Should we open AAdvantage accounts
Jan 21, 2015, 3:07 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2015
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Should we open AAdvantage accounts
Dividend Miles Silver member here. Just recently got the 50k US Air barclay card. No real plans of getting an AA card. Is there any benefit to opening an AAdvantage account and link it to my DM account before it's done for me automatically?
Jan 21, 2015, 3:33 pm
#2
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: PHX these days
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None. Unless if you need it (because of a program that credits there but not crediting to US or a card tied to it or something along these lines), no need to open an account.
I've never had one; not planning to have one until the day my US DM one converts.
I've never had one; not planning to have one until the day my US DM one converts.
Jan 21, 2015, 4:31 pm
#3
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: PHL
Programs: AA Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 480
I created AAdvantage accounts just recently for family members that only have DM accounts. Reason? I like to control and know my FF # and didn't want to be assigned one.
Jan 22, 2015, 7:19 am
#4
Join Date: May 2009
Location: DCA
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If you're planning on flying on AS or EY anytime soon that would be reason enough to get an account as miles on those airlines can only be credited to AA, not US.
Jan 22, 2015, 11:12 am
#5
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea...false&from=Nav
Jan 22, 2015, 4:58 pm
#6
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How do you control your FF#? Isn't it automatically assigned or did you have some input into the characters/numbers in it (like picking a personalized phone number or license plate)?
Jan 28, 2015, 10:39 am
#7
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Mar 2, 2015, 2:33 pm
#8
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So, as this is not a publicly available benefit then it's kind of irrelevant for the topic of this discussion. Aside from wanting your own 'vanity' account numbers, there's really little reason for a DM member to create a new AA account at this point in the game unless they intend on achieving a Gold or Platinum challenge in the very near future.
Mar 2, 2015, 4:25 pm
#9
Join Date: Sep 2012
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So, as this is not a publicly available benefit then it's kind of irrelevant for the topic of this discussion. Aside from wanting your own 'vanity' account numbers, there's really little reason for a DM member to create a new AA account at this point in the game unless they intend on achieving a Gold or Platinum challenge in the very near future.
Mar 3, 2015, 9:08 am
#10
Join Date: Feb 2008
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I have rarely used AA # and frequently used DM#. I am afraid they will go with AA# in the future, while I would prefer DM# to prevail simply because I know it (it is the 6 alphanumeric combo).
Mar 3, 2015, 10:05 am
#11
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My AA number was assigned in 1991 and has been 7 alphanumeric characters ever since.
My US DM number was a 9 digit numeric given to me in 1988. It was converted to a 7 digit alphanumeric in 1998 when they moved from whatever GDS they used at the time to SABRE. US and AA were mileage partners at the time and it was rumored they were going to merge. That never happened and they moved off of SABRE to SHARES after the HP merger, but my number held.
So now I have a 7 character alphanumeric account number in each program. I don't have a preference as to which one sticks, though I suspect it will be my AA one.
My US DM number was a 9 digit numeric given to me in 1988. It was converted to a 7 digit alphanumeric in 1998 when they moved from whatever GDS they used at the time to SABRE. US and AA were mileage partners at the time and it was rumored they were going to merge. That never happened and they moved off of SABRE to SHARES after the HP merger, but my number held.
So now I have a 7 character alphanumeric account number in each program. I don't have a preference as to which one sticks, though I suspect it will be my AA one.
Mar 3, 2015, 12:44 pm
#12
Join Date: Feb 2008
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My bad, I can't count 
mine is 7 char alphanumeric too
mine is 7 char alphanumeric too