And for the 80% in Jan you would get the EXP RDM bonuses still presumably?
Yep. You'll get all of the benefits from EXP until the end of January, at which point you'll fall back to whatever status you've managed to qualify for during January.
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Originally Posted by baclubflyer
Given the specific situation, it seemed more beneficial (but not for my back) to concentrate this in Jan 2019 to get status through 2019 and 2020 as opposed to doing it in Dec 2018 as I'll lose out on a year.
Not sure if you saw the other posts in the thread, but EXP qualifications are changing starting January 2019. So unless you can meet the new requirements, you might want to go all-in for 2018. https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...am-updates.jsp