I just received an email from American Airlines, and they want to offer me free Platinum status!
American AAdvantage Platinum benefits
- Complimentary upgrades on flights 500 miles or less within North America. Upgrades are confirmed as early as 48 hours before departure;
- Complimentary access to Main Cabin Extra and Preferred seats
- 8 award miles/U.S. dollar (60% bonus)
- 2 free checked bags
- oneworld® SapphireSM status on partner airlines
Terms of the exclusive offer
- Offer is only for members who received a letter directly from American Airlines;
- Registration is required by 11:59 pm CT June 30, 2017 and prior to travel in order for your Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) and Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) to count toward this promotion.
- By registering, member will receive twenty 500-mile upgrades!
- To extend elite benefits through January 31, 2019, earn 12,500 Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) and $2,000 Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) on American or other eligible airlines between registration date and September 22, 2017.
- Eligible airlines include American Airlines, American Eagle®, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia and Japan Airlines, as well as eligible codeshare flights.
Conclusion
In February, I received an offer to fast track to AA Elite status, which I didn’t participate. I am a little surprised by this new offer, as I only have one flight booked with American Airline later this year. I get free checked bags benefit being AA credit cardmember, and I get free access to Main Cabin Extra and Preferred seats being an Alaska MVP Gold. So those two Platinum benefits do not interest me. But the twenty 500-mile upgrade certificates and oneworld Sapphire status on partner airlines sound interesting!
Did you receive a similar offer for free American AAdvantage status?
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The real value in this is the 500 mile stickers. You have to be at least Gold to use them but they stay in your account even if you don’t meet the challenge. I’ve been targeted in past years. My guess is that they target people who have flown AA a little and have an AA credit card.
I received the offer to maintain my Gold status until September. I haven’t flown a revenue flight on AA in months and I no longer have an AA-branded card. In fact, my Gold status was earned through BA flights. So this is somewhat curious to me. It makes me wonder if recent “updates to the passenger experience and AAdvantage program” aren’t seeing quite the positive impact they’d hope and are trying to (re-)buy loyalty.
I just received similar offer this week for upgrade to Gold status. I am not a regular flyer but I do have a paid trip to Europe coming up in the fall. The 500 mile upgrade certs. are new to me, never had one. The free upgrade to premium seating is a plus. I applied it to a portion of our upcoming European flight, but I had already paid for the premium seating upgrade on the second leg! wonder if I can get that back????