 2008, 8:30 pm
#490
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 42
Unless I want to fork over a bunch of money in sharing miles (I'm about 60k short and wife has 60k in her account) to send her miles to my account I won't make it before 12/31. I was hoping to have 20k SPG points to transfer, about 5k from my Citi AA and a bunch of LSC points hit to get me around 20k. If that would've happened I was going to share the miles to get there by 12/31.
More than likely I am being paranoid but now that I'm less than 60k away I'd hate to see all that hard work go to waste. Since I would never qualify for Gold on miles/segments (I only fly about 7-8 times a year) it would be nice to have lifetime status.
More than likely I am being paranoid but now that I'm less than 60k away I'd hate to see all that hard work go to waste. Since I would never qualify for Gold on miles/segments (I only fly about 7-8 times a year) it would be nice to have lifetime status.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...-buy-wait.html
while i haven't absolutely decided, I'm leaning toward letting the miles "naturally" accrue (bis + credit card) in Jan/Feb 2009 rather than buying the remaining miles before year-end 2008. Three reasons: 1) EVIP expiring a year later, 2) I'm increasingly of the opinion that fear of canceling the lifetime benefit in the next 3 weeks is overly paranoid, and 3) I save the cost of buying enough miles to put me over the 2mm mark.
Dec 12, 2008, 9:46 am
#491
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: AA PLT (2MM+); Steerage in most other airline programs; SPG GLD; heckuva guy
Posts: 520
Never say never....take this with a grain of salt...FWIW...
...but I think you should wait until next year. Extra year of eVIP validity is no small thing, and there has been nothing I'm aware of about discontinuing this benefit.
...but I think you should wait until next year. Extra year of eVIP validity is no small thing, and there has been nothing I'm aware of about discontinuing this benefit.
Dec 14, 2008, 5:27 pm
#492
Join Date: Apr 2006
Programs: AA, UA, DL, HA, NW
Posts: 59
Living in Asia, just made LT Gold -- eVIP's?
I just received my congratulatory email for reaching the 1MM mark about 3 weeks ago. My gold status is now indicated online, and my 500-mile upgrade counter at aa.com shows 0, so I'm hoping I get eVIP's instead -- my mailing address is in Thailand. How do I check my eVIP balance, if I do in fact have them? I read somewhere that you get eVIP's if your address is in Europe -- does that mean they exclude Asian addresses?
Dec 15, 2008, 9:32 am
#493
Join Date: Sep 2002
Programs: Mucci Gold Class
Posts: 2,045
Went through 1MM nearly 6 weeks ago, and not a peep from AA. Never use eVIPs that much, stickers pointless (been EXP for several years), what I was really looking forward to was a letter I can stick on my bathroom wall.
Any idea how long it could take to get the letter? I've seen 1-3 weeks posted here...
Any idea how long it could take to get the letter? I've seen 1-3 weeks posted here...
Dec 15, 2008, 11:50 am
#494
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: AA L/T Gold
Posts: 174
Went through 1MM nearly 6 weeks ago, and not a peep from AA. Never use eVIPs that much, stickers pointless (been EXP for several years), what I was really looking forward to was a letter I can stick on my bathroom wall.
Any idea how long it could take to get the letter? I've seen 1-3 weeks posted here...
Any idea how long it could take to get the letter? I've seen 1-3 weeks posted here...
Dec 15, 2008, 11:52 am
#495
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 just received my congratulatory email for reaching the 1MM mark about 3 weeks ago. My gold status is now indicated online, and my 500-mile upgrade counter at aa.com shows 0, so I'm hoping I get eVIP's instead -- my mailing address is in Thailand. How do I check my eVIP balance, if I do in fact have them? I read somewhere that you get eVIP's if your address is in Europe -- does that mean they exclude Asian addresses?