Concierge Key: 11,300 CK Members in Jan 2019....?
Jan 24, 2019, 12:30 pm
#31
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...As someone that earned their CK status all thru personal travel and not by being “gifted” it due to their celebrity status, influence or company affiliation, they didn’t seem too pleased when they just saw that there may be 11,000+ fellow CK’s in the AA network. 11,300 sounds like an excessive amount of people for such an “elite” program.
Jan 24, 2019, 12:32 pm
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I have a family member that is CK (has been for many years) and they just confirmed to me that they received these chocolates in their renewal pack along with some neat luggage tags/cards made out of metal from an old AA MD-80. As someone that earned their CK status all thru personal travel and not by being “gifted” it due to their celebrity status, influence or company affiliation, they didn’t seem too pleased when they just saw that there may be 11,000+ fellow CK’s in the AA network. 11,300 sounds like an excessive amount of people for such an “elite” program.
Jan 24, 2019, 12:40 pm
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In situation like this it is standard practice to order more than needed, just in case. I work in chemical industry and we do that as a standard practice all the time, order or make more than needed just in case. Also not surprise to hear some were used for non-CK purpose. I highly doubt that because 11,300 boxes of chocolate were ordered means there are 11,300 CKs out there.
Jan 24, 2019, 12:49 pm
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In situation like this it is standard practice to order more than needed, just in case. I work in chemical industry and we do that as a standard practice all the time, order or make more than needed just in case. Also not surprise to hear some were used for non-CK purpose. I highly doubt that because 11,300 boxes of chocolate were ordered means there are 11,300 CKs out there.
Jan 24, 2019, 1:25 pm
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Are you aware of CK’s who did not get the MD-80 tags? (Or, even of the odd combo of Yes on chocolates, No on tags.) I’ve heard a couple odd asides made that make me think the selection logic of the two was not identical. Hard to put too much credence in these comments yet as both were mailed so relatively recently.
Jan 24, 2019, 2:20 pm
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Are you aware of CK’s who did not get the MD-80 tags? (Or, even of the odd combo of Yes on chocolates, No on tags.) I’ve heard a couple odd asides made that make me think the selection logic of the two was not identical. Hard to put too much credence in these comments yet as both were mailed so relatively recently.
Definitely not the case with the chocolates.
Jan 24, 2019, 3:15 pm
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I was on the 1:00pm LAX-JFK flight last Monday and the GA announced they were pre-boarding 13 CKs. Sure enough there was a line of them getting on. I was somehow #1 on the upgrade list to use a SWU for F and cleared.
Crazy to think how many fly back and forth on the route each day.
Crazy to think how many fly back and forth on the route each day.
Jan 24, 2019, 3:16 pm
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They are not elitist or entitled in any way so I apologize if my post came across like that. They have just seen a decline in the benefits of CK over the last few years (I am talking about hold times they’ve experienced on the phone, missed car transfers on connections at hubs etc) and the only explanations they can really think of is that AA is not investing much in the program anymore and/or that there are too many members in the program to reliably offer the benefits to everyone.
Jan 24, 2019, 6:53 pm
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It appears that there were SIX CK's on my HKG-LAX flight just now.
6 people boarded when they called for CK's.
I was #7 on the UG list using an SWU with my $18,000 Rolling EQDs and a Premium Economy ticket.
6 people boarded when they called for CK's.
I was #7 on the UG list using an SWU with my $18,000 Rolling EQDs and a Premium Economy ticket.
Jan 24, 2019, 6:57 pm
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Jan 24, 2019, 9:03 pm
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It appears that there were SIX CK's on my HKG-LAX flight just now.
6 people boarded when they called for CK's.
I was #7 on the UG list using an SWU with my $18,000 Rolling EQDs and a Premium Economy ticket.
6 people boarded when they called for CK's.
I was #7 on the UG list using an SWU with my $18,000 Rolling EQDs and a Premium Economy ticket.
Jan 24, 2019, 10:08 pm
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Nope. So I have an SWU that will expire next week.
First time ever not clearing on this flight but I only applied a SWU three days prior due to a flight cancellation that had a cleared SWU already applied.
I finally got to experience AA’s new premium economy and had a bulkhead so it was a fine flight over.
Oddly, #2 & #4 cleared.
Last edited by 355F1; Jan 25, 2019 at 1:26 am
