Sep 12, 2015, 2:58 pm
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"Fast Track" and Corporate Challenges
These are mostly targeted or tied to a corporation
These are mostly targeted or tied to a corporation
"Fast Track" challenges may (or not) offer interim status kept if specified terms (usually EQM and EQD minima within a given time period) and may be for one status level (occasionally even to Executive Platinum) depending on the offer and target group. (If the challenge is not met, interim status is rescinded.) Offers have been offered to a AA flyers marketing targets because they opine they might fly more and retain status, a subset of LinkedIn members, members of competing FFPs, members signing up for Founders Card, etc. (Requesting these when one was not targeted is generally useless.)
Corporate status challenges are offered to employees of certain companies. (One can not apply for such a challenge other than through the existence of such a challenge where one is employed.)
Corporate and fast track status challenges may vary in their detail: some may confer interim status and confirm it after the challenge threshold has been met, some allow purchasing status for a period but requiring flight activity to extend beyond. Please be sure to read the terms and conditions of any corporate status challenge offered you, because it may differ in detail from those discussed here.
Most of these status challenges require flying to earn the required Elite Qualifying Miles on "American Airlines, American Eagle®, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Qantas, as well as eligible codeshare flights" (these are AA Joint Business Venture partners).
Most fast track challenges are targeted, and if someone who was not targeted attempts to sign up the attempt is usually reflected.
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Updated 10 Feb 2017 by JDiver
"Fast Track" & Corporate Status Challenge (master thread)
Jun 7, 2017, 2:02 pm
#107
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 2,316
it's not much of a risk to AA to offer it, even the 20 credits for 500-mile upgrades.
To use anything you have to buy a ticket and fly relatively soon, and if you don't you won't get to keep status or use the upgrades since they stopped allowing them to be used on full Y fares (except EXP per wiki which of course is a moot point for this).
And if you're not plat yet, you probably don't have much EQD spending yet, or probably not enough to bump another existing plat passenger trying to use one of their own 500-milers to upgrade. So no threat to others really.
OP: enjoy!
To use anything you have to buy a ticket and fly relatively soon, and if you don't you won't get to keep status or use the upgrades since they stopped allowing them to be used on full Y fares (except EXP per wiki which of course is a moot point for this).
And if you're not plat yet, you probably don't have much EQD spending yet, or probably not enough to bump another existing plat passenger trying to use one of their own 500-milers to upgrade. So no threat to others really.
OP: enjoy!
Jun 7, 2017, 2:35 pm
#108
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Suburban Philadelphia
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Plat, IHG Gold
Posts: 3,392
I got the same thing today. I'm Gold on UA, and recently flew three segments within Germany on Air Berlin (crediting to AA.)
My status updated almost instantly but don't see any of the 500 milers in there yet.
My status updated almost instantly but don't see any of the 500 milers in there yet.
Jun 7, 2017, 2:48 pm
#109
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: ROC/NYC/MSP/LAX/HKG/SIN
Posts: 3,214
Wife - Offer from GLD to EXP. More like Challenge...
Not immediately PLT yet, so I don't think she will get up to PLT right away unless she meets these requirements.
Reach status faster
Fly on American or other eligible airlines* and earn the required Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) and Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) between the date you register and September 22, 2017, and you’ll receive status through January 31, 2019.
Elite status level EQMs EQDs
Gold 7,000 $1,000
Platinum 12,500 $2,000
Platinum Pro 20,000 $3,000
Executive Platinum 35,000 $4,000
Reach status faster
Fly on American or other eligible airlines* and earn the required Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) and Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) between the date you register and September 22, 2017, and you’ll receive status through January 31, 2019.
Elite status level EQMs EQDs
Gold 7,000 $1,000
Platinum 12,500 $2,000
Platinum Pro 20,000 $3,000
Executive Platinum 35,000 $4,000
Jun 7, 2017, 3:06 pm
#110
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: FIND ME ON TWITTER FOR THE LATEST
Posts: 27,730
A couple of the previous times/versions:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ade-hvfp1.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ade-hvfp1.html
Jun 7, 2017, 3:58 pm
#112
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Arizona
Posts: 5,690
No cost targeted fast track offer to non corporate employee received today. Target person has zero aa miles flown this year..
Reach American Airlines AAdvantage® elite status faster.
Earn the required Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) and Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) between the date you register and September 22, 2017, and you'll receive status through January 2019.
Elite status level EQMs needed EQDs needed
Gold 25,000 7,000 $3,000 $1,000
Platinum 50,000 12,500 $6,000 $2,000
Platinum Pro 75,000 20,000 $9,000 $3,000
Executive Platinum 100,000 35,000 $12,000 $4,000
Reach American Airlines AAdvantage® elite status faster.
Earn the required Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) and Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) between the date you register and September 22, 2017, and you'll receive status through January 2019.
Elite status level EQMs needed EQDs needed
Gold 25,000 7,000 $3,000 $1,000
Platinum 50,000 12,500 $6,000 $2,000
Platinum Pro 75,000 20,000 $9,000 $3,000
Executive Platinum 100,000 35,000 $12,000 $4,000
Jun 7, 2017, 4:58 pm
#114
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Suburban Philadelphia
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Plat, IHG Gold
Posts: 3,392
Jun 7, 2017, 5:41 pm
#115
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: LAX/IAD
Programs: UA Gold
Posts: 162
I have 250 EQD with about 4352 EQM/2 EQS and got free gold til September 22nd.
And then there's
And then there's
To extend your elite benefits through January 31, 2019 and receive 25,000 bonus miles, earn 7,000 Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) and $1,000 Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) on American or other eligible airlines for travel between the date you register and September 22, 2017.**
Jun 7, 2017, 7:26 pm
#116
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA Plat/2MM, DL Silver, UA Silver (via Marr), Marr LTT, HH Gold (via cc), Hyatt Disc
Posts: 1,039
Exactly what I was thinking; would have been very different response under the old "time of request" upgrade prioritization plan though.
certainly not biz sAAvers
Jun 7, 2017, 8:21 pm
#118
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: New York, New York
Programs: AA Gold, Alaska MVP; Free Agent Super Duper Diamond Treasure Chest ;)
Posts: 4,682
A couple of the previous times/versions:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ade-hvfp1.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ade-hvfp1.html
Not sure what I did to deserve the honor of this offer. I have ZERO EQD, EQMs. I have been crediting my somewhat frugal AA travel to Alaska.
The Citi co-branded CC, I suppose?
One of the perks of not chasing status, perhaps!
I am uncertain how best to use it though, now that I have it. Most of my travel for the year, barring something that comes up, is planned already. But for one India- North America trip that is yet to be fixed that most probably will fall during the time frame of this promo. I have been looking at JAL Biz. I imagine there will be some status bonus points attached with being Plat.
Jun 7, 2017, 8:25 pm
#119
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Jun 7, 2017, 9:14 pm
#120
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Suburban Philadelphia
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Plat, IHG Gold
Posts: 3,392
TBH my offer kind of sucks - no PQM requirement, only $5000 PQD requirement. Little chance of that happening by September 22nd. Would sooner have gotten a xx,000 miles + $1-2K PQD offer as that would have been more realistic for my travel patterns.
I assume they gave me the offer knowing that since I was flying within Germany and lived in the US, I had to have gotten to Germany somehow, and they knew it wasn't on them....
I assume they gave me the offer knowing that since I was flying within Germany and lived in the US, I had to have gotten to Germany somehow, and they knew it wasn't on them....