Apr 13, 2020, 9:46 pm
Last edit by: uxb
Introducing a promotion to reach Million MilerSM status — link
$1 spent on eligible AAdvantage® credit cards equals 1 mile toward Million MilerSM status
We’re introducing a limited-time promotion to help you reach Million Miler℠ status and receive benefits like elite status. For all eligible Citi / AAdvantage® and AAdvantage® Aviator products, as well as select AAdvantage® credit cards outside the U.S., every dollar spent on net purchases that post between May 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020, will count as 1 mile toward Million Miler℠ status.
NOTE (by uxb): Miles reported from a statement period that includes December 2020 WILL count towards Million Miler status AND the 2021 EQD waiver.
NOTE 2 (by Wiki editor): Bonus AAdvantage miles for new credit card acquisition do not count toward Million Miler status - only miles earned by actual spend on net purchases will count, only through 31 December 2020. Bonus miles - AA shopping portal miles at 20 miles per dollar - would seem to count only as $1.00 = 1 MM mile, but this was given indirectly by View From The Wing.
An AA email states:
Footnote 1 includes:
"Purchases, less credits, returns and adjustments, made with your Citi® / AAdvantage®, AAdvantage®Aviator® Silver, AAdvantage® Aviator® Red, AAdvantage® Aviator® Blue, and AAdvantage® Aviator®Business credit card that post to your AAdvantage® account, between May 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020, are eligible for the one mile per dollar spent toward Million MilerSM status. AAdvantage® bonus miles and additional miles earned through other promotional offers will not count toward Million MilerSM status. Million MilerSM postings will occur between 8 to 10 weeks of the cardmembers purchases posting to their AAdvantage account."
"Purchases, less credits, returns and adjustments, made with your Citi® / AAdvantage®, AAdvantage®Aviator® Silver, AAdvantage® Aviator® Red, AAdvantage® Aviator® Blue, and AAdvantage® Aviator®Business credit card that post to your AAdvantage® account, between May 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020, are eligible for the one mile per dollar spent toward Million MilerSM status. AAdvantage® bonus miles and additional miles earned through other promotional offers will not count toward Million MilerSM status. Million MilerSM postings will occur between 8 to 10 weeks of the cardmembers purchases posting to their AAdvantage account."
From View From The Wing - link
- Earn rate. The offer says you earn 1 million mile status mile per dollar spent, however where you earn more than 1 mile per dollar for your spending, you earn more than 1 million miler mile too. So when you spend on American Airlines tickets, you earn at a rate greater than $1 = 1 mile.
- New card initial bonus offers do not count. So while there are generous bonus offers available for new AAdvantage cards, those up front bonus offers won’t help you gain million mile status quickly.
- Other promotional bonus offers do not count either, for instance Citi is currently offering bonus points for online purchases, only the base earning wound count nad not the bonus.
- Statement close dates, not spending dates, matter. Miles reported and posted to a member’s account between May and December will count towards this offer. So purchases made in April but reported in May will count, while purchases in December that are part of a statement closing and reporting in January will not count.
Eligible credit cards for this promo: (to be filled in as we learn) - ALL AAdvantage miles directly earning cards qualify.
AAdvantage Card Spend Qualifying for Million Miler 1 May - 31 Dec 2020
Apr 15, 2020, 5:06 am
#46
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Problem solved.
Apr 15, 2020, 5:22 am
#47
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Apr 15, 2020, 9:09 am
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Apr 15, 2020, 9:59 am
#49
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Has AA always tracked lifetime miles since the start of the program?
I know the only way Continental was able to do it from the beginning was that their IT contractor (EDS at the time) had backup tapes for OnePass going back to the beginning. So CO had a way to go back and retrieve old data - took a year to do - to create their million miler program.
AA may not have backup tapes back to the start of AAdvantage.
Apr 15, 2020, 10:18 am
#50
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Why not start the earning now?
I wonder why the earning of miles toward million miler status doesn't start now, instead of waiting till 5/1/20?
Why wouldn't they (AA, Citi, Barclay) want me to start spending more money now?
Why wouldn't they (AA, Citi, Barclay) want me to start spending more money now?
Apr 15, 2020, 12:53 pm
#51
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FWIW, 60 percent of my AA lifetime miles were actually from America West (1988-05), and another 30 percent were US Airways, so at least they went back a ways on those.
Apr 15, 2020, 11:37 pm
#53
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one or two billing cycles. I did the 24th since I wanted to make sure my payment posted in the same year, so I can’t speak to whether Dec 31 makes sense although it sounds reasonable.
Apr 15, 2020, 11:48 pm
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I really hope this becomes popular enough for AA to bring this back permanently.
Apr 16, 2020, 11:42 am
#56
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No, but it’s an easy assumption. As TPG says,
As with airfares on partner airlines not displayed on their AAdvantage earning charts that do not earn miles, it’s better to read these things literally until - if - we hear further from AA or have a loophole report here.,
The sign-up bonus shouldn’t count toward your Million Miler balance since American clearly notes ” every dollar spent on net purchases that post to your AAdvantage account between May and December 2020 will count as one mile toward Million Miler status.” But, the bonus miles available on these cards will still useful for travel once coronavirus concerns subside.
As with airfares on partner airlines not displayed on their AAdvantage earning charts that do not earn miles, it’s better to read these things literally until - if - we hear further from AA or have a loophole report here.,
Apr 16, 2020, 4:36 pm
#57
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No, but it’s an easy assumption. As TPG says,
As with airfares on partner airlines not displayed on their AAdvantage earning charts that do not earn miles, it’s better to read these things literally until - if - we hear further from AA or have a loophole report here.,[/color]
As with airfares on partner airlines not displayed on their AAdvantage earning charts that do not earn miles, it’s better to read these things literally until - if - we hear further from AA or have a loophole report here.,[/color]
Apr 17, 2020, 12:31 am
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Apr 17, 2020, 12:53 am
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