A benefit eliminated without any warning... [friend nomination]
Apr 24, 2015, 2:26 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Near PHL, PA and GCM, CI and sometimes PLJ, Placencia. Belize
Programs: AA-EXP, DL-Gold, Bonvoy-Gold
Posts: 246
A benefit eliminated without any warning... [friend nomination]
One benefit at US was as follows (from an email to me dated 12-11-2014):
"You’ve already earned these benefits:
• Nominate a friend to Trial Silver Preferred for 90 days"
So I call today, and am told "They say that benefit no longer applies." They being folks who I can't speak with, of course.
I planned to nominate someone who could use the "status" to get better seats on a multi-segment trip in a couple of months, so it would have had real value to him.
Anyone have any better info on this program, or did the fine folks at AA/US just screw me?
"You’ve already earned these benefits:
• Nominate a friend to Trial Silver Preferred for 90 days"
So I call today, and am told "They say that benefit no longer applies." They being folks who I can't speak with, of course.
I planned to nominate someone who could use the "status" to get better seats on a multi-segment trip in a couple of months, so it would have had real value to him.
Anyone have any better info on this program, or did the fine folks at AA/US just screw me?
Apr 24, 2015, 2:52 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Atlanta, GA
Programs: AAdvantage Platinum; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 239
There probably wasn't a proactive messaging campaign around it to specific members, but nearly all of the merger information indicated that Special Dividends were discontinued as of 12/31/14.
Edit: found this info that may apply. You apparently have the expiration date to redeem. I'm not sure exactly what your expiration date for that specific benefit was or is, but if it still valid you should be able to redeem it.
https://membership.usairways.com/en-US/FAQs/merger_loyaltyandbenefits.html#54
Edit: found this info that may apply. You apparently have the expiration date to redeem. I'm not sure exactly what your expiration date for that specific benefit was or is, but if it still valid you should be able to redeem it.
https://membership.usairways.com/en-US/FAQs/merger_loyaltyandbenefits.html#54
Last edited by sosfo; Apr 24, 2015 at 2:57 pm Reason: link
Apr 24, 2015, 4:12 pm
#3
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 44,600
How can the benefit still exist?
I don't see how Silver status in USDM can be given to someone given that the USDM scheme no longer exists.
I don't see how Silver status in USDM can be given to someone given that the USDM scheme no longer exists.
Apr 24, 2015, 8:17 pm
#4
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: SFO
Programs: WFBF
Posts: 963
pmUS discontinued new trials months ago, in order to be sure all trials would complete prior to the program merge. It was also advertised that all Special Dividends benefits would be expiring early in 2015 across the board and the info all pushed to redeem things ASAP; they even bumped the trial nomination up to just gifting a year of status outright to make up for the fact that people could no longer begin trials. And all of that was discussed in multiple threads here on FT, too.
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Last edited by Microwave; Apr 25, 2015 at 6:38 am Reason: Unwelcoming
Apr 25, 2015, 9:23 am
#5
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Pit
Programs: AA Gold SPG Gold HHonors Gold
Posts: 238
you had to nominate on or before 2/28/15
Apr 25, 2015, 5:22 pm
#6
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: DCA
Programs: UA US CO AA DL FL
Posts: 50,262
Nominating someone for DM status is useless. There is no more DM.
Apr 25, 2015, 10:15 pm
#7
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: PHL, SJC/SFO
Programs: US Chairman's ––> AA Executive Platinum BIS 1.1MM
Posts: 9
One benefit at US was as follows (from an email to me dated 12-11-2014):
"You’ve already earned these benefits:
• Nominate a friend to Trial Silver Preferred for 90 days"
So I call today, and am told "They say that benefit no longer applies." They being folks who I can't speak with, of course.
"You’ve already earned these benefits:
• Nominate a friend to Trial Silver Preferred for 90 days"
So I call today, and am told "They say that benefit no longer applies." They being folks who I can't speak with, of course.
Apr 26, 2015, 7:29 pm
#8
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AA Plat / OW Sapphire / Hyatt Diamond / Hilton Diamond
Posts: 72
I had one of these that I was saving up for my wife closer to upcoming travel. I ended up nominating her before it expired in Feb and she was moved over to AA Gold and it looks like it won't expire like the old US DM program did - she looks to be Gold through the program year (into Feb of 2016). So it looks like while they took this benefit away, it got slightly better just before it died.
Apr 26, 2015, 7:58 pm
#9
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: PHL
Programs: AA ExP, Marriott Amb, National EAE, Hilton Diamond, SPG Plat (RIP), US CP (RIP)
Posts: 2,379
I had one of these that I was saving up for my wife closer to upcoming travel. I ended up nominating her before it expired in Feb and she was moved over to AA Gold and it looks like it won't expire like the old US DM program did - she looks to be Gold through the program year (into Feb of 2016). So it looks like while they took this benefit away, it got slightly better just before it died.