Apr 9, 2014, 9:08 pm
Last edit by: Prospero
Lifetime Gold / Platinum with NEW Million Miler Program!
(or crossed another million mile threshold- program since 01 Dec 2011)
Congratulations to our new Lifetime Gold and Platinum members!
AAdvantageŽ Million MilerSM program, a summary:
. . . As of 1 Dec 2011, base miles earned by flying on AA, its affiliate carriers* or any eligible AAdvantage program participating airline will count towards Million Miler status. (Mileage minimum guarantees do not count, nor do class of service, etc. bonus miles.)
. . . Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantageŽ World Elite MasterCardŽ credit card account holders spending $40,000 in one calendar year will earn 10,000 EQ Miles*.
. . .
AAdvantage Members will enjoy the following benefits when Million Miler status is reached:
. . . At one million (1,000,000) Million Miler miles, AAdvantage members will receive lifetime AAdvantage GoldŽ status and 35,000 AAdvantage bonus miles**
. . . At two million (2,000,000) Million Miler miles, AAdvantage members will receive lifetime AAdvantage PlatinumŽ status and four (4) one-way systemwide upgrades
. . . At each additional Million Miler mark, AAdvantage members will receive four (4) additional one-way systemwide upgrades. (No additional status is earned.)
. . . All members' beginning Million Miler balance on 1 Dec 2011 included every AAdvantage mile ever earned in the program.
. . . As of 1 Dec 2011, Million Miler activity is displayed in your AAdvantage account on AA.com separately from award miles.
*One mile for every dollar spent on eligible purchases using the new Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantageŽ World Elite MasterCardŽ credit card that posted to billing statements through December 2012 counted toward Million Miler status*. The Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantageŽ World Elite MasterCardŽ credit card account had to have been open and in good standing by December 1, 2011.
**American EagleŽ or the AmericanConnectionŽ
See How American AAdvantage Turned Its Back On Lifetime Elite Customers in 2017 by Gary Leff on May 17, 2017
The other active and archived threads discussing the American Airlines AAdvantage Million Miler Program are:
Wiki: AAdvantage Million Miler Program Launched on 1 Dec 2011.
ARCHIVE: Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum! million miles - brag etc. (ended 30 Nov 2011)
Million Miles / Million Miler Program ARCHIVE
(or crossed another million mile threshold- program since 01 Dec 2011)
Congratulations to our new Lifetime Gold and Platinum members!
AAdvantageŽ Million MilerSM program, a summary:
. . . As of 1 Dec 2011, base miles earned by flying on AA, its affiliate carriers* or any eligible AAdvantage program participating airline will count towards Million Miler status. (Mileage minimum guarantees do not count, nor do class of service, etc. bonus miles.)
. . . Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantageŽ World Elite MasterCardŽ credit card account holders spending $40,000 in one calendar year will earn 10,000 EQ Miles*.
. . .
AAdvantage Members will enjoy the following benefits when Million Miler status is reached:
. . . At one million (1,000,000) Million Miler miles, AAdvantage members will receive lifetime AAdvantage GoldŽ status and 35,000 AAdvantage bonus miles**
. . . At two million (2,000,000) Million Miler miles, AAdvantage members will receive lifetime AAdvantage PlatinumŽ status and four (4) one-way systemwide upgrades
. . . At each additional Million Miler mark, AAdvantage members will receive four (4) additional one-way systemwide upgrades. (No additional status is earned.)
. . . All members' beginning Million Miler balance on 1 Dec 2011 included every AAdvantage mile ever earned in the program.
. . . As of 1 Dec 2011, Million Miler activity is displayed in your AAdvantage account on AA.com separately from award miles.
*One mile for every dollar spent on eligible purchases using the new Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantageŽ World Elite MasterCardŽ credit card that posted to billing statements through December 2012 counted toward Million Miler status*. The Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantageŽ World Elite MasterCardŽ credit card account had to have been open and in good standing by December 1, 2011.
**American EagleŽ or the AmericanConnectionŽ
See How American AAdvantage Turned Its Back On Lifetime Elite Customers in 2017 by Gary Leff on May 17, 2017
The other active and archived threads discussing the American Airlines AAdvantage Million Miler Program are:
Wiki: AAdvantage Million Miler Program Launched on 1 Dec 2011.
ARCHIVE: Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum! million miles - brag etc. (ended 30 Nov 2011)
Million Miles / Million Miler Program ARCHIVE
Made Lifetime Gold / Platinum with NEW Million Miler Program! (>1 Dec 2011)
Aug 22, 2014, 9:50 am
#226
Moderator: American AAdvantage
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
My trip this week from JFK to LAX netted me lifetime FLYING miles of 3,000,171. AA already posted 4 SWU into my account. I think when I hit 2M I only got two. I don't think they do anything else anymore since I'm already lifetime Plat...unless Dougie goes changing things LOL!!!
We've merged your post into the appropriate thread for this.
/Moderator
Sep 3, 2014, 1:17 pm
#227
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: AA LT Platinum, WN CP, National EE, Hertz PC, Avis PC, Hilton Diamond, Sheraton Gold
Posts: 278
In case someone is wondering about the timing of the luggage tags/card; I received my luggage tags and card with the million miler indication just under 4 weeks from attainment.
Oct 1, 2014, 11:21 am
#228
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 4,287
OT
Just wanted to say that the a few weeks ago, saw a middle aged lady with 7MM on her AA tags in AUS.. 
was in the same lift with her on the way to the Admirals Club.. did not bother to strike a conversation on that..but impressed with it.. 
First time seeing such a high number.. guess it was before they only took BIS miles only.
Cheers!
was in the same lift with her on the way to the Admirals Club.. did not bother to strike a conversation on that..but impressed with it.. First time seeing such a high number.. guess it was before they only took BIS miles only.
Cheers!
Oct 1, 2014, 3:53 pm
#229
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Just wanted to say that the a few weeks ago, saw a middle aged lady with 7MM on her AA tags in AUS.. was in the same lift with her on the way to the Admirals Club.. did not bother to strike a conversation on that..but impressed with it..
First time seeing such a high number..
was in the same lift with her on the way to the Admirals Club.. did not bother to strike a conversation on that..but impressed with it.. First time seeing such a high number..
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...l#post14784925
http://www.travelingbetter.com/showthread.php?t=4615
Oct 5, 2014, 9:24 am
#230
Join Date: May 2009
Location: IND || CMI
Programs: AA EXP 1M, Marriott LT Platinum, Hyatt Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hertz President Circle
Posts: 631
I had my first flight on American after a cancelled SEA-DTW-IND on Northwest back in April 2, 2005, and didn't switch over to American until the fall of 2008. In between then and now, I had eighteen months where I personally grounded myself for personel reasons (relationship), and then was stuck flying on United for ten months (most painful flying of my life).
I got my millionth mile on a EWR-DFW run, and the totals were:
1,001,888 for the new program
1,457,254 per the old program
If I only had known the future, I wouldn't have hedged bets with 100K on Continental in 2008-2010, and I would have kept all my purchases on the AA Exec card ... but cest la vie no....
+-ADT
I got my millionth mile on a EWR-DFW run, and the totals were:
1,001,888 for the new program
1,457,254 per the old program
If I only had known the future, I wouldn't have hedged bets with 100K on Continental in 2008-2010, and I would have kept all my purchases on the AA Exec card ... but cest la vie no....
+-ADT
Oct 5, 2014, 6:35 pm
#231
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: DFW/DAL
Programs: AA Lifetime PLT, AS MVPG, HH Diamond, NCL Platinum Plus, MSC Diamond
Posts: 21,422
This sounds like an error. You should cause AAdvantage Customer Service so they can fix this. After all, we would all complain if they incorrectly subtracted 35K miles.
Oct 9, 2014, 6:03 pm
#232
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: PHX
Programs: AA PRO
Posts: 352
I don't know if this is exactly the right forum to post this question to but it seems a logical choice:
Is there a way to audit / cross check the BIS miles that are posted to the MM tally?
The reason I ask is that I flew a three segment itinerary the other day, AAA-BBB-CCC-DDD. All three of the segments posted towards this year's EQM activity, as did the bonus RDMs. However, when I look at the MM activity category, only BBB-CCC and CCC-DDD have posted, thereby shorting me the BIS miles for AAA-BBB.
I know this could be fixed with an email to AAdvantage customer service, but it has left me wondering if it has happened before and how to (or if I can) fix it.
I am relatively new to AA, so all the post Dec 2011 rules apply to me.
Any thoughts on how to proceed? Thanks!
Is there a way to audit / cross check the BIS miles that are posted to the MM tally?
The reason I ask is that I flew a three segment itinerary the other day, AAA-BBB-CCC-DDD. All three of the segments posted towards this year's EQM activity, as did the bonus RDMs. However, when I look at the MM activity category, only BBB-CCC and CCC-DDD have posted, thereby shorting me the BIS miles for AAA-BBB.
I know this could be fixed with an email to AAdvantage customer service, but it has left me wondering if it has happened before and how to (or if I can) fix it.
I am relatively new to AA, so all the post Dec 2011 rules apply to me.
Any thoughts on how to proceed? Thanks!
Oct 14, 2014, 5:34 am
#233
Join Date: Aug 2008
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,714
Just wanted to confirm that my understanding of SWU expiry is correct (I found a reference to this by BRP in an older thread so am checking that this still holds):
If I cross a MM threshold in June 2015, my understanding is that the SWUs I earn would not expire until end Feb 2017 - is this correct or do I need to delay crossing the MM threshold to July 2015 onwards to get the longer expiry SWUS? TIA
If I cross a MM threshold in June 2015, my understanding is that the SWUs I earn would not expire until end Feb 2017 - is this correct or do I need to delay crossing the MM threshold to July 2015 onwards to get the longer expiry SWUS? TIA
Nov 11, 2014, 12:42 pm
#234
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: San Diego, Ca
Programs: AA 2MM LT PLT; AS MVP Gold75k; HHonors Diamond; IHG PLT
Posts: 3,502
Thanks to some well-timed MRs over the past 2 years, merger with US, I passed the 2 MM threshold on Nov 2, took one week for the 4 SWUs to end up in my account.
As my MR days are now over, I do not expect to fly enough ever again to earn EXP, I decided to exercise my one-time status AS match, took 4 days for approval for MVP Gold 75k.
As my MR days are now over, I do not expect to fly enough ever again to earn EXP, I decided to exercise my one-time status AS match, took 4 days for approval for MVP Gold 75k.
Nov 11, 2014, 1:04 pm
#235
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Thanks to some well-timed MRs over the past 2 years, merger with US, I passed the 2 MM threshold on Nov 2, took one week for the 4 SWUs to end up in my account.
As my MR days are now over, I do not expect to fly enough ever again to earn EXP, I decided to exercise my one-time status AS match, took 4 days for approval for MVP Gold 75k.
As my MR days are now over, I do not expect to fly enough ever again to earn EXP, I decided to exercise my one-time status AS match, took 4 days for approval for MVP Gold 75k.
Nov 11, 2014, 1:52 pm
#236
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Apr 26, 2015, 2:10 pm
#238
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: LAX, PHL, SAF
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 301
Just made lifetime gold
How exciting - just made lifetime gold 975000 were BIS. The balance was from opening a CC.
I was number one on the upgrade list on flight 2437 ATL-LAX with one seat open 4/25/15
I'm thinking great, lifetime gold and I get to celebrate in first.
That did not last long - someone else got the seat
And boy those new planes are nice but there is no cushion on the bottom of the seat - I sat on my jacket which still didn't help
And wouldn't it be nice if when meeting some threshold like this a simple thank you like they do with a note on your seat on UA ? Just a thought
Would someone be kind enough and see if this "non" upgrade was done legitimately?
Thanks so much
I was number one on the upgrade list on flight 2437 ATL-LAX with one seat open 4/25/15
I'm thinking great, lifetime gold and I get to celebrate in first.
That did not last long - someone else got the seat
And boy those new planes are nice but there is no cushion on the bottom of the seat - I sat on my jacket which still didn't help
And wouldn't it be nice if when meeting some threshold like this a simple thank you like they do with a note on your seat on UA ? Just a thought
Would someone be kind enough and see if this "non" upgrade was done legitimately?
Thanks so much
Apr 26, 2015, 2:19 pm
#239
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Dallas
Programs: AAdvantage EXP, IHG Spire, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, National Executive Elite
Posts: 1,523
How exciting - just made lifetime gold 975000 were BIS. The balance was from opening a CC.
I was number one on the upgrade list on flight 2437 ATL-LAX with one seat open 4/25/15
I'm thinking great, lifetime gold and I get to celebrate in first.
That did not last long - someone else got the seat
And boy those new planes are nice but there is no cushion on the bottom of the seat - I sat on my jacket which still didn't help
And wouldn't it be nice if when meeting some threshold like this a simple thank you like they do with a note on your seat on UA ? Just a thought
Would someone be kind enough and see if this "non" upgrade was done legitimately?
Thanks so much
I was number one on the upgrade list on flight 2437 ATL-LAX with one seat open 4/25/15
I'm thinking great, lifetime gold and I get to celebrate in first.
That did not last long - someone else got the seat
And boy those new planes are nice but there is no cushion on the bottom of the seat - I sat on my jacket which still didn't help
And wouldn't it be nice if when meeting some threshold like this a simple thank you like they do with a note on your seat on UA ? Just a thought
Would someone be kind enough and see if this "non" upgrade was done legitimately?
Thanks so much
Only way you could possibly know that you did 975k BIS and just barely cross 1MM now.
Apr 26, 2015, 2:23 pm
#240
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: LAX, PHL, SAF
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 301
No . All my years flying combined made lifetime gold, I only had one credit card that was opened maybe two years ago that gave me a bonus . I use my Amex for most of my charges so practically nothing charged on that card went to my lifetime miles except the opening credit.