Can you change your AA number?
Jun 15, 2019, 3:25 pm
#3
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I would doubt it. Certainly not as a routine customer service function. It's the key/unique identifier to your account, history, etc., etc.
Jun 15, 2019, 3:42 pm
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I think the only way of doing this would be to apply for a Citi or Barclays AA card, and not put the existing AAdvantage number on the application. AA would then assign a new AAdvantage number to be associated with the credit card. After miles posted to the new account, one could call AA and ask for the two accounts to be consolidated under the newly issued number.
But again, why would one even want to do this?
But again, why would one even want to do this?
Jun 15, 2019, 8:47 pm
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Maybe OP's AAdvantage number contains an unlucky number, or some 13s or something. Or a 666. Or maybe OP is Chinese and has a bunch of 4s. There's all kinds of superstition out there. Just last night I was at the bar sitting next to a (very not-Chinese) lady who ordered a dozen shrimp and only ate seven of them. "Aren't you going to have another," I asked her. She replied: "No, because then I'll have 4 left, and 4 means death."
Jun 15, 2019, 8:52 pm
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A very good reason not to share your AA number on the first date.
Flash the CK card if you must but know that while credit card and cell numbers are relatively easily changed, an AA number is for life.
I unsuccessfully tried to include mine in my vows however Mrs. EnPremiere struck it from the final draft. For the record the minister agreed with me. Then again, I found out later that he was a Delta guy after I found him on a flight to ATL.
Flash the CK card if you must but know that while credit card and cell numbers are relatively easily changed, an AA number is for life.
I unsuccessfully tried to include mine in my vows however Mrs. EnPremiere struck it from the final draft. For the record the minister agreed with me. Then again, I found out later that he was a Delta guy after I found him on a flight to ATL.