Offered AA Executive Platinum (targeted for 2019 Globalists)
Feb 4, 2020, 5:39 pm
#406
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Programs: AA ExPlat, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Spire, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,009
Feb 4, 2020, 5:52 pm
#407
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,170
You might have missed out on United handing out Silver to every 75+ night Marriott loyal (easily game-ified) for years now
Feb 4, 2020, 5:55 pm
#408
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Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Programs: AA ExPlat, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Spire, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,009
No, I knew about that, but UA Silver isn’t much better than just having a MileagePlus CC. But AA has been giving out Plat, Plat Pro, and even ExPlat, the first two seemingly indiscriminately.
Feb 4, 2020, 6:03 pm
#409
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,170
AA is where UA was in 2012-2014 - a terrible airline all-around, overdue for a leadership change. Much like Marriott, the fish rots from the head.
Feb 4, 2020, 6:19 pm
#410
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Texas
Programs: AA EXP | Hyatt Globalist | Marriott Platinum Elite | Hilton Diamond | Avis Preferred Plus
Posts: 28
Feb 4, 2020, 6:42 pm
#411
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 10,904
Some concierges are better than others. I'm not particularly happy with mine; I sometimes intentionally call when I know she is not working because that way I can talk to the "next available" concierge. If it was easy to switch, I would. I am not going to open social media accounts and harass people though.
Feb 5, 2020, 12:59 am
#415
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 10,904
Feb 5, 2020, 2:35 am
#416
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Seat 2A
Programs: AA EXP LT GLD 1MM, BA GLD, NH/UA*G, Hyatt Dia, Marr Tit LT PLT, IHG Spire,HH Dia, MGM NOIR,Hertz PC
Posts: 10,571
Feb 5, 2020, 4:12 am
#417
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: NYC
Programs: DL Platinum, AA Plat Pro, Bonvoy Lifetime Platinum, JetBlue Mosaic 3, Amtrak Select
Posts: 966
If you’re spending $3,000 but also using three SWUs, there’s no way that’s a win for AA. For a marginal revenue increase like that, they’d be better off handing out coupons for 50% or 75% off in J to people who don’t have status.
Unlike UA and DL, AA has been handing out free status like candy on Halloween for years now, and it doesn’t seem to be getting them anywhere. It seems like an odd strategy.
Unlike UA and DL, AA has been handing out free status like candy on Halloween for years now, and it doesn’t seem to be getting them anywhere. It seems like an odd strategy.
Feb 5, 2020, 8:24 am
#418
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Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Programs: AA ExPlat, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Spire, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,009
In another thread, you said you just completed an ExPlat challenge. When did you start that? This Hyatt freebie didn’t come along until the first week of December. It wouldn’t make sense for them to give ExPlat to someone who was already on an ExPlat challenge and/or already had an account showing as ExPlat.
Feb 5, 2020, 1:18 pm
#419
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,363
In another thread, you said you just completed an ExPlat challenge. When did you start that? This Hyatt freebie didn’t come along until the first week of December. It wouldn’t make sense for them to give ExPlat to someone who was already on an ExPlat challenge and/or already had an account showing as ExPlat.