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!
AAdvantage® 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 / AAdvantage® World Elite™ MasterCard® 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 Gold® status and 35,000 AAdvantage bonus miles**
. . . • At two million (2,000,000) Million Miler miles, AAdvantage members will receive lifetime AAdvantage Platinum® 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 / AAdvantage® World Elite™ MasterCard® credit card that posted to billing statements through December 2012 counted toward Million Miler status*. The Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantage® World Elite™ MasterCard® credit card account had to have been open and in good standing by December 1, 2011.
**American Eagle® or the AmericanConnection®
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!
AAdvantage® 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 / AAdvantage® World Elite™ MasterCard® 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 Gold® status and 35,000 AAdvantage bonus miles**
. . . • At two million (2,000,000) Million Miler miles, AAdvantage members will receive lifetime AAdvantage Platinum® 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 / AAdvantage® World Elite™ MasterCard® credit card that posted to billing statements through December 2012 counted toward Million Miler status*. The Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantage® World Elite™ MasterCard® credit card account had to have been open and in good standing by December 1, 2011.
**American Eagle® or the AmericanConnection®
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)
Apr 26, 2015, 2:26 pm
#241
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: LAX, PHL, SAF
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 301
It's been a long time coming
Just thought this would be a place for people to post their threshold as they reach it just as people post when they hit EXP throughout the year.
Apr 26, 2015, 3:16 pm
#242
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: AA EXP
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ec-2011-a.html
The point imapilotaz was making is that your 975K almost certainly aren't all BIS. If you held any elite status before 2011, there are some elite status bonus miles included in the 1 million.
I mean, it's not impossible that all 975K are BIS, but that'd require you to, for instance, fly 20K miles per year for 20 years and then 200K per year after the million-miler program changed.
As for being #1 on the upgrade list and not getting it? Happens all the time.
Apr 26, 2015, 4:43 pm
#244
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Apr 26, 2015, 5:57 pm
#245
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: LAX, PHL, SAF
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 301
Oh -that's a nice gesture
I do often wonder how many people with any status are on any of my flights.
A few days ago I was upgraded and there were empty seats in first on two consecutive flights
Other times the UG lists are quite long
I know it's based on city and day and time but it's one of those things I wonder about
I do often wonder how many people with any status are on any of my flights.
A few days ago I was upgraded and there were empty seats in first on two consecutive flights
Other times the UG lists are quite long
I know it's based on city and day and time but it's one of those things I wonder about
Apr 26, 2015, 6:37 pm
#246
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
We've merged your thread into the existing one; happy travels! /Moderator
Apr 28, 2015, 12:56 pm
#247
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Dallas
Programs: AAdvantage EXP, IHG Spire, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, National Executive Elite
Posts: 1,523
It's been a long time coming
Just thought this would be a place for people to post their threshold as they reach it just as people post when they hit EXP throughout the year.
Apr 28, 2015, 1:12 pm
#248
Moderator: American AAdvantage
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Sorry math doesnt work. 25 years would be 40,000 miles per year. You will by definition had to been Elite for many years, earning at a minimum 25% bonus miles and likely 100% in some years... or you earned miles thru non-BIS methods like credit cards and double miles promotions prior to 2011.
I've flown AA and partners a lot, been EXP well over a decade - but I promise I didn't earn 5 million miles by planting my glutes into airplane seats!
Apr 28, 2015, 5:01 pm
#249
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Dallas
Programs: AAdvantage EXP, IHG Spire, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, National Executive Elite
Posts: 1,523
Sorry math doesnt work. 25 years would be 40,000 miles per year. You will by definition had to been Elite for many years, earning at a minimum 25% bonus miles and likely 100% in some years... or you earned miles thru non-BIS methods like credit cards and double miles promotions prior to 2011.
I've flown AA and partners a lot, been EXP well over a decade - but I promise I didn't earn 5 million miles by planting my glutes into airplane seats!
For example im at 1.6m miles and only 600k million miler miles.
Apr 28, 2015, 6:33 pm
#250
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Maybe the most accurate way for people to express it is: "all from AA flying activity-- [little/almost none/none] credit card and other"
But, as pointed out, that's a FAR cry from being, truly "1mm BIS" if many/much/some of these AA "million miles" miles were accumulated before the big change, where, as pointed out, the bonuses, etc were, in essence, "inescapable" as it were, no matter how little non-flying activity one has posting to their account.
Even compensation miles, CC sign-up miles, purchased miles and transferred miles counted towards that total back then, etc., etc.
But, as pointed out, that's a FAR cry from being, truly "1mm BIS" if many/much/some of these AA "million miles" miles were accumulated before the big change, where, as pointed out, the bonuses, etc were, in essence, "inescapable" as it were, no matter how little non-flying activity one has posting to their account.
Even compensation miles, CC sign-up miles, purchased miles and transferred miles counted towards that total back then, etc., etc.
Apr 29, 2015, 6:53 am
#251
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Dallas
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Maybe the most accurate way for people to express it is: "all from AA flying activity-- [little/almost none/none] credit card and other"
But, as pointed out, that's a FAR cry from being, truly "1mm BIS" if many/much/some of these AA "million miles" miles were accumulated before the big change, where, as pointed out, the bonuses, etc were, in essence, "inescapable" as it were, no matter how little non-flying activity one has posting to their account.
Even compensation miles, CC sign-up miles, purchased miles and transferred miles counted towards that total back then, etc., etc.
But, as pointed out, that's a FAR cry from being, truly "1mm BIS" if many/much/some of these AA "million miles" miles were accumulated before the big change, where, as pointed out, the bonuses, etc were, in essence, "inescapable" as it were, no matter how little non-flying activity one has posting to their account.
Even compensation miles, CC sign-up miles, purchased miles and transferred miles counted towards that total back then, etc., etc.
Jun 8, 2015, 5:23 pm
#253
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Posts: 33,857
Last Friday's CLT-MSP flight put me over the top to 1,000,000 Miles on AA. I had a little over 900,000 when the earning changes happened in 2011 and I got about 35,000 from US when those miles transferred over. I'd guess total BIS miles to be around 400,000.
