Dec 18, 2019, 12:31 pm
Last edit by: wyogold
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AA potentially closing accounts due to credit card churning/churn
How to know if you're locked: (as of 12/22/2019)
- Call in to aadvantage reservations (800-882-8880) If you locked, you'll be forwarded to customer service instead of getting to the automated reservations system
- If you want to stay on the line, ask CSR if your account is locked (you tried to make a reservation but it wouldn't let you). CSR will inform you there's a note on your account and that corporate security will contact you
- Try to make a reservation for a super cheap hotel through useaamiles.com. There are 1000 miles / night hotels in New Delhi, so at worst you'll risk 1K miles. If you're locked, you'll see "Unable to process points. Please call our customer service for assistance."
So far, nobody seems to have gotten unlocked and gotten access to their miles back. Accounts with upcoming travel seem to be the ones that are getting terminated at the highest rate.
AA potentially closing accounts due to credit card churning/churn
How to know if you're locked: (as of 12/22/2019)
- Call in to aadvantage reservations (800-882-8880) If you locked, you'll be forwarded to customer service instead of getting to the automated reservations system
- If you want to stay on the line, ask CSR if your account is locked (you tried to make a reservation but it wouldn't let you). CSR will inform you there's a note on your account and that corporate security will contact you
- Try to make a reservation for a super cheap hotel through useaamiles.com. There are 1000 miles / night hotels in New Delhi, so at worst you'll risk 1K miles. If you're locked, you'll see "Unable to process points. Please call our customer service for assistance."
So far, nobody seems to have gotten unlocked and gotten access to their miles back. Accounts with upcoming travel seem to be the ones that are getting terminated at the highest rate.
AA accounts restricted (Nov/Dec 2019)
Dec 7, 2019, 10:33 am
#91
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Join Date: Oct 2019
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I'm usually annoyed when FT opens another thread on a topic. For this though it's different. Hopefully someone who is interested in Reddit posts can start a separate FT thread for "AA chatter from Reddit". Then the rest of us who don't want to hear about Reddit chatter don't have to be bothered by it.
Dec 7, 2019, 10:42 am
#92
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 557
I’m just trying to be helpful here, as I’m a Reddit user before an FT user. There’s ten times the amount of details on this issue alone on Reddit.
Dec 7, 2019, 10:45 am
#93
Join Date: May 2015
Location: LAX, BUR
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Posts: 1,930
Dec 7, 2019, 10:52 am
#95
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Location: LAX, BUR
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Dec 7, 2019, 10:57 am
#96
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Exactly my point. This topic is highly questionable, and not all of us want to waste our time reading Reddit chatter on a highly questionable topic. Those who do want to read that ten times more posts about it are free to read Reddit; I have no problem with that. Let Reddit be Reddit, and FT be FT, and we are all free to choose to read one or the other, or both.
Dec 7, 2019, 11:03 am
#97
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 433
I don't see one post about account shutdowns in this link just a very scattered and unorganized cluster of information and questions
Seems JohnNYC is getting dozens of pm's which may or may not be valid and very curious nobody has posted about their account being shutdown only hearsay.
Last edited by rover4618; Dec 7, 2019 at 11:13 am
Dec 7, 2019, 11:29 am
#98
Join Date: May 2009
Location: South Park, CO
Programs: Tegridy Elite
Posts: 5,678
The other one is posting on Reddit. Stick to FT, and avoid Reddit, and you should be fine.
I'm usually annoyed when FT opens another thread on a topic. For this though it's different. Hopefully someone who is interested in Reddit posts can start a separate FT thread for "AA chatter from Reddit". Then the rest of us who don't want to hear about Reddit chatter don't have to be bothered by it.
I'm usually annoyed when FT opens another thread on a topic. For this though it's different. Hopefully someone who is interested in Reddit posts can start a separate FT thread for "AA chatter from Reddit". Then the rest of us who don't want to hear about Reddit chatter don't have to be bothered by it.
Exactly my point. This topic is highly questionable, and not all of us want to waste our time reading Reddit chatter on a highly questionable topic. Those who do want to read that ten times more posts about it are free to read Reddit; I have no problem with that. Let Reddit be Reddit, and FT be FT, and we are all free to choose to read one or the other, or both.
Frankly the data on Reddit or Twitter or what have you, is no more or less questionable than on FT. We have no independent verification of posts in either instance. Reddit has its pros and cons, as does FT...though for issues like this I've often found the greater openness on Reddit to provide more frank and robust discussions.
Dec 7, 2019, 11:40 am
#99
Join Date: May 2015
Location: LAX, BUR
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Todays version
https://www.reddit.com/r/churning/co...ember_07_2019/
Dec 7, 2019, 11:51 am
#100
Join Date: May 2014
Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,164
I think the common goal is sharing of information, some of the info is credible and some is not, lets wait and see what happens.
The question is, are people still using eMailers these days.
The question is, are people still using eMailers these days.
Dec 8, 2019, 9:04 am
#102
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 615
I’ll post my DP. I’m on my 3rd emailer and waiting for the SUB to post. All were generated by my previously set up dot gmail addresses with my own personal physical address on all of them. I had slightly different names on the 3 FFN accounts.
When I applied for the credit cards, I used my own personal info and my main FFN. So far, so good - holding my breath and laying low for the foreseeable future. I don’t fly much but just happened to make a last minute domestic redemption bc of an out of town funeral this week. No issues there. I will update this thread if anything happens. FWIW, I have been doing mailers for the past 1.5 years every ~ 34 days.
When I applied for the credit cards, I used my own personal info and my main FFN. So far, so good - holding my breath and laying low for the foreseeable future. I don’t fly much but just happened to make a last minute domestic redemption bc of an out of town funeral this week. No issues there. I will update this thread if anything happens. FWIW, I have been doing mailers for the past 1.5 years every ~ 34 days.
Dec 8, 2019, 11:02 am
#103
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 6,598
I’ll post my DP. I’m on my 3rd emailer and waiting for the SUB to post. All were generated by my previously set up dot gmail addresses with my own personal physical address on all of them. I had slightly different names on the 3 FFN accounts.
When I applied for the credit cards, I used my own personal info and my main FFN. So far, so good - holding my breath and laying low for the foreseeable future. I don’t fly much but just happened to make a last minute domestic redemption bc of an out of town funeral this week. No issues there. I will update this thread if anything happens. FWIW, I have been doing mailers for the past 1.5 years every ~ 34 days.
When I applied for the credit cards, I used my own personal info and my main FFN. So far, so good - holding my breath and laying low for the foreseeable future. I don’t fly much but just happened to make a last minute domestic redemption bc of an out of town funeral this week. No issues there. I will update this thread if anything happens. FWIW, I have been doing mailers for the past 1.5 years every ~ 34 days.
If you have a RETURN trip booked on AA I would be proactive and make a game plan for what happens if your reservation is cancelled, price other airlines, times, etc now as I'm sure that will be a lot easier at a laptop sitting at a desk than last minute in a airport on a cell phone/laptop.
Dec 8, 2019, 2:15 pm
#104
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BDL, JFK
Posts: 658
Ok I'm one of those churners who feels the threat of closure is overblown. AFAIK none of our usual posters here has been shut down. However today my wife who is on spend with her Aadvantage credit card had the card denied at the local Crate and Barrel. It is not unusual for her to buy there. So I think maybe Citi is now shutting people down? But then she gets an automated phone call from the fraud department and after clicking she really was making that purchase all was well again. Since she had used this card for over a month it was really bizarre for Citi to randomly deny a $130 purchase.
Dec 8, 2019, 2:35 pm
#105
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: S.E. Pennsylvania
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Posts: 239
Ok I'm one of those churners who feels the threat of closure is overblown. AFAIK none of our usual posters here has been shut down. However today my wife who is on spend with her Aadvantage credit card had the card denied at the local Crate and Barrel. It is not unusual for her to buy there. So I think maybe Citi is now shutting people down? But then she gets an automated phone call from the fraud department and after clicking she really was making that purchase all was well again. Since she had used this card for over a month it was really bizarre for Citi to randomly deny a $130 purchase.