ARCHIVE: 2016 Sticker" / 500-mile & EXP "UDU" Complimentary Upgrade Policy / FAQ
Oct 25, 2016, 9:05 am
#587
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Oct 25, 2016, 9:24 am
#588
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Oct 25, 2016, 9:51 am
#589
Join Date: May 2010
Location: PHL
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Just make sure your account doesn't go completely dormant due to inactivity, in which case everything gets wiped out.
Oct 25, 2016, 10:12 am
#590
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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I'm glad the OP asked. I was Gold last year and had one sticker leftover. I noticed it has stayed in my account (while I went down to Nothing). So, good to hear that it will be useful after December when I will qualify for Gold again.
Oct 25, 2016, 11:13 am
#591
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PHL
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Oct 25, 2016, 11:59 am
#592
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: New York, NY
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Soft landing
Wow didn't know it ended. lol. I just kept qualifying but good to know! Thanks everyone.
Oct 25, 2016, 1:48 pm
#593
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Nov 15, 2016, 4:20 am
#595
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,774
AA 500-miles upgrade on JFK-lax business to first?
I am aa platinum, and I have sixteen 500- mile upgrade to burn. I am planning jfk-lax with one companion in paid business class. Does 500-mile upgrade work from lowest paid business class to first class on such high-demand route? and what's the chance to clear for both of us (only I am platinum) for a Monday-7pm flight JFK-lax in next August....???
Last edited by uclacolumbiaunc; Nov 15, 2016 at 4:26 am
Nov 15, 2016, 4:27 am
#596
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: DCA
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Posts: 947
500-mile upgrades are only available from Economy to the next higher cabin, so unfortunately your chances are zero unless you spring for miles+money.
Nov 15, 2016, 9:17 am
#597
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Nov 21, 2016, 11:31 am
#598
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Wesley Chapel, FL
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Short 1 500 mile sticker
My balance says 3 stickers on the AA web app but 4 on the main website. Anyway I'm flying phx-dtw Thursday and on the app I clicked the "request upgrade" button. I didn't buy another cert because 1. I rarely get upgraded on a long haul as a plat and don't want to throw away $40 2. I can't tell if I really have 3 or 4 total balance and 3. I'll be EXP after this flight.
What happens if I do clear Thursday? Will the gate agent be asking for $40? I'll gladly pay it of course if I clear.
What happens if I do clear Thursday? Will the gate agent be asking for $40? I'll gladly pay it of course if I clear.
Nov 21, 2016, 11:39 am
#599
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: San Francisco
Programs: AA EXP; Marriott BonVoy Titanium Elite, Marriott LT Plat.
Posts: 1,717
Good Luck!!
Contemplating the same type of situation myself as I too will be traveling on Thanksgiving as well. Happy with my window A321 exit row seat 23A (no seat in front of me) at the moment.
Contemplating the same type of situation myself as I too will be traveling on Thanksgiving as well. Happy with my window A321 exit row seat 23A (no seat in front of me) at the moment.
Nov 21, 2016, 11:55 am
#600
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Riberas del Pilar, Mexico
Posts: 437
Wish I could give you one. I have 3 and will never have status so AA has been sitting on my money for years.