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Apr 22, 2008, 11:27 am

#16

DallasAudiGuy

Join Date: Aug 2003

Location: DFW

Programs: AA Plat (2MM), Hertz 5 star

Posts: 598

Quote:

Originally Posted by 777-DCA

Yeah, and Ph.D students get free EXP.

All of them, except Arts and Humanities professors

;-)

Apr 22, 2008, 12:42 pm

#17

moman

Join Date: Jul 2005

Location: MIA

Programs: AAdvantage EXP, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Hertz PC, Delta PM, SPG Gold

Posts: 1,031

AA Does this with targeted marketing

IN fact, I received my first Gold status because I was identified as a key customer of the STL facilities when AA decided to drastically reduce flights in 2003. To keep people loyal, half the fliers were made Gold (or put on a challenge). That fall, AA had agents checking boarding passes in the security line to route customers to the Elite checkin line. Many poeple pulled to the elite line didn't even know they were elite or why.

Apr 22, 2008, 1:51 pm

#18

JohnnyP

Join Date: Jun 2001

Location: The road less traveled

Programs: UA Gold MM, AA EXP, Delta Platinum, Marriott Titanium, HHonors Diamond, Natl EE, Hertz Platinum

Posts: 5,118

I graduated from a "participating business school" last year and was indeed offered Gold status on AA. They had stuffed the promo enveloped in with our official diplomas that were picked up the week after the ceremony (vs. the "fake" diploma handed out during the graduation ceremony). To be honest, I doubt if even 1/3 of my class took advantage of this.

But not a bad idea for AA!

Apr 22, 2008, 3:23 pm

#19

CityFlyerNYC

Join Date: Sep 2002

Posts: 544

Wish AA would add some Southern MBA schools to their target list. Seems like its only the LAX, ORD, BOS and JFK B-School crowd they targeted with this offer.

Two years staying PLT in the South as an MBA I think that deserves something.

Can't wait to finally be rid of US Air and Delta.

Apr 22, 2008, 4:08 pm

#20

ranles

Original Member

Join Date: May 1998

Location: Escondido CA USA

Programs: AS, UA, HY, Hil, Merr

Posts: 3,207

Drats, I guess an MBA in 1967 doesn't work either!

Apr 22, 2008, 4:47 pm

#21

dayone

Moderator: Alaska Mileage Plan

Join Date: Feb 2005

Posts: 12,320

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyP

I doubt if even 1/3 of my class took advantage of this.

The top (i.e., smartest) 1/3?

Apr 22, 2008, 6:51 pm

#22

Boeing2027

Join Date: Mar 2006

Posts: 131

A couple of years ago, a friend of mine received a significant promotion, CMO, at a Fortune 500 firm. Part of his compensation package included EXP for him and his family. If I recall correctly, I was roasted to suggest that AA would ever consider providing such accommodation to a major corporate exec.

Now Gold to new grads.....I'm thinking that when my youngest graduates from kindergarten I should hold out for PLT.

Apr 22, 2008, 7:49 pm

#23

oklAAhoma

Join Date: Mar 2004

Location: OKC/DFW

Programs: AA EXP/2 MM

Posts: 9,999

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boeing2027

A couple of years ago, a friend of mine received a significant promotion, CMO, at a Fortune 500 firm. Part of his compensation package included EXP for him and his family. If I recall correctly, I was roasted to suggest that AA would ever consider providing such accommodation to a major corporate exec.

Now Gold to new grads.....I'm thinking that when my youngest graduates from kindergarten I should hold out for PLT.

IIRC the skepticism did NOT arise from the suggestion that the executive was accomodated, but rather from the claim that the executive's entire family was comped to EXP.

http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthrea...t=#post5623726