ARCHIVE: AAdvantage Million Miler Program as of Dec 2011 (master thd)
Aug 29, 2012, 4:13 am
#1591
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I flew LGA-RDU last week and saw that even though I'm AA Plat I only get actual flown miles towards 1MM and not the 500 mile minimum. That's an annoying change.
Aug 29, 2012, 7:14 am
#1592
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No promos!
As many stated, this could be a potential source of revenue, but AA does not see it that way. They just made the changes and forget about it.
I was close to the 2MM mark, so I jumped on the offer to buy miles when there was a 30% discount plus a 20% bonus. Never in my life I would have paid to get miles, specially when there are many ways to get them for free or very cheap.
But I would guess if that today, some people are short of 1MM or 2MM by less than, say 100K, some would spend the money to get miles to secure lifetime Gold or Platinum.
Just my $.02
As many stated, this could be a potential source of revenue, but AA does not see it that way. They just made the changes and forget about it.
I was close to the 2MM mark, so I jumped on the offer to buy miles when there was a 30% discount plus a 20% bonus. Never in my life I would have paid to get miles, specially when there are many ways to get them for free or very cheap.
But I would guess if that today, some people are short of 1MM or 2MM by less than, say 100K, some would spend the money to get miles to secure lifetime Gold or Platinum.
Just my $.02
Aug 30, 2012, 12:39 am
#1593
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: OC, CA
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No promos!
As many stated, this could be a potential source of revenue, but AA does not see it that way. They just made the changes and forget about it.
I was close to the 2MM mark, so I jumped on the offer to buy miles when there was a 30% discount plus a 20% bonus. Never in my life I would have paid to get miles, specially when there are many ways to get them for free or very cheap.
But I would guess if that today, some people are short of 1MM or 2MM by less than, say 100K, some would spend the money to get miles to secure lifetime Gold or Platinum.
Just my $.02
As many stated, this could be a potential source of revenue, but AA does not see it that way. They just made the changes and forget about it.
I was close to the 2MM mark, so I jumped on the offer to buy miles when there was a 30% discount plus a 20% bonus. Never in my life I would have paid to get miles, specially when there are many ways to get them for free or very cheap.
But I would guess if that today, some people are short of 1MM or 2MM by less than, say 100K, some would spend the money to get miles to secure lifetime Gold or Platinum.
Just my $.02
Aug 30, 2012, 4:59 am
#1594
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They don't. The OP decided to buy miles on promo BEFORE the conversion to MM2.0.
Aug 30, 2012, 7:17 am
#1595
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It's not really a secret. It was even discussed in a major motion picture.
At 10 million miles you get to sit with the chief pilot, who looks a lot like Sam Elliott. I guess if Segal can be an actor and a deputy sheriff, then an actor can also be a chief pilot, and not just a wannabe like that Dirty Dancing guy.
At 10 million miles you get to sit with the chief pilot, who looks a lot like Sam Elliott. I guess if Segal can be an actor and a deputy sheriff, then an actor can also be a chief pilot, and not just a wannabe like that Dirty Dancing guy.
Aug 30, 2012, 7:52 am
#1596
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It's not really a secret. It was even discussed in a major motion picture.
At 10 million miles you get to sit with the chief pilot, who looks a lot like Sam Elliott. I guess if Segal can be an actor and a deputy sheriff, then an actor can also be a chief pilot, and not just a wannabe like that Dirty Dancing guy.
At 10 million miles you get to sit with the chief pilot, who looks a lot like Sam Elliott. I guess if Segal can be an actor and a deputy sheriff, then an actor can also be a chief pilot, and not just a wannabe like that Dirty Dancing guy.
Aug 31, 2012, 10:07 am
#1597
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: AA LT PLT 3.2MM, Hilton Diamond, SPG Gold
Posts: 117
They don't count. That doesn't mean that in the future AA won't run a limited time special where they would count. They seem to run discounted price specials fairly often. MM would be another tool in the marketing belt.
A more likely possibility would be to change the rules on the Citibank AAdvantage Executive Mastercard, which is due to stop earning MM miles at the end of this year (for folks who got the card before a certain date). We might expect them to at least count the 10k EQM for $40k spend bonus as MM miles as a future card enhancement. They will have to do something or the card will lose most of its customers in 2013.
However, don't expect them to do much of anything about the MM program until bankruptcy is finished.
A more likely possibility would be to change the rules on the Citibank AAdvantage Executive Mastercard, which is due to stop earning MM miles at the end of this year (for folks who got the card before a certain date). We might expect them to at least count the 10k EQM for $40k spend bonus as MM miles as a future card enhancement. They will have to do something or the card will lose most of its customers in 2013.
However, don't expect them to do much of anything about the MM program until bankruptcy is finished.
Sep 25, 2012, 7:57 am
#1598
Join Date: Sep 2012
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Other options to accumulate Million Miler miles?
Newbie here and I'm sure this has been asked before but... I'm 50K miles away from reaching Million Miler. I don't fly much for biz any more. I know there was a credit card promotion in 2011 but is there any way now to accumulate miles that count toward the goal other the the old fashioned way of flying? If not, what is your opinion as to if they will offer something in the future?
Sep 25, 2012, 9:50 am
#1599
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Newbie here and I'm sure this has been asked before but... I'm 50K miles away from reaching Million Miler. I don't fly much for biz any more. I know there was a credit card promotion in 2011 but is there any way now to accumulate miles that count toward the goal other the the old fashioned way of flying? If not, what is your opinion as to if they will offer something in the future?
I'm pretty sure you'll have to close the gap with BIS miles.
Sep 25, 2012, 11:01 pm
#1600
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Crap, I didn't know that is how it works. Is this the change the was implemented last year? If so, I should have paid better attention.
Nov 2, 2012, 12:26 am
#1601
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Million Miler Points on Partners?
Does anyone know if I can earn them on BA/IB and LY?
Nov 2, 2012, 1:33 am
#1603
Moderator: American AAdvantage, Signatures
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I've gone ahead and merged your question into the consolidated thread on this topic.
Please remember that FlyerTalkers are expected to search before creating a new thread. In this case, a search in post titles (using the advanced search feature) for "million miler" would get you to this thread, where the OP (actually posted by AmericanAirlines) contains the answers you seek. If you're still confused, this is the place to get clarification. Good luck!
~Moderator
Please remember that FlyerTalkers are expected to search before creating a new thread. In this case, a search in post titles (using the advanced search feature) for "million miler" would get you to this thread, where the OP (actually posted by AmericanAirlines) contains the answers you seek. If you're still confused, this is the place to get clarification. Good luck!
~Moderator
Nov 2, 2012, 2:00 am
#1604
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I can confirm JL and (when on a mile-earning fare code) CX.
My recollection was that it was EQM-earning (OW flights, and codeshares) but a quick look at the head of the thread seems to indicate that the base miles from any AAdvantage-mile-earning flight would count, even on non-OW partners.
My recollection was that it was EQM-earning (OW flights, and codeshares) but a quick look at the head of the thread seems to indicate that the base miles from any AAdvantage-mile-earning flight would count, even on non-OW partners.
Nov 2, 2012, 5:27 am
#1605
Join Date: Jun 2011
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I can confirm JL and (when on a mile-earning fare code) CX.
My recollection was that it was EQM-earning (OW flights, and codeshares) but a quick look at the head of the thread seems to indicate that the base miles from any AAdvantage-mile-earning flight would count, even on non-OW partners.
My recollection was that it was EQM-earning (OW flights, and codeshares) but a quick look at the head of the thread seems to indicate that the base miles from any AAdvantage-mile-earning flight would count, even on non-OW partners.