AA Concierge Key invitations / renewal for 2019 status (out early 12/2018)
Dec 8, 2018, 7:27 am
#31
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 1,044
Did you choose CK through AirPass when you signed the contract? (So that you’re already CK, but with an “off cycle” renewal date?)
Dec 8, 2018, 10:08 am
#33
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: USA
Programs: AA-CK, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 1,449
Has anyone received the actual welcome pack? I'm curious if the ability to gift EP will be part of the CK package this year. I'll gladly give that up for the rumored (up-thread) new fare codes for upgrades and awards for CK members,
Dec 8, 2018, 10:17 am
#34
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: FIND ME ON TWITTER FOR THE LATEST
Posts: 27,730
Dec 8, 2018, 10:23 am
#35
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: UA 1K and PP, AA PPro (3MM, former CK), Marriott Ambassador and LTT, Uber One
Posts: 1,347
ETA: I see that I received the "welcome to CK" email yesterday, and it includes this about the EXP offer: "This year, we're offering you and a select few ConciergeKey℠ members the opportunity to gift AAdvantage® Executive Platinum status to another AAdvantage member." So it seems it is targeted in some way.
Dec 8, 2018, 10:27 am
#36
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,040
Dec 8, 2018, 10:59 am
#37
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: CO
Programs: AA CK, AC Super Elite, DL Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 108
I chose the $50,000 AAirpass which came with CK last year on January 12, so I've been CK since then. (In 2016 I had $40K in spend, and didn't make it). I blew through the first $50K and bought another $20,000 of AAirpass miles in September, and I have about $8,000 left which I will likely use in the next few weeks. I have two trips in "J" (to SCL and CDG) next week and the week after. They've been in my upcoming trips profile for a month, and they would have seen it. Those alone would have brought me above $80K in EQD. Apparently even that's not enough...my status shows "good through January 12, 2019. Like I said, I'm stunned.
Dec 8, 2018, 11:41 am
#38
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EP
Posts: 9
I chose the $50,000 AAirpass which came with CK last year on January 12, so I've been CK since then. (In 2016 I had $40K in spend, and didn't make it). I blew through the first $50K and bought another $20,000 of AAirpass miles in September, and I have about $8,000 left which I will likely use in the next few weeks. I have two trips in "J" (to SCL and CDG) next week and the week after. They've been in my upcoming trips profile for a month, and they would have seen it. Those alone would have brought me above $80K in EQD. Apparently even that's not enough...my status shows "good through January 12, 2019. Like I said, I'm stunned.
Have you renewed your Aairpass for 2019? I know that the CK status connected to Aairpass is valid only as long as your contract is in effect.
That being said, you should get it for that much spend, but you may be on a different schedule than I am as my company dropped aairpass a few years ago so I earn it outside of that program. I got my status on friday.
Dec 8, 2018, 11:54 am
#39
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EP
Posts: 9
Those numbers look very good for CK. If you don’t end up getting it, there’s another reason. I posted on another thread that CK is for retention. So DFW will have a higher bar than LAX based people due to the competition. There are other factors at play. How long have you been spending, what company you work for, age, etc. that could factor
Dec 8, 2018, 12:00 pm
#40
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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That reason is that the *actual* criteria used to CK invitation/renewal is not actually being discussed here, and, absolutely cannot be determined by someone posting "I am at xxK EQD and xxxK EQM" The real criteria is AA's member profitability figure.
Dec 8, 2018, 3:28 pm
#41
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 17
Sigh... so very true. I'm making one more trip this year... maybe that will put me over the top.
Dec 8, 2018, 4:40 pm
#43
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: CO
Programs: AA CK, AC Super Elite, DL Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 108
Have you renewed your Aairpass for 2019? I know that the CK status connected to Aairpass is valid only as long as your contract is in effect.
That being said, you should get it for that much spend, but you may be on a different schedule than I am as my company dropped aairpass a few years ago so I earn it outside of that program. I got my status on friday.