Who has the lowest AAdvantage number, oldest AAdvantage card?
Aug 1, 19, 6:28 pm
#16
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
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My original flimsy plastic one appears to be 1/88; my "number" starts with a letter. If you go down the rabbit hole starting with bosman's link, it's a apparent that neither letter-initial nor digit-initial were oddities.
Aug 1, 19, 6:39 pm
#17
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: MSY
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1988. I have F######. My original AA card is printed on thin plastic. I also had a 1992ish all numeric USAir card which was assigned a new alphanumeric account number after the HP merger.
I also have a 1986 CO/EA Onepass card which has a mag stripe and still swipes at united kiosks.
I also have a 1986 CO/EA Onepass card which has a mag stripe and still swipes at united kiosks.
Aug 1, 19, 6:42 pm
#18
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Originally Posted by MorganB
Maybe they switch back and forth because mine is letters and numbers but its from the 90s. I can't find a "member since" on my account anywhere to post the exact date unfortunately.
Aug 1, 19, 6:47 pm
#19
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Originally Posted by oopsz
Aug 1, 19, 7:39 pm
#22
Join Date: Apr 2015
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Originally Posted by MorganB
Interesting. Mine starts with letters rather than numbers. I wonder when that change was made. There is a number embossed on my card as well in the lower right but you can't really see it. Not sure what that number is .
Mine starts BT followed by 5 numbers. Odd that I can remember that number perfectly but not my cell phone number.
Aug 1, 19, 8:35 pm
#25
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Originally Posted by MorganB
I'm curious who has the oldest physical AAdvantage card? I think mine is from the early 90s when I joined. They used to send them out as soon as you joined or perhaps you had to take a flight . Don't recall.
Aug 1, 19, 8:59 pm
#26
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: CLT
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My wife and I both have the old thin plastic cards as well with our names and AAdvantage number typed on a paper label stuck to the cards. Our AAdvantage numbers are in this format: A#A#### (A=Alpha).
Aug 1, 19, 9:59 pm
#30
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Originally Posted by joeyE
Circa 2000....So I'm kind of a big deal.....I own many leather-bound books & my apartment smells like rich mahogany.
I seem to recall the new US numbers issued with the HP merger were based on total miles the previous year, starting at 111****. Mine was 11230**. I know I had "US Airways Top 500 Flyer" on several of my monthly statements
