Who has the lowest AAdvantage number, oldest AAdvantage card?
Aug 1, 2019, 11:29 pm
#31
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Riberas del Pilar, Mexico
Posts: 437
Aug 2, 2019, 12:09 am
#32
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 152
same here - mid 80s with two random letters and then numbers. But I do appreciate the sheer coincidence of your dad's card with his initials as the two letters What a coincidence indeed!
Aug 2, 2019, 6:47 am
#33
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA Plat/2MM, DL Silver, UA Silver (via Marr), Marr LTT, HH Gold (via cc), Hyatt Disc
Posts: 1,039
"So we're not quite sure things are sequential, but we do know the following order:
1. NNNNNNN
2. ANNNNNN
3. AANNNNN
4. alphas start showing up in the middle"
Time frames are best guesses based on data points, but approximately: 1) 1981- 1982, 2) 1982 - 1985, 3) 1985-1990, 4) 1990 on.
Cheers,
Aug 2, 2019, 7:38 am
#34
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: CLT
Programs: AA EXP, 2 Million Miler
Posts: 821
For those not interested in exploring the "rabbit hole" (nice analogy), here is a synopsis from one of the posts:
"So we're not quite sure things are sequential, but we do know the following order:
1. NNNNNNN
2. ANNNNNN
3. AANNNNN
4. alphas start showing up in the middle"
Time frames are best guesses based on data points, but approximately: 1) 1981- 1982, 2) 1982 - 1985, 3) 1985-1990, 4) 1990 on.
Cheers,
"So we're not quite sure things are sequential, but we do know the following order:
1. NNNNNNN
2. ANNNNNN
3. AANNNNN
4. alphas start showing up in the middle"
Time frames are best guesses based on data points, but approximately: 1) 1981- 1982, 2) 1982 - 1985, 3) 1985-1990, 4) 1990 on.
Cheers,
Aug 2, 2019, 8:15 am
#35
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA Plat/2MM, DL Silver, UA Silver (via Marr), Marr LTT, HH Gold (via cc), Hyatt Disc
Posts: 1,039
Thx
Aug 2, 2019, 9:32 pm
#36
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Chicagoland
Programs: AA exp 3mm Hertz 5*
Posts: 334
I didn’t start flying AA till ‘84, so i was pretty late to the game. I have B8nnnnn
started flying aa after getting rerouted off a UA flight. Everyone at AA was so much nicer than the “employee owned” UA of the time. Was UA 00020nnn. Until the continental merger. Was reassigned something starting with W
started flying aa after getting rerouted off a UA flight. Everyone at AA was so much nicer than the “employee owned” UA of the time. Was UA 00020nnn. Until the continental merger. Was reassigned something starting with W
Aug 2, 2019, 9:33 pm
#37
Join Date: May 2015
Location: ATL/MCO
Programs: Costco Executive, RaceTrac Sultan of Soda, Chick-fil-A Red
Posts: 5,662
I only joined in 2004 and since then started my obsession with loyalty programs. My flimsy card looks similar to yours except the dining logo and the embossed numbers.
Aug 3, 2019, 11:08 am
#41
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
My father joined in 1981 and has a number that's all numbers starting with 501.
My grandfather, however, was one of these:
My grandfather, however, was one of these:
Aug 3, 2019, 1:42 pm
#42
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
For those not interested in exploring the "rabbit hole" (nice analogy), here is a synopsis from one of the posts:
"So we're not quite sure things are sequential, but we do know the following order:
1. NNNNNNN
2. ANNNNNN
3. AANNNNN
4. alphas start showing up in the middle"
Time frames are best guesses based on data points, but approximately: 1) 1981- 1982, 2) 1982 - 1985, 3) 1985-1990, 4) 1990 on.
Cheers,
"So we're not quite sure things are sequential, but we do know the following order:
1. NNNNNNN
2. ANNNNNN
3. AANNNNN
4. alphas start showing up in the middle"
Time frames are best guesses based on data points, but approximately: 1) 1981- 1982, 2) 1982 - 1985, 3) 1985-1990, 4) 1990 on.
Cheers,
Yours would fall into bucket #4 ("alphas start showing up in the middle") so perhaps that bucket started in 1988. As mentioned, start/end dates are guesses based on datapoints.
Thx
Thx
Interesting that they'd overlap, though. You did see examples of #3 post 1987?
Aug 5, 2019, 5:55 pm
#45
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Dallas, Texas
Programs: AA Exp. Bonvoy Gold, Hilton Gold, IHG Platinum.
Posts: 1,186