AA Concierge Key invitations / renewal for 2019-20 status (out early 12/2019)
Feb 9, 2019, 9:46 am
#46
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Dallas
Programs: AA explat 5.6 MM, Hilton Diamond for life
Posts: 39
There is no question about the "two main gates" of entry. I average about $50K per year and 200K+ EQM's and never a sniff. Two of my golf buddies travel way less than i do with much smaller spend but because they run companies and can push $$$ toward AA they get the CK benefit. I get that! Seems fair to me.
Feb 9, 2019, 12:48 pm
#47
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: RDU
Posts: 2,262
There is no question about the "two main gates" of entry. I average about $50K per year and 200K+ EQM's and never a sniff. Two of my golf buddies travel way less than i do with much smaller spend but because they run companies and can push $$$ toward AA they get the CK benefit. I get that! Seems fair to me.
Would have to assume that DFW-based customers have a higher bar, since 1) you're captive, and 2) there must be some limit to the #'s from one market.
But who knows
Feb 9, 2019, 12:55 pm
#49
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Dallas
Programs: AA explat 5.6 MM, Hilton Diamond for life
Posts: 39
Feb 11, 2019, 1:24 am
#50
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: UA 1K and PP, AA PPro (3MM, former CK), Marriott Ambassador and LTT, Uber One
Posts: 1,346
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.
Mar 7, 2019, 3:31 pm
#51
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: HH DFL, Hyatt Globalist, AA CK 3MM+, United 1K, National EE, Del Friscos Gold, Uber Diamond
Posts: 51
Interesting and to some degree disturbing thread - I have been CK for 3 years and demoted this year to EP with 47K EQD last year and I missed the challenge they gave me (over the holidays) of $14K by 1.5K...Really sucks already on a path this year of 65-70K and I miss the flagship lounge access the most. Aside from that really doesn't matter much. Just pisses me off as most of my spend last year was personal $$ and they never account for what I spend on my family.
Add to all this they told me I was top 15% of all CKs in travel last year and still got booted - just goes to show that it is all about who you are and where you work, not how much you fly and spend which I think stinks.
Also to note - I only buy first class, I am the CEO of mid-sized company and I also have 2.5 MM miles on AA. I am going to reach out to Airpass to see if I can get re-established. I am out of Dallas and Vail/Eagle - I just changed my address to not be Dallas.
Add to all this they told me I was top 15% of all CKs in travel last year and still got booted - just goes to show that it is all about who you are and where you work, not how much you fly and spend which I think stinks.
Also to note - I only buy first class, I am the CEO of mid-sized company and I also have 2.5 MM miles on AA. I am going to reach out to Airpass to see if I can get re-established. I am out of Dallas and Vail/Eagle - I just changed my address to not be Dallas.
Last edited by MisplacedYankee; Mar 7, 2019 at 4:07 pm
Mar 7, 2019, 4:07 pm
#52
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: AA Executive Platinum; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,662
Interesting and to some degree disturbing thread - I have been CK for 3 years and demoted this year to EP with 47K EQD last year and I missed the challenge they gave me (over the holidays) of $14K by 1.5K...Really sucks already on a path this year of 65-70K and I miss the flagship lounge access the most. Aside from that really doesn't matter much. Just pisses me off as most of my spend last year was personal $$ and they never account for what I spend on my family.
Add to all this they told me I was top 15% of all CKs in travel last year and still got booted - just goes to show that it is all about who you are and where you work, not how much you fly and spend which I think stinks.
Also to note - CEO of company and I also have 2.5 MM miles on AA. I am going to reach out to Airpass to see if I can get re-established. I am out of Dallas and Vail/Eagle - I just changed my address to not be Dallas.
Add to all this they told me I was top 15% of all CKs in travel last year and still got booted - just goes to show that it is all about who you are and where you work, not how much you fly and spend which I think stinks.
Also to note - CEO of company and I also have 2.5 MM miles on AA. I am going to reach out to Airpass to see if I can get re-established. I am out of Dallas and Vail/Eagle - I just changed my address to not be Dallas.
Mar 7, 2019, 5:09 pm
#53
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: FIND ME ON TWITTER FOR THE LATEST
Posts: 27,730
That's definitely not the case for profitability-based CK. It's ALL about how much you spend and how much that bought you.
Mar 7, 2019, 5:29 pm
#54
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: HH DFL, Hyatt Globalist, AA CK 3MM+, United 1K, National EE, Del Friscos Gold, Uber Diamond
Posts: 51
They shouldn't have sent those things out-- it confused a lot of folks. It's an absolutely meaningless statistic for CK qualification, which is all about member profitability, which is often almost inversely proportionate to "miles flown" if the spend doesn't go up dramatically.
That's definitely not the case for profitability-based CK. It's ALL about how much you spend and how much that bought you.
That's definitely not the case for profitability-based CK. It's ALL about how much you spend and how much that bought you.
The irony of it all is that I am on several boards and recommended to a CEO to buy airpass to get CK - He gets CK this year and I get booted. Oh well. LOL.
May 21, 2019, 9:54 pm
#56
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 2
Metal tag details and my eqd
i did 67k EQD last year due to mostly international travel and over 300k EQM... thrilled I made it but it didn’t come until May 1 which was surprising. I thought I was always March 1 so I thought I missed it.
I got the same metal tag and md 80 airline number as everyone else had posted with with July 15 ‘87 service date.
I cant figure out how to use the metal cord to connect the metal tag if anyone else has it. Was not in the package that I saw.
Jarrod
I got the same metal tag and md 80 airline number as everyone else had posted with with July 15 ‘87 service date.
I cant figure out how to use the metal cord to connect the metal tag if anyone else has it. Was not in the package that I saw.
Jarrod
Jun 6, 2019, 8:37 am
#58
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Stilllwater OK (SWO)
Programs: AAdvantage ExecPlat, World of Hyatt Globalist, plain "member" of Marriott, IHG, enterprise, etc.
Posts: 1,844
Interesting and to some degree disturbing thread - I have been CK for 3 years and demoted this year to EP with 47K EQD last year and I missed the challenge they gave me (over the holidays) of $14K by 1.5K...Really sucks already on a path this year of 65-70K and I miss the flagship lounge access the most. Aside from that really doesn't matter much. Just pisses me off as most of my spend last year was personal $$ and they never account for what I spend on my family.
Add to all this they told me I was top 15% of all CKs in travel last year and still got booted - just goes to show that it is all about who you are and where you work, not how much you fly and spend which I think stinks.
Also to note - I only buy first class, I am the CEO of mid-sized company and I also have 2.5 MM miles on AA. I am going to reach out to Airpass to see if I can get re-established. I am out of Dallas and Vail/Eagle - I just changed my address to not be Dallas.
Add to all this they told me I was top 15% of all CKs in travel last year and still got booted - just goes to show that it is all about who you are and where you work, not how much you fly and spend which I think stinks.
Also to note - I only buy first class, I am the CEO of mid-sized company and I also have 2.5 MM miles on AA. I am going to reach out to Airpass to see if I can get re-established. I am out of Dallas and Vail/Eagle - I just changed my address to not be Dallas.
Instead, I barely make Gold unless I get a nicely timed challenge. Frequent flyer programs are about rewarding people who fly on OTM. If AA could give credit for family members, the number of Plat, Plat Pros and ExPlats would explode and all the heavy business travelers would find themselves boarding with half the plane.
Jun 10, 2019, 5:04 pm
#59
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: AA ConciergeKey, Marriott Ambassador, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 6
About six months late on this, but did any CK renewals not get luggage tags? I hit CK in mid-2018 via challenge and received all of the other items sent in January minus the tags. I called customer service a while back and also asked the executive liaison desk when they called to check in, and got different answers. Customer service said I should have received and liaison said they were for new 2019 members only/any pre-2019 qualifiers didn't receive them. Just curious at this point.
Jun 10, 2019, 5:28 pm
#60
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 11
About six months late on this, but did any CK renewals not get luggage tags? I hit CK in mid-2018 via challenge and received all of the other items sent in January minus the tags. I called customer service a while back and also asked the executive liaison desk when they called to check in, and got different answers. Customer service said I should have received and liaison said they were for new 2019 members only/any pre-2019 qualifiers didn't receive them. Just curious at this point.
