Reef Fish wrote:
Binyamin Dissen wrote:

Typically the status starts as soon as you have the miles, which would be in
Dec 05.

If your outbound brings you over the limit, you will be qualified on your
return trip.


But what is AA Gold good for?

Priority boarding
Upgrades in advance (if not yet Gold, you can only upgrade on full fare
tickets- I believe)
25 percent mileage bonus
Elite seating


In 2003, I got suckered by AA into taking its "fast track" offer
(something like a few flights within 3 months) to be AA Platinum.

I found the AA Platinum to be completely useless, and never flown
it since I became Platinum. :-) Traded those few AA miles for
Hilton points.

Why useless? You get 100 percent bonus miles
Lounge use for "international"
Priority boarding (ahead of Gold)
Upgrades 72 hours in advance
Priority phone
Other "special" offers