enviroian

49,050 LP here. I don't know how they were calculated and to be honest really don't have the effort to find out. I'll probably easily qualify for EXP again and only care about SWU's. FL? grab your own Stellas. That's what that means to me. Yay. Upgrades? Still basically non existent (with 22K spend I'm still not getting upgrades usually because of TOD). Group 1 boarding? Big deal really. I only travel with a backpack. Getting exit or bulkhead? Yes that matters to me definitely. AA award miles redemption? Those are completely pretty much crazy redemptions levels. There is no benefit for EXP's. SDC? Yeah I've used it and has some value I agree.

justdorkin

1139 loyalty miles. all of my FTD spend went to bonus.

Stripe

A little over 50K. 42K from flying and most of the rest from charging some of the flights on an AA credit card. That's the only thing I charge on the AA card.

AA saying this new system "simplifies" things is a joke. You need to be a CPA to back into their number. But at least it codifies the fact that they (like DL) are now little more than a credit card marketing company, albeit one that can strap its prospects into a metal tube in order to force feed them the solicitations.

zip10001

11216 LP here, some Hyatt stays, only 2 flights, some eshopping, some AA Citi credit card.

MiamiBill

The initial results of this thread confirm that for 2022 (and possibly forever) the airlines are rewarding SPENDING on co-branded credit cards more than flying and anyone (lucky) to have large spend on credit cards will easily hit 200k or higher. It is interesting to see how AA is moving towards becoming a credit card company that flies airplanes, rather than the other way around.

So, congrats to the leaderboard and for anyone on the bottom end of the board, don't hate the players, hate the game...and go out get get a AA credit card!!!

It will be interesting to see how upgrades are handled going forward as in the past, it was hard to get Executive Platinum flying and now some people can hit that mark in a few months or weeks of credit card spending. Personally, I just purchase business or first class rather than take a chance on getting a free upgrade, but am starting to get concerned about the high front of the plane ticket prices lately.

vasantn

Not strictly true; they are rewarding shopping at the highest rates, regardless of whether the CC is co-branded or not. Co-branded cards get you just 1 LP/$. Shopping can get you 20, 30, 50, even 100+. If I were to spend $200K on a CC, I would rather get a multitude of MR points on the Amex Platinum.

miadukes

We also started purchasing quite a few more flights up front but yes have seen the prices ridiculously creep up in the last 6 months and i saw that because what you actually get is not that much more different unfortunately. I am curious how i stack up but depending on this year, i may not bother. Everything I get as a gold (except upgrades) i get with AA cards so no loss there and if every joe and their mother is on the list, you can kiss upgrades goodbye.

I am more than ever starting to see the advantage of just saying screw it and booking whatever airline works for the itinerary. I tried hard to keep the status because I do think it helps in irrops. The only difference being that we based in Miami, American really is the way to go.

Babu

where/ how do I track how many segments I have (i believe 30 are needed to get the SWUs after I reach 200K LP?).

vasantn

Maintain a spreadsheet? It's not easy to figure out the number of segments using this new interface. They will probably fix it at some point.

plancast

30,360, just flights

brodielayne

1017- booked as a promotion bonus, however I have no idea from what.
I have 5 Hyatt stays that have not posted as well as FTD from V day that has yet to post. hmmmm

DeepUnderground

10,000 - just CC spend so far

xjaehyun

1710 LP. I thought I won but there's people with less

skunker

I'm at 0. I status matched to AS 75K.

pauleeepaul

40k mostly credit card. In 2019 i had several UK trips and made it to something past my LT Plat for the first time in 6-7 years. Plt Pro was extended universally in 2020, and I had one UK trip in Nov between Delta and Omicron that got me the 2021 EQD extension. Now with the change in NA upgrade protocols LT Plat has been devalued further, so I am likely to aim for Plt Pro requal at125k this year. It will cost me a few shekels in forgone 2% cash back but I expect to be back on the road in Q2 and although i don't travel nearly as much as i did 8-20 years ago I still have no desire to sit in steerage . Plus OWE gets the better lounge at LHR.