Promotion to qualify for status in 2020
Dec 11, 2019, 11:06 am
#32
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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I would assume the number of people that have $22-$24K in cash setting around, haven't flown much but plan to fly a lot in the upcoming year, or just want the ego status of EXP, is fairly limited. But it seems as though the airlines will look for money anywhere they can get it.
I'm a mid spend PP and I'm constantly number 10 + on the upgrade list, including mid weeks and Saturday nights. I'm assuming lots of EXPs, particularly from large hubs are seeing a lot more of Y than they thought their EXP status would avoid. We are moving towards a system that those that want F/J will pay for it.
I'm a mid spend PP and I'm constantly number 10 + on the upgrade list, including mid weeks and Saturday nights. I'm assuming lots of EXPs, particularly from large hubs are seeing a lot more of Y than they thought their EXP status would avoid. We are moving towards a system that those that want F/J will pay for it.
Dec 11, 2019, 11:10 am
#33
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Hoboken, NJ
Programs: AA Gold
Posts: 194
If you fly a lot of last minute, expensive, short-haul it’s certainly possible. Say, for example, PHL-ORH/BTV/ROC/PWM, or DFW-TXK/ABI/LRD, etc.
Dec 11, 2019, 11:57 am
#34
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
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I left AA a couple of years ago after being EXP for a few years. no promo for me either. I got the AA Gold promo from Hyatt but did not register for it...
i would have propably done this promo had I been selected, 15-20K EQDs is doable while 100k eqm not so much 😅
i would have propably done this promo had I been selected, 15-20K EQDs is doable while 100k eqm not so much 😅
Dec 11, 2019, 12:40 pm
#36
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: AS 100K, AA EXP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 298
I got the 22k EP promo. I re-qualified this year with 51k spend and 210 EQM.
And tbh I'm not sure I'll sign up for it. No clear benefit for me anyways since I expect to hit the EQM again easily, and I don't want to be one more number on their data to help them make the case to switch for revenue qualification in the future.
And tbh I'm not sure I'll sign up for it. No clear benefit for me anyways since I expect to hit the EQM again easily, and I don't want to be one more number on their data to help them make the case to switch for revenue qualification in the future.
Dec 11, 2019, 2:43 pm
#40
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: AA MM, AA EXP; OW Emerald, EK silver
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Dec 11, 2019, 2:47 pm
#41
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SAT
Programs: AA EXP/MM
Posts: 82
Wrong - according to the offer I received 'You can still qualify for American Airlines AAdvantage® elite status with the published Elite Qualificationactivity — even if you register for this promotion.'
Dec 11, 2019, 2:52 pm
#42
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SAT
Programs: AA EXP/MM
Posts: 82
Double EQS offers going around too? https://twitter.com/Wisco_Warner/sta...83570612559879
Dec 11, 2019, 2:52 pm
#43
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: New York City + Vail, CO
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Right. It says that you can only qualify via one "alternate method," implying that there may be other alternate methods out there (like only EQSs or only EQMs), but I can't really imagine another alternate method that would (theoretically) generate revenue the way EQDs do.
Dec 11, 2019, 3:02 pm
#44
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: AA Executive Platinum/Million Miler, Marriott Titanium Elite-Lifetime, Hilton Gold
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I just received the e-mail and it states specifically you can still earn status by the old method, so disregard what I said previously. This must mean that, if any other method is offered in the future, you can only select it if you don't select this one. So ... it's the standard method or one alternate method.
Dec 11, 2019, 4:02 pm
#45
Join Date: Oct 2019
Programs: Flying Blue, Hilton Honors, Amtrak Guest Rewards
Posts: 2,401
I would have guessed that AA and DL would have waited a year to see how UA's program changes worked out. However, UA likely will not address the efficacy of the program in a public way, so AA would have to hear "through the grapevine" and find some way to measure if there are fewer high-dollar customers that spent on AA that could feasibly switch to UA (i.e. folks out of ORD). A promotion like this provides a much more direct way to measure the effectiveness of a spending-based qualification: was the cohort that qualified exclusively on spending more valuable than those that qualified on EQMs?
Distance qualification was a proxy for spend, especially in the TA-dominant era, but more recently it's served as more of a means of limiting elite qualification on multiple airlines (and thus free agency). Pure spend blows that up: I'd expect a lot more flyers with both 1K and EXP (who would then be free agents between UA and AA).