FlyMeToTheLooneyBin

It seems like they posted the double miles for last month on the 3rd though.

panjabi

So, to be clear, based on what I am reading, the following is TRUE??

If I travel MIA-NAS, which normally is only 183 air miles, I get the minimum EQM of 500

So, now due to this promotion, flying that segment will get me 1000 EQM?

Correct?

alien

Correct.

Jills

Welcome, waveslider! You'll find a wealth of great info here. And contrats on your new status. Enjoy.

yuchung5

Does AA still offer soft landing for elite?
Thinking about EXP, but the cost is about $1000.
I am about 28k EQM short. Not sure how much I can fly next year.
Most of my flight are out of my own pocket.
I am sure that I will have a PEK trip next year. SWU will be handy.
But PEK trip won't even make me gold. If AA still offer soft landing, it will give me one more reason to do a MR.
Decision, Decision, Decision......

Nick90274

Yes, AA still has the soft landing policy. I'm in the same boat as you, currently a PLT and was going to end the year 25,000 miles short of EXP. Last night I booked an LHR-SFO run routing through MIA in early December for just over 600 dollars which will make me EXP for the year. I don't have nearly as much travel planned for next year as I had this year but the EVIP's will certainly be nice and guaranteeing some sort of status with AA through 2012 definitely makes the MR worth it in my opinion. If you've got the time and can afford it go for it.

carlitos

Go fo it!!!
In another thread I actually said that one of the reasons I am getting to EXP this year, is because I will continue to be an Elite with AA for the next 3 years even if do not board a plane on those 3 years. Of course I am planning on doing at least my vacation flights if not more (business flights) with AA or OW carriers.

So the answer to your question is: Yes.

MichaelColey

If you're doing a MR for EXP, consider doing enough to get to 125k EQM. That extra 12.5k of flying can get you 75k RDM (12.5k base, 12.5k elite, 50k bonus if you choose 25k RDM for both of your ELTRW choices) or 25k RDM and 4 EVIPs (if you choose EVIPs for your choices). If you do the math, you'll probably find it very worthwhile.

resnick

If all of the DBLEQ miles were to post for the flights I've taken now, I'd make EXP. Has anybody had success (or lack of success) calling AAdvantage CS and begging/pleading for DBLEQ posting?

brp

Yes. Several people have reported being denied. I haven't seen any cases of success. They're posted in this thread.

AA tend not to give shortcuts on top of very generous shortcuts.

Cheers.

resnick

I got lazy after about 10 of the 36 pages of posts.

I figured. Hoping against hope. (*sniff*)

I will continue chomping at the bit.

JumboJ

Hey Guys,

Long time lurker first time poster here. I've been traveling on a "whoever has the cheapest ticket" plan for many years.. but just recently (in the last year or two) have become cognizant of trying to achieve status on a particular airline. After reading this
site and wising up, I shudder to think of the few flights I took for which I (GASP!) earned NO miles simply due to not being signed up with an FF program.

Anyhow I've decided on the AA program as the one to shoot for, mainly because I've got the Citi AAdvantage cards and I'm already working that mileage angle. At this point I have absolutely zero EQM on AA (took a few AA flights this year, but used my LANpass number to reap the kilometers). I'd like to achieve gold by the end of this year, mainly to remove the 100k mile earning cap on my Citi AAdvantage cards. The Double EQM promotion going on right now looks like just the opportunity. I'd like to do this in as few flights as possible. Meaning, if possible, one.

Anyone have a suggestion of a single flights that would reap 25K EQM with the DBLEQM promotion (ex LAX)? Have any of you previously achieved gold status with a single flight??

BrianV

I can't read through all 35+ pages, but does anyone know when the next sweep is happening? Are we just guessing it'll be once a month around the third week?

brp

Nobody knows. Any guesses here are simply based on what happened last month. Since the last one happened around the first week of the month, I'm assuming that on one is guessing third week this time around, though.

Cheers.

mvoight

Of course, you could get LAN KMs by flying AA.
If you don't fly enough of both to make status, then concentrating on either AA or LAN might be the thing to do. After all, you can get LAN awards using AA miles.

There is no single flight that will get you 25K EQM, as there are no bonus mileage single flights that will get you 12500 EQM. Why is a single flight needed?
A roundtrip to Europe could do it. For example LAX-ORD-FCO is 6568 in each direction (I didn't check to see if ORD-FCO is still flying...but there are other options). Yes, I know.. 4 flights, not 1.. But I live in the real world.

Now, regarding GOLD and single flight. Easy to do in a challenge. LAX-LHR, if done on a fare earning more than one point per mile, is over the 5K needed for a challenge, or a discounted roundtrip at .5 EQP per mile. Or.. take a 1.0 EQP per mile fare and get PLT status, with a challenge, for a round trip flight. Or..... take advantage of the Double EQM and fly a roundtrip to anywhere, at almost any fare, as long as it is 12500 miles.