Promo: Double EQM - again! DBLEQ, Sep 2 - Dec 15 2009 (consolidated)
Oct 20, 2009, 6:36 pm
#616
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I'm flying BOS-LHR for Thanksgiving, and have signed up for the promo. However, since it takes 6-8 weeks for the additional EQMs to post, I won't have the requisite EQMs for platinum on 31 Dec 2009 (the additional EQMs will be posting well into January).
If I'm at 44K EQM after my Thanksgiving flights and still waiting for the additional 6500 EQMs to post for the bonus, what happens? Will I get platinum status in January 2010?
If I'm at 44K EQM after my Thanksgiving flights and still waiting for the additional 6500 EQMs to post for the bonus, what happens? Will I get platinum status in January 2010?
Oct 20, 2009, 6:39 pm
#617
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I'm flying BOS-LHR for Thanksgiving, and have signed up for the promo. However, since it takes 6-8 weeks for the additional EQMs to post, I won't have the requisite EQMs for platinum on 31 Dec 2009 (the additional EQMs will be posting well into January).
If I'm at 44K EQM after my Thanksgiving flights and still waiting for the additional 6500 EQMs to post for the bonus, what happens? Will I get platinum status in January 2010?
Apologies if this has been covered before. I tried doing a search of this thread, but am apparently not using the correct combination of terms
If I'm at 44K EQM after my Thanksgiving flights and still waiting for the additional 6500 EQMs to post for the bonus, what happens? Will I get platinum status in January 2010?
Apologies if this has been covered before. I tried doing a search of this thread, but am apparently not using the correct combination of terms
The rules say 6-8 weeks. The first processing happened in the first week of October, and included flights through about Sept. 26, barely two weeks earlier. Since the promotion goes through Dec. 15, and AA knows that this affects status (the reason they did the promotion) we figure that they realize the issues and will "take care of it."
If I had to guess, I'd say that there'll be a run early each month this year, same as October. And, with the gap from Dec.15 on, they'll do a year-end final sweep to catch those. These are just my guesses, but AA are clearly going to make this work out.
Cheers.
Oct 20, 2009, 9:43 pm
#618
Join Date: Mar 2009
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I'm flying BOS-LHR for Thanksgiving, and have signed up for the promo. However, since it takes 6-8 weeks for the additional EQMs to post, I won't have the requisite EQMs for platinum on 31 Dec 2009 (the additional EQMs will be posting well into January).
If I'm at 44K EQM after my Thanksgiving flights and still waiting for the additional 6500 EQMs to post for the bonus, what happens? Will I get platinum status in January 2010?
Apologies if this has been covered before. I tried doing a search of this thread, but am apparently not using the correct combination of terms
If I'm at 44K EQM after my Thanksgiving flights and still waiting for the additional 6500 EQMs to post for the bonus, what happens? Will I get platinum status in January 2010?
Apologies if this has been covered before. I tried doing a search of this thread, but am apparently not using the correct combination of terms
AA wouldn't run/advertise a "Double EQM" promotion, and then not run the double EQM's until they were meaningless.
It'd be shooting themselves in the foot.
(Though... I sure wish I could get some of these double EQM's to post for NEXT year!)
Oct 21, 2009, 7:15 am
#619
Join Date: Aug 2009
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YMMV -- This is what I heard over the phone and could change at any point for any reason as deemed necessary by AA.
I called AAdvantage this morning and the lady was assisting me with another issue. She also checked to see if I was registered for the DBLEQ promo (of course). We started talking about the promo and she made a comment that they were looking to run the batch on/around Oct 31, again on/around November 28, and finally on/around January 2.
I called AAdvantage this morning and the lady was assisting me with another issue. She also checked to see if I was registered for the DBLEQ promo (of course). We started talking about the promo and she made a comment that they were looking to run the batch on/around Oct 31, again on/around November 28, and finally on/around January 2.
Oct 21, 2009, 9:20 am
#620
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Oct 21, 2009, 10:58 am
#621
Join Date: Feb 2008
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What matters is the date they were earned on not the date they post.
Don't worry, it will all work out OK.
Oct 21, 2009, 11:01 am
#622
Join Date: Jun 2009
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What would be the point of running the last batch on Jan 2nd? Would the elite qualifying miles awarded after Jan 2nd be applied to the calendar year EQM for 2010? Or would they retroactively be added to any miles gained in 2009 to help people qualify for 2010 status?
Personally, I was hoping that they would post earlier so that I could use those EQM to help me get to the 125K level for the Elite Rewards. =/
Personally, I was hoping that they would post earlier so that I could use those EQM to help me get to the 125K level for the Elite Rewards. =/
They run the batch on Jan 2nd since after Dec 31, there is no way to earn miles for the 2009 year. You just need to wait for miles for flights on Dec 31 or before to post. Since DBLEQ ends on Dec 15, any miles that need to be doubled will have posted by Jan 2. Miles needed for ELTRW for flights flown on Dec 31 or before count as in the 2009 year.
Oct 21, 2009, 11:12 am
#623
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Does anyone have any firsthand experience with getting ORC and confirming that it posted the DBLEQ miles correctly?
Oct 21, 2009, 11:15 am
#624
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Not on the current DBLEQ promotion, but on the double EQM promotions that ran earlier this year and last year I had to get ORC. The double EQMs never posted for me in the normal sweep, I had to call in, explain that I received ORC and then they manually gave me the double EQMs. YMMV.
Oct 21, 2009, 12:17 pm
#625
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Oct 21, 2009, 1:42 pm
#626
Join Date: Oct 2009
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YMMV -- This is what I heard over the phone and could change at any point for any reason as deemed necessary by AA.
I called AAdvantage this morning and the lady was assisting me with another issue. She also checked to see if I was registered for the DBLEQ promo (of course). We started talking about the promo and she made a comment that they were looking to run the batch on/around Oct 31, again on/around November 28, and finally on/around January 2.
I called AAdvantage this morning and the lady was assisting me with another issue. She also checked to see if I was registered for the DBLEQ promo (of course). We started talking about the promo and she made a comment that they were looking to run the batch on/around Oct 31, again on/around November 28, and finally on/around January 2.
Oct 21, 2009, 1:54 pm
#627
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I guess here's my concern:
Example A: Say, I fly on Dec 10th and I get 1,000 EQM. Say this gets me to 49,000 EQM. They give me my DBLEQ on Jan 2nd. Will that retroactively make me platinum, even though I didn't get them until AFTER the start of the new calendar year?
Example B: Say I fly on Dec 10th and I get 1,000 EQM. Say this gets me to 74,000 EQM. They give me my DBLEQ on Jan 2nd. Will that retroactively qualify me for a Platinum ELTRW, even though I didn't get them until AFTER the start of the new calendar year?
Example A: Say, I fly on Dec 10th and I get 1,000 EQM. Say this gets me to 49,000 EQM. They give me my DBLEQ on Jan 2nd. Will that retroactively make me platinum, even though I didn't get them until AFTER the start of the new calendar year?
Example B: Say I fly on Dec 10th and I get 1,000 EQM. Say this gets me to 74,000 EQM. They give me my DBLEQ on Jan 2nd. Will that retroactively qualify me for a Platinum ELTRW, even though I didn't get them until AFTER the start of the new calendar year?
Oct 21, 2009, 1:57 pm
#628
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Oct 21, 2009, 1:59 pm
#629
Join Date: Feb 2008
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I guess here's my concern:
Example A: Say, I fly on Dec 10th and I get 1,000 EQM. Say this gets me to 49,000 EQM. They give me my DBLEQ on Jan 2nd. Will that retroactively make me platinum, even though I didn't get them until AFTER the start of the new calendar year?
Example B: Say I fly on Dec 10th and I get 1,000 EQM. Say this gets me to 74,000 EQM. They give me my DBLEQ on Jan 2nd. Will that retroactively qualify me for a Platinum ELTRW, even though I didn't get them until AFTER the start of the new calendar year?
Example A: Say, I fly on Dec 10th and I get 1,000 EQM. Say this gets me to 49,000 EQM. They give me my DBLEQ on Jan 2nd. Will that retroactively make me platinum, even though I didn't get them until AFTER the start of the new calendar year?
Example B: Say I fly on Dec 10th and I get 1,000 EQM. Say this gets me to 74,000 EQM. They give me my DBLEQ on Jan 2nd. Will that retroactively qualify me for a Platinum ELTRW, even though I didn't get them until AFTER the start of the new calendar year?
Why would AA say a promo runs till a certain period of time and not give the benefits in the qualifying period?? AA has never done that in the past.