2022 Individual Buy Up / Status Offers Are Live Now
Dec 2, 2021, 11:25 am
#1
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2022 Individual Buy Up / Status Offers Are Live Now
AA Status Offers for 2022 are live as of February 1, 2022. See your offer here: https://status.aa.com
Last edited by JDiver; Feb 2, 2022 at 1:51 pm Reason: Insert moderator guidepost
Feb 1, 2022, 1:19 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: AA EXP.
Posts: 1,325
"Exclusive Offer" to upgrade status
Just got an offer to upgrade to Executive Platinum from Plat Pro for $2665 but I hit my EQM (80,765) and only short $1642 EQD. I'm gonna try to hit the EQD ($10,358) by end of Feb but worst case I can just pay the difference in EQD instead of paying for this bad upgrade offer right?
Feb 1, 2022, 1:37 pm
#3
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: USA
Programs: American Airlines (Executive Platinum), Hyatt (Globalist), Hilton (Diamond), IHG (Diamond)
Posts: 2,917
Just got an offer to upgrade to Executive Platinum from Plat Pro for $2665 but I hit my EQM (80,765) and only short $1642 EQD. I'm gonna try to hit the EQD ($10,358) by end of Feb but worst case I can just pay the difference in EQD instead of paying for this bad upgrade offer right?
Feb 1, 2022, 1:48 pm
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: AA Executive Platinum/Million Miler, Marriott Titanium Elite-Lifetime, Hilton Gold
Posts: 3,210
Just got an offer to upgrade to Executive Platinum from Plat Pro for $2665 but I hit my EQM (80,765) and only short $1642 EQD. I'm gonna try to hit the EQD ($10,358) by end of Feb but worst case I can just pay the difference in EQD instead of paying for this bad upgrade offer right?
Feb 1, 2022, 2:13 pm
#5
Join Date: Mar 2019
Programs: AA EXP and Marriott Titanium
Posts: 776
Just got an offer to upgrade to Executive Platinum from Plat Pro for $2665 but I hit my EQM (80,765) and only short $1642 EQD. I'm gonna try to hit the EQD ($10,358) by end of Feb but worst case I can just pay the difference in EQD instead of paying for this bad upgrade offer right?
Feb 1, 2022, 2:49 pm
#6
Join Date: Apr 2009
Programs: American EXP; British Airways Gold
Posts: 1,896
Here's a route out of LAX, flying the Sunday redeye to Miami, coming back Monday late morning:
Round trip to Miami | Google Flights
You sleep on the plane; shower and have breakfast in the MIA Flagship Lounge; fly back to LAX and have lunch in the LAX Flagship Lounge before heading home to let out the dog. Wide-body lie-flat seat both ways.
Round trip to Miami | Google Flights
You sleep on the plane; shower and have breakfast in the MIA Flagship Lounge; fly back to LAX and have lunch in the LAX Flagship Lounge before heading home to let out the dog. Wide-body lie-flat seat both ways.
Feb 1, 2022, 3:01 pm
#7
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: USA
Programs: American Airlines (Executive Platinum), Hyatt (Globalist), Hilton (Diamond), IHG (Diamond)
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Here's a route out of LAX, flying the Sunday redeye to Miami, coming back Monday late morning:
Round trip to Miami | Google Flights
You sleep on the plane; shower and have breakfast in the MIA Flagship Lounge; fly back to LAX and have lunch in the LAX Flagship Lounge before heading home to let out the dog. Wide-body lie-flat seat both ways.
Round trip to Miami | Google Flights
You sleep on the plane; shower and have breakfast in the MIA Flagship Lounge; fly back to LAX and have lunch in the LAX Flagship Lounge before heading home to let out the dog. Wide-body lie-flat seat both ways.
Feb 1, 2022, 3:30 pm
#8
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I couldn't agree more. I've done some pretty short trips for the miles but I've never done a pure mileage run where you don't leave the airport. If I go somewhere, I'm going to get a vacation out of it, however short. The times when I've spent less then a day in a city have actually been some of my most enjoyable trips -- it really forces you to go out and to what you want to do!
Feb 1, 2022, 4:50 pm
#9
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: AA EXP.
Posts: 1,325
Here's a route out of LAX, flying the Sunday redeye to Miami, coming back Monday late morning:
Round trip to Miami | Google Flights
You sleep on the plane; shower and have breakfast in the MIA Flagship Lounge; fly back to LAX and have lunch in the LAX Flagship Lounge before heading home to let out the dog. Wide-body lie-flat seat both ways.
Round trip to Miami | Google Flights
You sleep on the plane; shower and have breakfast in the MIA Flagship Lounge; fly back to LAX and have lunch in the LAX Flagship Lounge before heading home to let out the dog. Wide-body lie-flat seat both ways.
I couldn't agree more. I've done some pretty short trips for the miles but I've never done a pure mileage run where you don't leave the airport. If I go somewhere, I'm going to get a vacation out of it, however short. The times when I've spent less then a day in a city have actually been some of my most enjoyable trips -- it really forces you to go out and to what you want to do!
Feb 1, 2022, 7:07 pm
#10
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: new york, ny
Posts: 1,373
Feb 1, 2022, 7:20 pm
#11
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: DC
Programs: AA PPRO, HH Diamond, National EE
Posts: 603
I couldn't agree more. I've done some pretty short trips for the miles but I've never done a pure mileage run where you don't leave the airport. If I go somewhere, I'm going to get a vacation out of it, however short. The times when I've spent less then a day in a city have actually been some of my most enjoyable trips -- it really forces you to go out and to what you want to do!
Feb 1, 2022, 7:34 pm
#12
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: BOS
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I got an "exclusive offer" as well. Mine is $1,255 for Platinum or $1,995 for Platinum Pro (or I can burn miles at $0.01/mile).
I've more than met my 2021 EQD requirement for Platinum in one very expensive last-minute business trip last year, but I am 23k EQMs or 35 EQSs short. There's no way that is happening in the next 27 days.
But seriously, the price tag is ludicrous. If I was willing to shell out that kind of dough strictly for the status, I could earn it more-or-less organically by pumping extra spend to my AA credit card via Plastiq at the 2.75% fee. At least that way I would get the LPs *and* award miles to redeem.
I've more than met my 2021 EQD requirement for Platinum in one very expensive last-minute business trip last year, but I am 23k EQMs or 35 EQSs short. There's no way that is happening in the next 27 days.
But seriously, the price tag is ludicrous. If I was willing to shell out that kind of dough strictly for the status, I could earn it more-or-less organically by pumping extra spend to my AA credit card via Plastiq at the 2.75% fee. At least that way I would get the LPs *and* award miles to redeem.
Feb 1, 2022, 7:38 pm
#13
Join Date: May 2019
Programs: AA
Posts: 343
I couldn't agree more. I've done some pretty short trips for the miles but I've never done a pure mileage run where you don't leave the airport. If I go somewhere, I'm going to get a vacation out of it, however short. The times when I've spent less then a day in a city have actually been some of my most enjoyable trips -- it really forces you to go out and to what you want to do!
Feb 1, 2022, 7:47 pm
#15
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Latin America and USA
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Gold
Posts: 456
My 'exclusive' offer is $475 to maintain my gold status. I have no idea what AA gold is actually worth, and no idea if it's worth $475 to me. I'll stew on it... any opinions welcome! I'll spend most of 2022 living in places served better by *A than OW... leaning towards deciding that AA gold is not worth $475 to me.