AA Lowers EQM Thresholds for Executive Platinum Rewards c/y 2020
Apr 13, 2020, 10:16 pm
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AA Lowers EQM Thresholds for Executive Platinum Rewards c/y 2020
Lowering EQM thresholds for Executive Platinum rewards — link
Previously, members who qualified for Executive Platinum status received a choice of 1 reward upon reaching 150,000, 200,000 and 250,000 EQMs, respectively. For 2020, we’re lowering the levels required to earn these rewards:Reach 90,000 EQMs and choose from:
- 2 systemwide upgrades
- 40,000 bonus miles
- Gift of AAdvantage® Gold status
Reach 120,000 EQMs and choose from:
- 2 systemwide upgrades
- 40,000 bonus miles
- Gift of AAdvantage® Platinum status
Reach 150,000 EQMs and choose from:
- 2 systemwide upgrades
- 40,000 bonus miles
- Gift of AAdvantage® Platinum status
Apr 14, 2020, 5:39 am
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It think that American has handled all of this very well. In the past week there have been a lot of posts in a couple of threads with people anxious to see how American would respond to the slow down in travel. It looks like they spent the past week formulating some great adjustments with plenty of time for us to evaluate our responses. For all of the people who posted about jumping to UA, DL, or AS, I think these updates give a good argument for staying with American.
Apr 14, 2020, 6:31 am
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Lowering EQM thresholds for Executive Platinum rewards — link
Previously, members who qualified for Executive Platinum status received a choice of 1 reward upon reaching 150,000, 200,000 and 250,000 EQMs, respectively. For 2020, we’re lowering the levels required to earn these rewards:Reach 90,000 EQMs and choose from:
- 2 systemwide upgrades
- 40,000 bonus miles
- Gift of AAdvantage® Gold status
Reach 120,000 EQMs and choose from:
- 2 systemwide upgrades
- 40,000 bonus miles
- Gift of AAdvantage® Platinum status
Reach 150,000 EQMs and choose from:
- 2 systemwide upgrades
- 40,000 bonus miles
- Gift of AAdvantage® Platinum status
Apr 14, 2020, 8:09 pm
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I expect too many people with status. My wife and I took one trip to Argentina in Prem Econ and she almost qualified for Gold
Apr 14, 2020, 8:18 pm
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Apr 15, 2020, 1:36 am
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It's nice as I'll hit 90k easily, if not 120k assuming I can travel quarantine free by October. Will see how many other people are actively flying long haul by year's end to see how useful those extra SWUs actually will be. I know a lot of people are expecting business travel to be very slow to return, so I'll remain mildly optimistic that all those SWUs will be usable.
Nov 12, 2020, 3:43 pm
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Im gonna be super close to 90k EQM, but will probably end the year around 85k...any fun suggestions for an easy, cheap mileage run that would be worth scoring two more SWU or 40k? I would go to Hawaii, but the testing just adds so much complication if just for an MR. Willing to go out and back though without staying if that's an issue. Anyone else in the same boat as me? Close enough and just needs one more push?
Nov 12, 2020, 5:55 pm
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Im gonna be super close to 90k EQM, but will probably end the year around 85k...any fun suggestions for an easy, cheap mileage run that would be worth scoring two more SWU or 40k? I would go to Hawaii, but the testing just adds so much complication if just for an MR. Willing to go out and back though without staying if that's an issue. Anyone else in the same boat as me? Close enough and just needs one more push?
Nov 12, 2020, 6:56 pm
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Im gonna be super close to 90k EQM, but will probably end the year around 85k...any fun suggestions for an easy, cheap mileage run that would be worth scoring two more SWU or 40k? I would go to Hawaii, but the testing just adds so much complication if just for an MR. Willing to go out and back though without staying if that's an issue. Anyone else in the same boat as me? Close enough and just needs one more push?