Very nice input.
I was subscribed to all 5, and unsubscribed from all but was waiting to hear a feedback from someone. Based off your reply, I am thinking to wait for few days...if you note on the mail that they send after Unsubscribing they say it may take upto 10 days...so best bet would be to wait for 10 days. But even after that It may not work if their appraiser system does not pulll live info(e.g. had a cache). Would like to hear from anyone that waited for one day after unsubscribing.

I've always thought it was $600 but I don't actually know that as a fact. I think I got that number in my head from seeing that "$600 winners and up" clerk at the ponies. :o Win $550 and everybody's cool. Win $600+ and the Man gets a cut.

From reading one of the credit card threads, I've gathered that mileage bonuses on CC's do not generate 1099's, but mileage bonuses on bank accounts can.

I believe it is $600, hence why a lot of the "valuations" are outrageous but always manage to be below $600. Basically, this is just American Airlines paying for the flights they're "giving away" with tax dollars... cause you can be sure they're deducting these miles at nearly $0.10 a piece.

Taxing miles is coming I think if airlines start pushing valuation at this clip.

Crap,
1000 miles for me.
Did my Friends and she scored 3000.

Should have undid all my subscriptions which I had thought about last night and never did.

Oh, I got 3k miles. Forgot to post about my results. So, thanks OP!

Legally, the Man is supposed to get a cut no matter how much you make. Technically, even if you make $5 you are supposed to declare that amount on you tax return as income. Even teenage babysitters are supposed to declare their earnings. But... creating a 1099 for every person no matter how much they earn poses an incredible hardship for companies, small businesses, families with babysitters. So, $600 is the amount at which 1099's need to be created. But, the Man always wants to be paid.

So yesterday I unsubscribed Mr. Balima, my Mother-in-law (she was only signed up for a few e-mails) and myself. Today I used the "Appraiser". My MIL only got 1000 miles for the two e-mails that she was not signed up for yesterday. Neither Mr. Balima or myself got any miles.

Upshot - changing your preferences now will not do any good. They obviously downloaded a file of our preferences and are not using current info.

Oh well, I will leave Mr. Balima and myself unsubscribed and will unsubscribe MIL and Mstr. Balima in December. They will eventually do this again. I know they have done this before (that's why we were all subscribed for everything).

thank you for posting the link. i picked up the miles for myself. very helpful.

1500 for me, 2500 for mr. e and for my friend who I help with his miles. Hopefully it posts by December without any issues.

Right, legally it should be reported. But AA is clearly abusing the practical knowledge that few will read about their outrageous valuations and, out of those, only a select few will report it (if any). I'm sure you're aware of that, but for those posters who might not be I felt like saying it.

3k miles ftw!

1,500 for me

Note: "The Appraiser" does not allow you to go back (restart the "appraisal" process) and sign up for offers you passed on the first time. He gives you but one shot at it.

Just got an automatic email from AA confirming that I would receive the 2,500 bonus miles I got from the appraiser.

Am I the only one who didn't get a confirmation email? I did the appraiser last night, so about 24 hours ago.