dwugson

I received notification but I'm still showing a stash of 500 mile upgrades and no option to convert them to loyalty points. Is this being done automatically?

enviroian

Just received the email. The switch to LP's for your 500 milers is automatic and will happen by the end of this month.

FlyFreakquently

Of course, no less than 20 minutes later, I receive the email from AA. 250 is a pathetic number of LPs to receive, but better than nothing.

enviroian

so AA is basically valuating every 500 miler at $250.

FlyFreakquently

AA is valuating every LP at $4.25, if you want to go off of TPG's valuation of 1LP=1.77cents.

VegasGambler

The news is that it's finally happening, because as of July 14 companion upgrades are free.

It has been announced before but until now we didn't know that date that companion upgrades would no longer require the stickers.

jlemon

Received this as well and my wife who does not have AA status is apparently now already on the upgrade list for our travel together this fall.

Looking at my AA account, I've got 25 500-mile upgrade coupons so we're talking 6,250 LPs. Better than nothing, I guess, as someone has already said.....

dw

As a PlatPro 250 LPs is the equivalent of $28 spent on airfare. I suppose that’s in the ballpark of what the certs cost… but of course with airfare you’re getting something in addition to the LPs, whereas here the LPs are all we’re getting

355F1

​​​​​​Starting July 14, we're expanding your upgrade benefits to include a complimentary upgrade for one companion traveling with you. You’ll no longer need 500-mile upgrades — upgrades for AAdvantage® status members plus one companion are complimentary on flights within North America.


Will this fix the problem of my PLT GF never being at the top of the UG list with MY EXP status when traveling together....????

THAT is the Million Dollar Question here...


They are in your Wallet on the app or web browser.

azmojo

Before I had paid for the ability to upgrade and I would only be competing against other elites who either got comp upgrades or who were using their certs also so I had a chance at being successful. Now I will face greater competition for upgrades. Now, the money I spent on the certs is gone and I get LPs that will never benefit me in return. I would have never purchased LPs. I feel raped.

Dave Noble

You purchased some items that no longer have any use and they are being converted. Please do not trivialise serious crimes

Athena53

Yeah, I got the e-mail, too. I have 31 upgrades which I never bother to use. Even when I was flying on business a lot the only time I was able to redeem them would be on the MCI-ORD (or vice versa) route. Typically it was a morning flight when I was heading to the office so swilling all the booze I could imbibe on the hour-long flight was not a good idea. I was able to use them ONCE on a longer flight with a real dinner. It was a flight to NYC on a Super Bowl Sunday evening. Coincidence? I think not. :-)

So... it's the usual airline tactic. Let the value of a perk deteriorate over time to the point that it's useless and when you take it away few people will notice.

I'm assuming that loyalty points, like others, expire only after there's been no activity in the account for a specified period (3 years?). Easy to keep the account active- donate a few miles to charity or use miles to buy a magazine subscription or make a purchase through AA's shopping portal.

Kawliga

I read somewhere (I think it was TPG) that if you paid for certs, you could call AA and ask if they’d give you miles or a cash refund instead of LPs. Any certs that were earned from flight activity could only be converted to LPs.

dw

Definitely go to AA.com and get caught up on the AAdvantage developments for 2022 ;-)

Eujeanie

Can someone explain to me what "loyalty points" are? Is that the same as miles? My LT Gold husband who hardly ever flies AA anymore has 10 stickers that no joke have been there for 20 years. Will he get anything out of this?