2025 AAdvantage Program Updates
Dec 12, 2024 | 7:47 am
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2025 AAdvantage Program Updates
Looks like the updates for the 2025 AAdvantage Program have been released. Overall, nothing major. Some new redemption items, mostly around Hyatt, for Loyalty Point Rewards. There's now the ability to redeem miles for in-flight items (food, drinks, wi-fi). And some changes to the Million Miler Program.
Details are at https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...ANTAGE_CHANGES
Details are at https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...ANTAGE_CHANGES
Dec 12, 2024 | 7:49 am
#2
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Big changes for the Lifetime program
Enjoy higher status with select Million Miler™ levels. To reward the loyalty of our most frequent fliers, we’re adding new lifetime status levels starting March 1, 2025:
- Fly 4 million miles for lifetime* AAdvantage Platinum Pro status
- Fly 5 million miles for lifetime* AAdvantage Executive Platinum status
Dec 12, 2024 | 7:54 am
#3
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Happy to see that the requirements for each status tier will remain the same in 2025. Glad to see SWUs will be visible online. Question: does upgrade with miles space use the same inventory? I.e. if a flight shows SWU availability but I dont have SWUs, would mileage upgrades still be an option?
Dec 12, 2024 | 7:56 am
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Dec 12, 2024 | 7:56 am
#5
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Wording around "more time to use SWUs" is confusing, but seems like a good change?
I just want to take this opportunity to again say how good the Loyalty Points program is. Like certainly a lot of things to complain about with AA...but the LP program is the best elite/status program in the US. No question.
I just want to take this opportunity to again say how good the Loyalty Points program is. Like certainly a lot of things to complain about with AA...but the LP program is the best elite/status program in the US. No question.
Dec 12, 2024 | 7:57 am
#6
Join Date: Jul 2021
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Happy to see that the requirements for each status tier will remain the same in 2025. Glad to see SWUs will be visible online. Question: does upgrade with miles space use the same inventory? I.e. if a flight shows SWU availability but I dont have SWUs, would mileage upgrades still be an option?
Dec 12, 2024 | 8:14 am
#7
Join Date: Feb 2003
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The SWU extension is nice given how hard it's been to use them. Now I won't (yet) use them on something stupid, like DCA-RDU.
Dec 12, 2024 | 8:14 am
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Thats equally ambiguous, as they currently expire one year from the date you select them, not the end of the calendar year.
I could see AA setting the expiration for all SWUs to be March 1 the year after the qualifying year you earn them, regardless of when you actually select the reward choice.
I'm sure this will be clarified in short order.
VFTW - AAdvantage Changes for 2025
Dec 12, 2024 | 8:17 am
#9
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In Gary's article below he mentions that "starting March 1, their expiration will align with the end of the program year and not calendar year."
Thats equally ambiguous, as they currently expire one year from the date you select them, not the end of the calendar year.
I could see AA setting the expiration for all SWUs to be March 1 the year after the qualifying year you earn them, regardless of when you actually select the reward choice.
Thats equally ambiguous, as they currently expire one year from the date you select them, not the end of the calendar year.
I could see AA setting the expiration for all SWUs to be March 1 the year after the qualifying year you earn them, regardless of when you actually select the reward choice.
TBH: The SWU thing is a non-issue for me...I've got way more international long-hauls than SWUs so I've never had any issue with letting SWUs go unused.
Dec 12, 2024 | 8:20 am
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Wording around "more time to use SWUs" is confusing, but seems like a good change?
I just want to take this opportunity to again say how good the Loyalty Points program is. Like certainly a lot of things to complain about with AA...but the LP program is the best elite/status program in the US. No question.
I just want to take this opportunity to again say how good the Loyalty Points program is. Like certainly a lot of things to complain about with AA...but the LP program is the best elite/status program in the US. No question.
Dec 12, 2024 | 8:26 am
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I tend to agree. I appreciate how easy it is to build within the LP program, particularly through non-flight activity. I jumped an entire status level thanks to AA Hotels stays, two of which earned 15K Loyalty Points for 3 night stays at properties that would have netted me nothing of value otherwise. I have a couple more stays like that in 2025 as well.
Haven't flown too much this year!
Dec 12, 2024 | 8:54 am
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I am glad nothing major is changing for next year.
Dec 12, 2024 | 9:03 am
#13
Join Date: Nov 2009
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I retired with 5.6 million miles, probably ballpark of 2.5 million actual, 2.5 million matching and .6 million credit card spend, etc. Nobody knows the actual breakout, including AA. Now I'm up to about 6.0 lifetime. Wonder what they'll do with that?
Dec 12, 2024 | 9:05 am
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I had to reread the details on AA.com a couple of times. Looks like all the changes are net positives. Maybe not fabulous changes, but at least no downgrades. I'm kind of shocked.
