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American AAdvantage double elite and redeemable miles 11/1–12/31/12.

American Airlines has an end of year all apologies promotion that has my attention. AAdvantage members earn double elite qualifying miles and elite qualifying points for all American Airlines and American Eagle operated flights from November 1 to December 31, 2012.

American Double Elite Qualifying Miles promotion registration is required by December 31 using promotion code AATHX. Terms state retroactive credit will be given for eligible American Airlines flights during the promotion period prior to registration. This registration also applies to Double Redeemable Miles Nov. 1-Dec 31, 2012 for AAdvantage elite members.

The message below specifically states AAdvantage elite status member and the double redeemable miles portion of this offer is restricted to Gold, Platinum and Executive Platinum members. However, there is no reference to elite members listed in the terms for double elite qualifying miles. FlyerTalk thread on this promotion is a good reference source as terms get clarification.

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Main Points

  • AAdvantage promotion is valid for all travel on purchased, published fare tickets on American Airlines, American Eagle and the American Connection® carrier marketed and operated flights from November 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012.
  • This offer does not require travel to be booked during a specific time frame; travel booked prior to the start date of this promotion is eligible.
  • Offer applies to all eligible segments flown, regardless of the type of trip, i.e. one-way, round-trip, circle trip or trips including open jaws.
  • Registration prior to midnight CT December 31, 2012 is required. Registration automatically applies to both the double elite qualifying miles and points offer as well as the AAdvantage elite member double flight miles promotion.
  • All eligible travel flown during the offer period, but prior to registration will also be included retroactively.
  • Bonus elite qualifying miles or points will count towards your 2013 membership year.

 

American AAdvantage elite members will also receive double redeemable miles.

Main points for Double Redeemable miles

  • Offer is valid for AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum or AAdvantage Gold members only.
  • This offer does not require travel to be booked during a specific time frame; travel booked prior to the start date of this promotion is eligible.
  • Registration prior to midnight CT December 31, 2012 is required. Registration automatically applies to both the double elite qualifying miles and points offer as well as the AAdvantage elite member double flight miles promotion.
  • All eligible travel flown during the offer period, but prior to registration will also be included retroactively.
  • Customers who qualify for elite status partway through this offer will receive double flight miles for travel post registration, from the date of qualification for elite status onward.
  • Flights operated by our codeshare partners or oneworld alliance carriers are not eligible for this promotion.
  • This offer cannot be combined with the double miles offerfor travel during the Thanksgiving period.
  • Flights operated by our codeshare partners or oneworld alliance carriers are not eligible for this promotion.

 

American Airlines AAdvantage – Double elite miles T&C

AAdvantage promotion is valid for all travel on purchased, published fare tickets on American Airlines, American Eagle and the American Connection® carrier marketed and operated flights from November 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012.

This offer does not require travel to be booked during a specific time frame; travel booked prior to the start date of this promotion is eligible.

Offer applies to all eligible segments flown, regardless of the type of trip, i.e. one-way, round-trip, circle trip or trips including open jaws.

Registration prior to midnight CT December 31, 2012 is required. Registration automatically applies to both the double elite qualifying miles and points offer as well as the AAdvantage elite member double flight miles promotion.

All eligible travel flown during the offer period, but prior to registration will also be included retroactively.

Bonus elite qualifying miles or points will count towards your 2013 membership year.

This offer does not increment the member’s prize eligible mileage balance or Million Miler balance.

Double elite-qualifying miles and points will be calculated at 100% of the base miles or points earned, respectively.

The initial posting of double elite qualifying miles and points will be posted to the account of the traveling AAdvantage member within 3-4 weeks after qualifying activity posts to your account. Thereafter, the postings will occur weekly.

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American Double Elite Qualifying Miles promotion registration.

American Airlines AAdvantage – Double Redeemable Miles T&C

Offer is valid for AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum or AAdvantage Gold members only.

AAdvantage promotion is valid for all travel on purchased, published fare tickets on American Airlines, American Eagle or the American Connection® carrier marketed and operated flights from November 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012.

This offer does not require travel to be booked during a specific time frame; travel booked prior to the start date of this promotion is eligible.

Offer applies to all eligible segments flown, regardless of the type of trip, i.e. one-way, round-trip, circle trip or trips including open jaws.

Registration prior to midnight CT December 31, 2012 is required. Registration automatically applies to both the double elite qualifying miles and points offer as well as the AAdvantage elite member double flight miles promotion.

All eligible travel flown during the offer period, but prior to registration will also be included retroactively.

Double miles will be calculated at 100% of the base miles earned and will be awarded immediately for travel flown after registration for this promotion.

Double miles for eligible travel flown prior to registration for this promotion will be awarded within 2-3 weeks after the promotion has ended.

Promotion does not apply to travel on mileage award tickets or fares that are ineligible for AAdvantage mileage accrual.

Customers who qualify for elite status partway through this offer will receive double flight miles for travel post registration, from the date of qualification for elite status onward.

Bonus miles do not count toward elite status qualification or Million Miler status.

Flights operated by our codeshare partners or oneworld alliance carriers are not eligible for this promotion.

This offer cannot be combined with the double miles offer for travel during the Thanksgiving period.

 

Time for me to find cheap fares from SJC/SFO/OAK for 7,020 more flight miles by the end of next month.

I earned AAdvantage Gold elite status with my flights from Monterey to Barcelona last month.

I need to fly an additional 7,020 miles to reach American Airlines AAdvantage Platinum elite with this double EQM offer and a bump from 25% to 100% bonus miles on my flights. Elite points are a non factor for me in 2012. All my American Airlines flights in 2012 were discount fares and earned 0.5 elite points per mile. I am chasing elite miles to reach 50,000 elite miles for 2012.

Those double redeemable miles will help my flight award balance too.

Clue me in on cheap airfare if you see some good deals from California.

Ric Garrido, writer and owner of Loyalty Traveler, shares news and views on hotels, hotel loyalty programs and vacation destinations for frequent guests. You can follow Loyalty Traveler on Twitter and Facebook and RSS feed.

5 Comments

  • AKB November 2, 2012

    Seen this yet? A bunch of deals pop up every day. The RSS feeds aren’t specific by city, but it’s fun to see what is available elsewhere.

    http://www.theflightdeal.com/

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  • Erndog November 3, 2012

    I’ve seen some pretty cheap SFO/LAX – JFK lately . . .

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  • Ric Garrido November 3, 2012

    @Erndog and akb – There are some flights that are surprisingly cheap from Monterey.

    MRY-LAX-BOS $136 one-way 3,111 miles. Can squeeze out even more miles via DFW, but I don’t think the extra miles are worth an extra flight.

    MRY to IAD/BWI/DCA $280 RT 5,600 miles.

    SJC-HNL $318 RT 6,112 miles

    MRY-MIA $275, but I am already going there in December.

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