Oct 21, 2017, 12:00 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
2018 Program Year Elite Status Buyback / Renew / Boost (as of EOY 2017)
"Grace" for those close to completing status requirements has not been offered since AA began the buyback / renew / boost program.
In previous years, AA (and US) have offered those who failed to requalify for elite status the opportunity to buy back or "boost" status for the following status year. That offer was extended for the 2017 programme year, and the 2018 offering is be discussed here. E-mails have gone out to many members (16 Nov) with tailored offers. To see if you are eligible and to see what your offers are, go to https://elite.americanairlines.com/e...ewal/login.cfm
NOTE: “Plus, your purchase price will count toward your Rolling Elite Qualifying Dollars, helping improve your upgrade priority.” - AA
List of members' offers for 2018 program year to be added below. See end for 2016 offers.
List current status, EQD & EQM / EQS, $ required for buyback or boost and status offered:
GOLD PLAT PPRO EXP
To read what each status tier offers, see:
What are AA Gold / GLD Benefits? Are they worth it? (Master thd) (link)
What are AA Platinum / PLT Benefits? Are they worth it? (Master thd) (link)
What are AA Platinum Pro Benefits? Are they worth it? (Master thd) (link)
What are AA Executive Platinum / EP / EXP Benefits? Are they worth it? (Master thd) (link)
For the thread discussing last year's programme, see this archived thread.
List of people's 2018 program year (1 Feb through 31 Jan) offers here. List is current up to post #147
Code:
Status EQM EQD GLD PLT PPR EXP
EXP 94k $17,960 ——————— ——————— ——————————— —————$1,895
PLT 24k $ 1,800 $ 699 $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
PLT 4k $ 1,000 $ 699 $ 1,999 ——————— ———————
EXP 86k $13,538 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,295
EXP 130k $11,940 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 345
PLT 12k $ 1,518 $ 699 $ 1,995 ——————— ———————
EXP 72k $16,000 ——————— ——————— $ 995 ———————
?(#16) 68k $ 9,315 ——————— ——————— $ 1,345 ———————
EXP 108k $11,855 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 225
EXP 101k $10,340 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,795
EXP 100k $10,000 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 2,995
None(#20)18k >$3,000 $ 495 ——————— ——————— ———————
GLD 46k $ 4,451 ——————— $ 1,865 ——————— ———————
PLT 34k $ 4,500 ——————— $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
???(#25) 66k $10,500 ——————— ——————— $ 1,345 ———————
PLT 26k $ 6,900 ——————— $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
PLT 46k $ 4,382 ——————— $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
EXP 10k $ 858 $ 699 $ 1,995 ——————— ———————
PLT 30k $ 2,264 $ 699 $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
PLT 58k $17,000 ——————— ——————— $ 1,945 ———————
PLT 19k $ 6,500 $ 500 $ 1,995 ——————— ———————
EXP 40k $ 5,383 ——————— $ 1,295 ——————— ———————
EXP 88k $ 8,000 ——————— ——————— $ 1,135 $ 4,155
EXP 102k $11,513 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 765
EXP 90k $14,361 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,795
PLT 45k $12,246 ——————— $ 695 ——————— ———————
GLD 19k $ 5,011 $ 495 ——————— ——————— ———————
???(#37)<80k $ 9,100 ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————
EXP 44.6k $ 2,230 $ 699 $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
EXP 93k $23,000 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,795
PPR 92k $13,000 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,795
EXP 45.5k $ 1,656 ——————— $ 1,479 ——————— ———————
PLT 63k $ 6,328 ——————— ——————— $ 2,885 ———————
None 14k $ 964 $ 2,215 ——————— ——————— ———————
PLT 65.7k $10,800 ——————— ——————— $ 1,345 ———————
PLT 42.4k $ 8,639 ——————— $ 1,075 ——————— ———————
PLT 44.9k $ 5,577 ——————— $ 995 ——————— ———————
EXP 57k $ 4,200 ——————— $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
PLT 40.6k $ 5,832 ——————— $ 995 ——————— ———————
PLT 40.5k $ 5,843 ——————— $ 895 ——————— ———————
EXP 84.6k $12,460 ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————
EXP 95.8k $11,679 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,395
PPR 81k $11,465 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 735
EXP 116k $11,870 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 225
EXP 90.6k $14,361 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,798
EXP 22k $ 1,100 $ 699 $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
EXP 92.5k $11,986 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,895
EXP 61k $ 8,800 ——————— ——————— $ 1,745 ———————
PPR 97k $20,000 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,295
EXP ~124k $11,296 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 935
EXP 94.8k $11,543 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,895
EXP 97.4k $14,228 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,295
PLT 73.6k $ 8,832 ——————— ——————— $ 995 ———————
EXP 98.4k $13,600 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,295
EXP 91.5k $11,660 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,895
PLT?(#80)62.6k $ 7,707 ——————— ——————— $ 1,645 ———————
EXP?(#81)99.9k $16,603 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,395
PLT 21k $ 1,500 $ 699 $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
PPR 93.3k $19,775 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,795
PLT 26.3k $ 4,172 ——————— $ 1,479 ——————— ———————
PLT 17k $ 2,221 $ 699 $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
EXP 88k $14,500 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 2,500
PLT 2k $ 230 ——————— $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
PLT 0 $ 0 $ 699 $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
GLD 72.3k $10,735 ——————— ——————— $ 995 ———————
PLT 75.9k $ 9,854 ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————
EXP 69.5k $ 9,950 ——————— ——————— $ 1,645 ———————
EXP 41.6k $ 8,077 ——————— $ 995 ——————— ———————
PLT 60.2k $ 8,200 ——————— ——————— $ 1,656 ———————
EXP 57.4k $ 6,067 ——————— $ 265 ——————— ———————
EXP 57k $ 6,000 ——————— ——————— $ 1,760 ———————
EXP 120k $10,500 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,850
EXP?(#100) 84.8k $13,025 ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————
EXP 99.9k $ 9,218 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 2,899
PPR 85k $ 9,200 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 2,985
PLT 36.2k $ 7,636 ——————— $ 1,295 ——————— ———————
GLD 44.7k $ 5,541 ——————— $ 895 ——————— ———————
PLT 46.5k $12,500 ——————— $ 650 ——————— ———————
PLT 43.1k $10,531 ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————
GLD 33.4k $ 4,966 ——————— $ 1,495 ——————— ———————
GLD 0 $ 0 $ 699 ——————— ——————— ———————
PPR 79.5k $19,295 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 3,575
GLD 39.6k $ 7,616 ——————— $ 1,195 ——————— ———————
None 35.1k $ 2,180 $ 995 ——————— ——————— ———————
PLT 25.2k $ 3,478 ——————— $ 1,479 ——————— ———————
EXP 99.5k $16,323 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,395
PLT 30k $ 4,988 ——————— $ 1,295 ——————— ———————
GLD 11k $ 1,652 $ 699 ——————— ——————— ———————
PLT 45.7k $12,250 ——————— $ 695 ——————— ———————
GLD 18.7k $ 5,000 $ 495 ——————— ——————— ———————
PLT 40.3k $ 3,050 ——————— $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
PLT 0 $ 0 ——————— ——————— $ 1,479 ———————
PPR 86k $21,500 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 2,495
EXP 92.3k $10,400 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,895
GLD ~9k ~$ 1,000 $ 699 ——————— ——————— ———————
EXP 99.4k >$14,000 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,299
EXP 95.5k $17,779 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 1,395
PLT 21k $ 2,200 $ 699 $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
EXP 115k $11,961 ——————— ——————— ——————— $ 225
EXP 53k $15,000 ——————— ——————— $ 1,765 ———————
EXP 30.5k $5,714 —————— $ 1,299 ——————— ———————
Program Year 2018 Elite Status Buy back / Buyback / Renew / Boost (master thd) .
Nov 3, 2017, 8:46 pm
#136
Join Date: May 2008
Location: PHL (kinda, no airport is really close)
Programs: AA Exp, but not sure for how long. Enterprise Platinum woo-hoo!
Posts: 4,550
Current Status: Gold
EQMs: approx 9K
EQ$: approx 1K
Offer: Gold $699
Have to decide how much I'll fly next year. I do two business trips a year PHL-LAS. A few years ago I was flying that route 1-2x a month, but obviously much less now.
EQMs: approx 9K
EQ$: approx 1K
Offer: Gold $699
Have to decide how much I'll fly next year. I do two business trips a year PHL-LAS. A few years ago I was flying that route 1-2x a month, but obviously much less now.
Nov 3, 2017, 11:08 pm
#137
Join Date: Dec 2005
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Amb Elite & LT Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,230
Wow, absolutely the stupidest thing the Parker lead AA has done.
When this came out, current EXP
99,400 miles
$14k+ EQD
Offer $1,299
Really am I stupid? Oh btw AA my return trip puts me over 100k so why would I even consider this.
If EXP requirement is 12,000 why wouldn't buy up be a min of 12,000 less what ever you have not spent?
This just tells us that it doesn't matter what you fly or spend.
Mrs. Deac83 current plat
30k+ miles
$2850
And she's been at that level since August. Her buy up is:
Gold $235 more that her spending deficit.
Plat $1,299, she's $3,000 below plat spend. I'm glad to pay up since she's $1,700 ahead on the plat deal.
AA has lost touch with reality and seems to think we can't do math. I need essentially one flight to make EXP and they want $1200, my wife would have to spend time and money to get anywhere near Plat and they gift it to her at a discount of $1,700.
All the speculation that low end EXP's would be weeded out is gone.
Not to mention this is the first time they've offered a buy up to EXP.
I guess I don't have to worry about EXP qual for next year I can just wait for Nov to find out the real cost.
And who, in their right mind, would put this offer out in Nov. We had two months to chase the traditional requirements. People can stop traveling and make EXP.
Stupid
Stupid
Stupid
When this came out, current EXP
99,400 miles
$14k+ EQD
Offer $1,299
Really am I stupid? Oh btw AA my return trip puts me over 100k so why would I even consider this.
If EXP requirement is 12,000 why wouldn't buy up be a min of 12,000 less what ever you have not spent?
This just tells us that it doesn't matter what you fly or spend.
Mrs. Deac83 current plat
30k+ miles
$2850
And she's been at that level since August. Her buy up is:
Gold $235 more that her spending deficit.
Plat $1,299, she's $3,000 below plat spend. I'm glad to pay up since she's $1,700 ahead on the plat deal.
AA has lost touch with reality and seems to think we can't do math. I need essentially one flight to make EXP and they want $1200, my wife would have to spend time and money to get anywhere near Plat and they gift it to her at a discount of $1,700.
All the speculation that low end EXP's would be weeded out is gone.
Not to mention this is the first time they've offered a buy up to EXP.
I guess I don't have to worry about EXP qual for next year I can just wait for Nov to find out the real cost.
And who, in their right mind, would put this offer out in Nov. We had two months to chase the traditional requirements. People can stop traveling and make EXP.
Stupid
Stupid
Stupid
Nov 3, 2017, 11:23 pm
#138
Join Date: Dec 2005
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Amb Elite & LT Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,230
When did they pull the data? June?
I mean, crap, we both could jump on any $150 rt flight and get 1,000 EQM. They are completely out of touch with reality.
I'll get the last laugh, Mrs. Deac 83 might have flown 60k miles in the last 3 years but I was smart enough to buy her up to plat every year so we are probably $7,000 ahead of the game as a family unit.
Wow, so stupid.
I mean I just booked at ticket DFW-SEA-SFO-DFW for $500, do they think I'm really that stupid to pay $1300 for something I can get for less than $500. Darn I can go RT to Europe for less than $1k without even looking. Completely perplexing.
The complete irony of this is that they changed the entire FF model to value $$ spent and then they make offers that clearly ignore that and value miles flown.
So stupid.
Last edited by deac83; Nov 3, 2017 at 11:46 pm
Nov 3, 2017, 11:42 pm
#139
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: SoCal to the rest of the world...
Programs: AA EXP with lots of BA. UA 2MM Lifetime Plat - No longer chase hotel loyalty
Posts: 6,699
Current Status: EXP
95,530 EQM
$17,779 EQD
Offer for EXP: $1,395
EQD was $14,795 likely when they ran their numbers - had a new flight post 2 days before their emails)
EQM was 84K or so two days before the emails
Will make the EQM's next week to clear this and likely be 15K over for the needed EQMs for EXP
95,530 EQM
$17,779 EQD
Offer for EXP: $1,395
EQD was $14,795 likely when they ran their numbers - had a new flight post 2 days before their emails)
EQM was 84K or so two days before the emails
Will make the EQM's next week to clear this and likely be 15K over for the needed EQMs for EXP
Nov 4, 2017, 7:52 am
#140
Join Date: Jan 2016
Programs: AA Platinum
Posts: 50
Current Status: Platinum
EQMs: 21k
EQ$: 2.2k
Offer: Gold for $699 or Platinum $1299
I'll hit Gold by the end of the year, just need to book one more flight. Already know I'll make Gold next year, too, with flights already booked for summer. I'm not sure if the additional 20% for bonus miles and selecting any MCE seat at booking are worth the extra $1299.
EQMs: 21k
EQ$: 2.2k
Offer: Gold for $699 or Platinum $1299
I'll hit Gold by the end of the year, just need to book one more flight. Already know I'll make Gold next year, too, with flights already booked for summer. I'm not sure if the additional 20% for bonus miles and selecting any MCE seat at booking are worth the extra $1299.
Nov 4, 2017, 10:52 am
#141
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: CLT
Programs: Marriott Plat, AA Gold
Posts: 1,076
Do the offers get updated as you fly more?
me: current plat, over $11k EQD, now 1 segment short of re-qualifying for Plat (but did have 4 segments on Thursday the day I checked the link).
offer: $695 to retain Plat, no offer for Plat Pro
me: current plat, over $11k EQD, now 1 segment short of re-qualifying for Plat (but did have 4 segments on Thursday the day I checked the link).
offer: $695 to retain Plat, no offer for Plat Pro
Nov 4, 2017, 10:56 am
#142
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP/OWE, Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 880
If only these were transferable, I'd buy from you in a nano second. Although, I'm sure you'd want to give it to someone you know
Safe travels.
Nov 4, 2017, 11:01 am
#143
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 5,270
Nov 4, 2017, 12:27 pm
#144
Join Date: May 2005
Location: SJC
Programs: NZ*G, QF NB, UA 1K, AA ExecPlat, IHG PlatAmb, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold, ZE1 PC
Posts: 2,636
Pretty much the same here -- $225 to get to EXP. Currently at 115K EQM and $11,961 EQD.
Nov 4, 2017, 12:52 pm
#145
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,041
Nov 4, 2017, 2:21 pm
#146
Join Date: May 2008
Location: PHL (kinda, no airport is really close)
Programs: AA Exp, but not sure for how long. Enterprise Platinum woo-hoo!
Posts: 4,550
You get a 50% discount on MCE as Gold, and I wouldn't value the extra 20% RDM's as very much, so unless you would be buying a lot of MCE then Gold is probably good enough.
Completely useless...
Nov 4, 2017, 8:32 pm
#148
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: TUL
Programs: AA EXP 2MM; Marriott Titanium; Hilton Diamond; Hyatt Explorist; Vistana 5* Elite; Nat'l Exec Elite
Posts: 6,177
Nov 4, 2017, 9:44 pm
#150
Join Date: Dec 2005
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Amb Elite & LT Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,230
And they have no data, this is the first year they've had the miles and $$ requirement.
I have more data points than they do.
FWIW I now have $15k and 100,400 miles as of today, maybe I should write them a check?
Stupid
Stupid
Stupid