Look at what came yesterday…my precious…(god, I need to get out more)
The welcome packet was nice; had the card, two Platinum luggage tags (with the 1MM medallion), 8 AApplause certificates, and a rather overly flowery letter regarding my “achievement.”
That being said, I promptly ordered 6 more luggage tags (so as to re-tag everything I own [...]
I got a lovely email today from Rob Friedman, President, AAdvantage Marketing Programs informing me that I had just become a millionAAire.
My favorite line is “[w]hether you eagerly awaited this achievement or didn’t realize it occurred…” As a number of people have pointed out (I’m looking at you V and Brett), I should reply that [...]
Woo woo!
I logged onto AA.com this morning to see this glorious site:
Hello, lifetime Gold status!
If I want to make lifetime Platinum status (2 million program miles), it’ll be a while. I joined AAdvantage on 4/17/98, and earned on average 278.68 AAdvantage miles a day to my first million. If this trend were to hold, I’d [...]
I logged into AA.com this morning, and look at what’s posted:
I am now a mere 512 miles from lifetime status on AA.
Random fact: based on my AAdvantage join date (April 17, 1998), I’ve earned approximately 279.34 AAdvantage miles/day to get to 999,488.