AADER (Double EQ Qualifying Miles) + Elite Bonus for Exceeding Qual Recs
Apr 17, 2008, 7:43 am
#92
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Apr 17, 2008, 7:47 am
#93
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Apr 17, 2008, 8:03 am
#94
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mostly AUS or rural England
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AA's missing a trick here. Think of the marketing ploy - take care of the environment, send us the money, we'll send you status, no need to burn fuel, won't create any carbon dioxide - a win, win for the World. Can't imagine why you'd want to pay for status if you're not flying, but we shouldn't let that get in the way of creativity.....
Apr 17, 2008, 8:19 am
#95
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: stl
Programs: AA LT Plat/8.1mm now with 1350 miles left in my account and proud of it.. SPG LT Titanium.
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me too. in truth i am probably just aggravated because i already have 45,000 miles in and my travel doesn't start up in a big way again until june 19. although i am now thinking about a mileage run if mrs abk will let me out of the house ( another month and i think she will encourage it ).
Apr 17, 2008, 8:19 am
#96
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Tampa, FL
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Holy mother!!! I only have one round trip booked on AA... It isn't fair, I am already so booked up with flights on UA and NW... What am I to do? The horror, the pure horror of it all.
Well good luck to all of you guys that take full aAvantage of this wonderful daArkside promotion! I wonder if UA will join in on this?
Well good luck to all of you guys that take full aAvantage of this wonderful daArkside promotion!
I wonder if UA will join in on this?Darn,
I just switched my EWR-FAT to Delta as the schedule works better for my departure and return as family events came up (I only noted that to make myself feel better). To borrow a phrase "Well good luck to all of you guys that take full aAvantage of this wonderful daArkside promotion!
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Apr 17, 2008, 8:23 am
#97
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). It just means that a somewhat busy May/June period becomes very busy.Cheers.
Apr 17, 2008, 8:31 am
#98
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: bay area, california
Programs: aa exp 1MM, alaska air, united, hhonors gold, spg gold
Posts: 686
Promo does not increase mileage balance
Reading the fine print, the promo does not offer any additional redeemable miles.
It is just a faster route to qualification by in effect lowering the qualification threshhold.
This changes the defintion of EQM as we understand it. These "bonus EQM" will result in the following for a passenger who flies 1000 miles.
However the EQM balance will not update til after the promotion
So several questions.
1) If a person crosses a threshhold and qualifies for Gold or PLat, will they get status and bonus miles as of the date of the flight, or as of the date of posting of the bonus EQM. For example a Gold with 41K EQM today flies 5K miles today. Will they become Plat and start earning 100% bonus as of today or as of August 1st?
2) Will they count as miles towards upgrade for Gold and Plat? QUite possibly not.
3) Will they count as program to date miles? Quite possibly not.
It is just a faster route to qualification by in effect lowering the qualification threshhold.
Terms and Conditions:
Double elite-status qualifying miles are not redeemable for award travel.....This offer does not increment the member's elite qualifying points, segments or award-eligible mileage balance. Double elite-qualifying miles will be calculated at 100% of the elite-qualifying miles earned for each applicable flight and will be posted to the account of the traveling AAdvantage member within six to eight weeks after the offer ends.
Double elite-status qualifying miles are not redeemable for award travel.....This offer does not increment the member's elite qualifying points, segments or award-eligible mileage balance. Double elite-qualifying miles will be calculated at 100% of the elite-qualifying miles earned for each applicable flight and will be posted to the account of the traveling AAdvantage member within six to eight weeks after the offer ends.
Code:
non-status: View my Miles ENDING BALANCE +1000
YTD Elite Qualifying Miles +2000
Gold: View my Miles ENDING BALANCE +1250
YTD Elite Qualifying Miles +2000
Platinum: View my Miles ENDING BALANCE +2000
YTD Elite Qualifying Miles +2000
EXP: View my Miles ENDING BALANCE +2000
YTD Elite Qualifying Miles +2000
Double elite-qualifying miles ...will be posted to the account of the traveling AAdvantage member within six to eight weeks after the offer ends.
1) If a person crosses a threshhold and qualifies for Gold or PLat, will they get status and bonus miles as of the date of the flight, or as of the date of posting of the bonus EQM. For example a Gold with 41K EQM today flies 5K miles today. Will they become Plat and start earning 100% bonus as of today or as of August 1st?
2) Will they count as miles towards upgrade for Gold and Plat? QUite possibly not.
3) Will they count as program to date miles? Quite possibly not.
Apr 17, 2008, 8:50 am
#99
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: AA EXP, SPG Plat, Marriott Plat, Hertz 5*
Posts: 234
How will this affect one's EQP/EQM ratio--and does that even really matter? I'm currently running at 1.4 and hate to dilute that if it truly gives me an upper hand when I 'need a favor' from AA.
Apr 17, 2008, 8:54 am
#100
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: HY
Programs: AA-EXP (3.3MM), AAirpass, SQ-PPS Solitaire, DL-PM (.777MM), SPG-Plat, HH-D
Posts: 2,307
all we need now is a mistake fare on AA
Apr 17, 2008, 8:57 am
#101
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Apr 17, 2008, 9:01 am
#102
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: bay area, california
Programs: aa exp 1MM, alaska air, united, hhonors gold, spg gold
Posts: 686
Regarding the question: "is this to AAs advantage?" on account of elite tier dilution, I know that a lot of high-value passengers have considered jumping ship because of the meltdown and also the BA mess at LHR, which makes AAdvantage a much less desirable program for frequent travellers to and within Europe.
Some of the extra qualifying fliers and additional eVIPs will be offset by pax who will leave AA anyway.
Still seems a good move.
Apr 17, 2008, 9:03 am
#103
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Apr 17, 2008, 9:17 am
#104
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Apr 17, 2008, 9:32 am
#105
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