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Just made EXP / Executive Platinum! Resources, ask questions, brag (2018+)

First, a hearty welcome to Executive Platinum status!

New Executive Platinum members, whether "self-made", via your Concierge Key nomination or made by AA offers, including challenges, to similar status holders from competing airlines, often have questions about how the program works.

Feel free to post your questions here, but also be aware many of your questions about American Airlines, AAdvantage and Executive Platinum status can be answered in these resources:

● Link to What are Executive Platinum / EP / EXP benefits? Are they worth it? (consolidated) thread on FT

● Link to AAdvantage Elite Status guide and charts on aa.com

● Link to "FAQ: American Airlines and AAdvantage - Please check here first!" thread.

● For older posts, please see:
Just made EXP / Executive Platinum! Resources, ask questions, brag (pre-2017)

● Just made EXP / Executive Platinum! Resources, ask questions, brag (2017+)

Just made EXP / Executive Platinum! Resources, ask questions, brag (2018+)

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Jul 26, 18, 3:17 pm

#61

enpremiere

Join Date: Aug 2015

Location: The FT AA forum, until it no longer wants me.

Programs: CK or bust

Posts: 1,804

Just found this so I wasn't so far off but it's still just as mysterious:

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonNYC

While I think close to 100% of knowledgeable folks would agree that the _amount_ of expanded availability is infinitesimal, tiny, incredibly rare-- even so far gone as to say "of virtually no practical use," etc., I'm told it's not factually accurate to say it has been removed/ "no longer exists"

To be clear, the effective difference may be close to zero, but, FWIW.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonNYC

The expanded availability, to my understanding, is only visible to agents on the phone, it does not show up on AA.com. And answer of [agent saying] "she was seeing was the same I was seeing" can mean different things, but doesn't mean this.

So it's likely still "there" which is perhaps why it hasn't been removed from the published benefits but there is really almost no availability to make it meaningful.

Jul 26, 18, 4:54 pm

#62

anaggie

Join Date: Jan 2006

Location: ELP

Programs: AA EXP/LT GOLD, Marriott Titanium

Posts: 4,105

Qualified July 12

EQDs -- 24804
EQMs -- 122991
EQSs -- 35

Jul 26, 18, 8:43 pm

#63

matrixwalker2012

Suspended

Join Date: Oct 2011

Location: LAX

Programs: AAdvantage EXPLAT, Hilton Diamond, SPG/Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum, Citi Exec MC, Amex Plat

Posts: 1,442

Quote:

Originally Posted by LDNConsultant

Re-qualified a while back in June:
EQD: 21,780
EQM: 111,713
EQS: 20

Thanks to long haul flights.

Gotta love high EQM flights, run up status over very few segments.

If you did DFW-HKG in full J, 4 would get you over 96,000 and then a short hop would push you over 😁

Jul 28, 18, 6:56 am

#64

LDNConsultant

Join Date: Apr 2012

Location: New York City

Programs: DL: Platinum, UA: Silver, AMEX Plat, Hyatt: Globalist and Marriott: LF Titanium Elite & Ambassador

Posts: 1,251

Quote:

Originally Posted by matrixwalker2012

Gotta love high EQM flights, run up status over very few segments.

If you did DFW-HKG in full J, 4 would get you over 96,000 and then a short hop would push you over 😁

+ partner flights (QR/CX) helps with the EQD :P

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Jul 28, 18, 1:11 pm

#65

nelsinho

Join Date: Dec 2009

Location: Santiago, Chile

Programs: AA EXP, SPG Plat

Posts: 40

Qualified on July 2nd:

EQD: 16,590
EQM: 119,240
EQS: 20

Also thanks to longhaul flights (AA and QR), plus shorter J fights on LA and CX

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Jul 30, 18, 9:43 pm

#66

jpsj

Original Member

Join Date: May 1998

Location: Syracuse, NY

Programs: 1k UA, UA MM, AA EXPlat

Posts: 637

Just rolling over 120 segments tonight! Got a surprise upgrade from DFW-DEN---nice! Have 80447 eqm and 15032 eqd. Been a trek these 6 months!

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Aug 12, 18, 3:48 pm

#67

skydve1

Join Date: Nov 2003

Location: VA

Programs: AA EXP, DL Gold, HH Diamond, Wyndham Diamond, Marriott Platinum

Posts: 287

Award flight cancellation / reinstatement of miles

My SIL is joining my wife and I on a cruise out of BCN in November. I booked her a coach flight in Jan. Award space just opened up in J (U) , so I booked her a new award flight in J so she can ride up front with us.
I know I can cancel her original flight and get my miles reinstated with the fees waived. Can I do that from the website with the "Cancel Trip" link, or do I have to call the EXP line or AAdvantage line?

Thanks in advance!

Aug 12, 18, 4:04 pm

#68

enpremiere

Join Date: Aug 2015

Location: The FT AA forum, until it no longer wants me.

Programs: CK or bust

Posts: 1,804

Quote:

Originally Posted by skydve1

Unfortunately you'll have to call (take advantage of that shorter EXP line hold time) and you should do that ASAP to ensure that the system doesn't cancel out either the old or the new as a duplicate reservation for a passenger with the same AAdvantage #.

Aug 12, 18, 4:50 pm

#69

skydve1

Join Date: Nov 2003

Location: VA

Programs: AA EXP, DL Gold, HH Diamond, Wyndham Diamond, Marriott Platinum

Posts: 287

Quote:

Originally Posted by enpremiere

Thanks for the advice. I just called ... took less than 5 minutes. I said I need to cancel a reservation, and the rep said she'd reinstate the miles without prompting.
I love it when things happen without a fight!

Aug 25, 18, 9:36 am

#70

WanderingGent

Join Date: Nov 2007

Location: SFO

Programs: AA EXP, Hilton Diamond

Posts: 419

Just qualified for EXP (as of last night!) for the first time since 2009:

EQD: 12,504
EQM: 106,134
EQS: 61

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Aug 25, 18, 9:40 am

#71

azoomee

Join Date: Dec 2001

Programs: AA EP, SPG Ambassador (lifetime plat)

Posts: 247

Funny, I’m at $23k EQD, 75k EQM,, and 118 EQS — doing it the hard way. Will be there this week

Sep 4, 18, 8:55 am

#72

theroyalwe

Join Date: Feb 2005

Location: PHL

Posts: 13

After falling 15k short last year I finally got EXP, and early enough I should be able to enjoy it.

Sep 4, 18, 1:39 pm

#73

apeortdz

Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: PHL

Programs: AA Executive Platinum; Hilton Diamond

Posts: 2,588

Quote:

Originally Posted by theroyalwe

After falling 15k short last year I finally got EXP, and early enough I should be able to enjoy it.

I like that mileage. Makes me wonder if there is an image of 100003 or 100002 or 100001 or 100000 from someone.

Sep 7, 18, 12:25 pm

#74

WiscAZ

Join Date: Sep 2012

Location: Gilbert, AZ

Programs: AA Executive Platinum, HH Diamond, National Executive

Posts: 1,775

Well, I re-qualified on my Tuesday segment. 100,039 EQMs and $14,978 EQDs YTD. It's about a month later than normal as I did one less Australia J trip this year. Around April I was wondering if I was going to make it and things picked up and now I'll likely end up with 130K EQMs by year's end. I did get 10,000 EQDs from CC spend. In a perfect world I'd qualify in December which would mean travel went down.

I celebrated by missing my upgrade on PHX to MKE on Tuesday (also missed it on the return this morning).