Originally Posted by txtreehugger (Post 17245519)

So then I checked buying miles from AA but in the FAQs they say that bought miles do not count towards elite status.

Originally Posted by igopogo (Post 17245551)

Purchased miles don't count for elite status for the year, but I *thought* they counted as lifetime miles. Could be wrong.

Originally Posted by sica4 (Post 17244731)

Moderators note in the OP:

MODERATOR'S NOTE

8/25/11 - AmericanAirlines has announced that members who achieved Lifetime Gold under the existing unpublished program after Jan 1, 2011 and received 8 500-mile electronic (sticker) upgrades are eligible to exchange them for 35,000 AAdvantage miles, which will be the standard for members achieving Lifetime Gold under the new published program after Dec 1, 2011. The exchange must be requested before the end of the year.

Originally Posted by Cityhawk (Post 17245663)

Any anecdotal reports/announcement on AAdvantage eShopping miles during these last few weeks before the new program goes into effect? eShopping miles are like snails getting posted. It takes weeks for them to even get them posted on the shopping site, let alone officially posted as miles. Any chance of miles "in progress" on December 1 getting grandfathered in as lifetime miles?

Originally Posted by 2millionquest (Post 17232310)

Nobody seems to have commented on a sentence i noticed in today's MM e-mail we all seem to have gotten, to wit:

"All of your Program to Date AAdvantage miles earned so far as well as any AAdvantage miles posted between now and November 30, 2011, will count toward the new Million Miler program."

This sentence appears to address the question several of us have discussed here on FT, which is whether miles that post after 12/1 but are backdated to a date prior to 12/1 will count. The way I read the e-mail, backdated miles will not count in the MM total. If they're not there on 12/1, they don't count. Anybody else read it differently?

Originally Posted by oldpenny16 (Post 17246362)

I am winding down my AA eshopping purchases with the idea that only those that have posted to my AA account by 12/01/2011 will actually count toward lifetime status. If I get a few more AA miles to post that are lingering around in the system, it will be a bonus for me.

My credit card posting dates are just ahead of that cut off. When as much as possible has been earned and cleared I'll move on to another credit card that gives cash back and not AA miles.

Originally Posted by oldpenny16 (Post 17246362)

I am winding down my AA eshopping purchases with the idea that only those that have posted to my AA account by 12/01/2011 will actually count toward lifetime status. If I get a few more AA miles to post that are lingering around in the system, it will be a bonus for me.

My credit card posting dates are just ahead of that cut off. When as much as possible has been earned and cleared I'll move on to another credit card that gives cash back and not AA miles.

Originally Posted by siliconflyer (Post 17247359)

That is good strategy. Pity they make this change when I am close to being Plat for life. I got a Citi Visa offer for 50K with $3k to spend. Do you know any other offers out there for AA miles that I could use before 12/1/11?

Originally Posted by AAMillionaire (Post 17247417)

See this thread. There might be an opportunity for you:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...t-2-first.html

Originally Posted by txtreehugger (Post 17245519)

I'm so close to MM that I am scrambling to get more miles in before Dec 1. I applied for this credit card for the 25,000 miles and even if I spent the required $1000 the first day I get the card, they would not guarantee they would be posted by Dec 1. Well, that saved me the $450 annual fee!

So then I checked buying miles from AA but in the FAQs they say that bought miles do not count towards elite status. So I'm going to do all the AA eShopping and AA Dining I can in the next month! For once my holiday shopping is getting done early!

Any other ideas?

Originally Posted by Keith Flyer Maven (Post 17255424)

I wonder if AA did themselves a disservice starting MM on Dec 1 rather than in the first few months of 2012 to drum up another eligible 'year's' worth of BuyMiles transactions. In my quest towards 2MM, I know I would purchase another 40K + 10K in January if those miles applied to MM totals, but will not if they don't as I have plenty of RDM.