How many elites are there in AAdvantage? (consolidated)
Nov 19, 2015, 7:23 pm
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Nov 19, 2015, 10:21 pm
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Nov 20, 2015, 4:20 am
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Is that 8100 miles x 2 ways x 2 EQMs per mile flown?
Nov 20, 2015, 6:49 am
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SWAG II:
If one assumes 55,000 EXPs...
and 8 times that many Plats...
and 20 times that many Golds...
...then the total number would be 1,595,000 elites.
Nov 20, 2015, 7:47 am
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Since 1 RT to HKG (say, VFR) from NYC (I'll use LGA-DFW-HKG as my routing), which is exactly 19000 AA miles RT, plus 1 JFK-LAX RT nonstop (4950 RT, could also easily be VFR) puts a flyer at 23950 miles, only takes one short trip after that to hit Gold. So, visit two sets of relatives (one relatively far), one Caribbean vacation, a person would get Gold just that easily without really going too far out of their way. Taking just the one LGA-DFW-HKG RT in a year in a premium class gets Gold all by itself, which is probably not unreasonable for the more well heeled VFR traveler.
Feb 22, 2016, 10:39 am
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What's the right number?
Depending on what status level you have, some people say that there are too many EX Plat's. Does anyone know what percentage of AA advantage people are: EX Plat. Plat. Gold?
Do airlines "artificially" have level limits?
Theoretically, if all travelers achieved 100K, then they'd be EX Plat.
Does anyone have an answer to this?
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Do airlines "artificially" have level limits?
Theoretically, if all travelers achieved 100K, then they'd be EX Plat.
Does anyone have an answer to this?
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Last edited by Microwave; Feb 22, 2016 at 10:52 am Reason: Removed unwelcoming commentary
Feb 22, 2016, 10:54 am
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Depending on what status level you have, some people say that there are too many EX Plat's. Does anyone know what percentage of AA advantage people are: EX Plat. Plat. Gold?
Do airlines "artificially" have level limits?
Theoretically, if all travelers achieved 100K, then they'd be EX Plat.
Does anyone have an answer to this?
Do airlines "artificially" have level limits?
Theoretically, if all travelers achieved 100K, then they'd be EX Plat.
Does anyone have an answer to this?
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