What E-mail? I didn't get an E-mail. Oh well. It doesn't matter to me. 30 November... 1 December... bottom line is that I will have another 18 years before I get to 2MM (assuming AAdvantage doesn't switch to AAvios in that same time frame).

Based on other posts in this thread and my own experience, I thought everyone with MM status got the e-mail. Not sure why you didn't. Anyway, though, it was just basically another announcement about the new MM program, with language assuring people with MM status that they would retain it at their current level, and with the difference of the addition of that one sentence I quoted in my previous post. Your profile appears to indicate that you are LT GLD so I would have thought you would have received it. Hmmmm ...

You mean the announcement from a month ago??? People were making it like there was another e-mail announcing the change.

No, I'm not talking about the one from a month ago. There was a second announcement e-mail. Mine came at 10:09 this morning.

Ok. So yeah... Didn't get it. Oh well.

You could be right, but I still don't think so, despite that language. It would be far too difficult for them to manage. I remain convinced that the date the mileage is earned will be the "posting date." For example, if you look at your AAdvantage eShopping Mall Account Summary and you have made any purchases recently, you will see a list of transaction dates and posting dates, but the status of some of those miles is in some cases "confirmed" and in some cases "pending." When those purchases are confirmed, the PURCHASE date in the summary is the date listed on the AAdvantage summary, not the posted date from the mall. Dining miles are listed on the AAdvantage summary as the date you dine. Similarly, do you think if you fly on November 30, you will only get BIS miles because the miles don't appear in you account until December 1 or later?

If they only count what is listed as of November 30, they will have a nightmare on their hands, with potentially thousands of people complaining and saying that they have all kinds of miles "posted" on dates prior to November 30 that weren't counted. It would just be way too confusing for everyone involved.

I agree with you that makes more sense in this case. Is there any way we can confirm this ? Has anyone called AA and asked about that ?

I agree too. Thats how retro credit of miles concerning status normally works.

At least with my current *A gold card.

I have a few hundred K Wyndham, and expecting another 4-500k posting this month. We know that these easily transfer- and rather quickly- to anyones AA. Im probably not running for LT as I will be too far from the worthy LT plat.

I plan to offer these all on CC.

Question is the value? Lets say if previous deals have valued 1MR=1AA, but thats RDMs booked on someones behalf. If I just want the miles hassle free I just transfer to myself. In this case I also offer (LT-) EQMs. How much higher should the ratio be? If I only want the RDMs and have no hurry I could wait for the next potential 35% transfer promo.

So what premium should there be for the average trader?

Well, again, I hope you're right on this one and I'm wrong, but I think that it would actually be easier for AA to just freeze the MM counter effective 1 Dec, so to speak. I actually think it would be more difficult the way you laid it out. Having to adjust MM counters on a case-by-case basis would involve a lot of work, and we all know AA's IT isn't the most robust. Then again, setting up the counter to count miles earned via the new Executive MC (or whatever it's called) is a factor that bolsters your scenario better than mine. So who knows?

As usual, I guess this is another wait-and-see situation! :D

800k Wyndham Points is 320K AA miles. How far are you exactly from LT Plat?

Also, PM me, I may be interested.

How in the world are you getting 400-500k to post per month? :eek:

I haven't seen anything from AA to imply that late-posted activity will count toward MM status after 12/1/11. They have had opportunities to address the matter specifically on FT and have chosen not to.

As to what would be easier to manage, it seems to me that it would be rather easy to make 12/1 a drop-dead date for MM status -- just run the monthly close in the early morning hours on 12/1 to set the MM balance. I'm no IT expert, but that seems to be rather straight forward.

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This topic was covered on the milepoint forum:

http://milepoint.com/forums/threads/...-9#post-806579

Too far from LT plat do make a run.

Great promos both summer and fall promo, and they doubledipped for a period:D Not to forget multiple family accts@:-)

Great. That means any of my Wyndham transfers initiated by late Nov will count.