How many elites are there in AAdvantage? (consolidated)
Feb 20, 2015, 10:11 pm
#31
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I agree. Before info is released, someone in every large organization asks whether the recipients have any need-to-know the data, and if not, the info stays inside. There are plenty of examples.
Delta is now hiding the awards redemption chart from its own customers, and presumably, those folks have an interest in knowing how many miles their next award seat should cost.
Following September 11, 2001, AA edited its fleet pages to remove most of the performance data that had previously been shared. Obviously, the Boeing site still lists all the data, but the AA pages don't.
The current fleet pages of the US Airways site don't even list the number of seats on each airplane, while Seat Guru and Seat Expert don't agree on the seat count of several fleet types.
Exactly. As long as my upgrade clears, the total number of EXPs simply doesn't matter.
Delta is now hiding the awards redemption chart from its own customers, and presumably, those folks have an interest in knowing how many miles their next award seat should cost.
Following September 11, 2001, AA edited its fleet pages to remove most of the performance data that had previously been shared. Obviously, the Boeing site still lists all the data, but the AA pages don't.
The current fleet pages of the US Airways site don't even list the number of seats on each airplane, while Seat Guru and Seat Expert don't agree on the seat count of several fleet types.
Exactly. As long as my upgrade clears, the total number of EXPs simply doesn't matter.
Apr 18, 2015, 12:38 pm
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How Many AA Elites?
Reading through the forums I see a lot of MM, EXP, and PLAT members sharing their experiences. This got me to wonder just how many AA elites are out there? Any guesses?
Previously discussed, but still no genuinely useful answers and the information is proprietary.
Apr 18, 2015, 4:35 pm
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Jul 12, 2015, 10:54 pm
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How many elites are there in AAdvantage? (consolidated)
Reviving this 15-year old discussion. Anyone has a more updated information on this i.e. number of exec Platinum vs. Platinum vs. gold?
Jul 13, 2015, 3:04 am
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This post has been pulled out of a 15 year old thread on this topic. Since that thread has no information which is remotely accurate in the current day, I've spun it into a new thread and relocated it to the Combined forum.
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Nov 18, 2015, 10:13 am
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Possibly, question is are they buying J and F today. If so, it is actually easier to get to EXP with the new program. Eg. previously LAX-HKG would earn ~25k EQP (8100 x 2 x 1.5 multiplier). Now that same route in paid J will get 32,400 EQM's.
Nov 18, 2015, 12:02 pm
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Nov 18, 2015, 12:53 pm
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We know that 87% of American's passengers fly once or less per year. With that info, we can estimate that some portion of the remaining 13% are elite (in addition to LT members.)
From this article (http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2...-in-2014.html/) it appears that AA has 195,650,765 revenue passenger miles. (I'm not sure if this means 195,650,765 passengers; correct me if I'm wrong.
With that info, 170,216,166 are not elite (except for some LT members.) Therefore, some portion of the remaining 13% are elite. Let's assume 10%. That would mean there can be as many as 19,565,077 elites.
What's your guess on the portion of the 13% that are elite?
From this article (http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2...-in-2014.html/) it appears that AA has 195,650,765 revenue passenger miles. (I'm not sure if this means 195,650,765 passengers; correct me if I'm wrong.
With that info, 170,216,166 are not elite (except for some LT members.) Therefore, some portion of the remaining 13% are elite. Let's assume 10%. That would mean there can be as many as 19,565,077 elites.
What's your guess on the portion of the 13% that are elite?