Physical Card for Platinum
#16
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Ft Lauderdale, Florida (USA)
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#17
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2022
Location: LHR
Programs: AA, Hilton
Posts: 17
Yeah, there are many of those here, especially smaller cities in Southern Europe. Still, would’ve been nice to have a physical card tho. Ironically I got physical cards as non status holder with CX and NH lol.
Totally agree, i guess there’s really no reason to worry then. (If Priority Pass lounges all accept digital, there shouldn’t be any reason for airline lounges to ask otherwise, no matter how small the airport is.)
Totally agree, i guess there’s really no reason to worry then. (If Priority Pass lounges all accept digital, there shouldn’t be any reason for airline lounges to ask otherwise, no matter how small the airport is.)
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#18
Join Date: Apr 2018
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#19
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#22
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: DCA
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#23
Join Date: Jan 2021
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Even at major airports in Europe, I have never encountered a partner airline agent who knows what AA Platinum is. They just need proof of your OW Sapphire status, which should be printed on any AA partner boarding pass.
#24
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One's virtual AAdvantage card (referenced in Post #11) contains a colored oval indicating one's oneworld status -- as well as a scannable code. So either a screenshot or a paper copy (printed on a color printer) should suffice.
#25
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: LON, between FAB and EGTD
Programs: OWS - AA Lifetime Platinum, BA nobody (blue)
Posts: 867
Any way of getting the card through the website?
#26
Join Date: Mar 2016
Programs: AA-EXP
Posts: 618
The EXP packet i received in 2022 was the exact same as previous years: physical card, luggage tags, and applause chits.
#27
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I requalified and got 1 luggage tag and the applause certs. Showed up a few weeks ago.
#28
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: AUS / GRK
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Hasn’t there been reports of people being rejected lounge access since they couldn’t produce a physical card?
I think id rather stick with the mobile version…Can’t believe a global airline of AA’s scale cheap enough to not even give out physical cards to sapphire members, given that some other airlines give out physical cards even to non status holders.
I think id rather stick with the mobile version…Can’t believe a global airline of AA’s scale cheap enough to not even give out physical cards to sapphire members, given that some other airlines give out physical cards even to non status holders.
But that was quite long time ago...
#29
Join Date: Mar 2016
Programs: AA-EXP
Posts: 618
I requalified around August, I've been EXP every year since the merger (2016?), was CP with US Airways for about 4 years before that. The kit included 1 physical full size card, 2 luggage tags, and applause chits. Not sure why my kit would be different that anyone else's.
#30
Join Date: Dec 2019
Programs: AA: Exec Plat; AC: 75K; JX: Explorer; HH: Dia; Bonvoy: Gold; Wyndham: Dia
Posts: 299
When I hit EP for the first time last year, I received the kit with the card, two luggage tags, and applause chits. When requalifying this year, the kit I received had the card, one luggage tag, and applause chits. Requal this year appears to get you one luggage tag.