Reach (And Exceed) Your Elite Status Goal!

There is still time to qualify for Elite status in 2006!  And, with our 25th Anniversary promotion, go even farther to earn special rewards, including systemwide upgrades, Admirals Club® passes, and even the ability to give AAdvantage Gold® status to a person of your choosing. See aa.com/eliterewards for details on qualifying for this promotion.
 

 














 






 

 

Elite Status Qualification Levels

 As we track your activity, we'll notify you when you qualify for AAdvantage Executive Platinum®, AAdvantage Platinum® or AAdvantage Gold status. To qualify for elite status, you must earn the following qualifying miles, points or segments during a calendar year:
 
Elite Status Level Miles Segments Points
AAdvantage Gold 25,000 30 25,000
AAdvantage Platinum 50,000 60 50,000
AAdvantage Executive Platinum 100,000 100 100,000

Check your progress towards these elite status levels by logging in at aa.com/aadvantage.

You earn elite-status qualifying points, miles, and segments when you purchase eligible fare tickets and fly on American Airlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection® carriers, Aer Lingus (through March 31, 2007), Alaska Airlines (including Horizon Airlines), British Airways*, Cathay Pacific Airways, Finnair, Iberia, LAN (including LAN Peru), Qantas Airways and/or American Airlines codeshare flights**. Visit aa.com/aadvantage for a complete list of eligible fare classes and equivalent points earned.

*   AAdvantage members may not earn or redeem miles/points on British Airways transatlantic flights between the U.S. and the U.K.
** Ticket must reflect an American Airlines coded flight number. 

Elite Status Points

The number of AAdvantage points you earn is based on a combination of miles earned and the type of fare purchased. Use the following chart to help you calculate your accumulated points.

Qualifying Points per Mile Earned on American Airlines, American Eagle and AmericanConnection carriers
Fare Purchased Booking Class Points per Qualifying Mile Flown
First Class A, F, P 1.5
Business Class D, I, J 1.5
Full Fare Economy Class B, Y 1.5
Discount Economy Class H, K, M, L, W, V 1.0
Deep Discount G, M, Q**, N, O**, S 0.5

** Tickets between North America and Europe, India, Asia and Latin America booked in O and Transatlantic tickets booked in Q are not eligible. Excludes Internet fares noted as non-mileage earning. Visit aa.com/aadvantage for a complete list of eligible fare classes and equivalent points earned on oneworld carriers.
 

You must fly at least four of your segments on American Airlines, American Eagle, or AmericanConnection to qualify for AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum, or AAdvantage Gold status within the qualifying year. Qualifying miles do not include class-of-service bonus miles, other participant miles, or any other AAdvantage bonus mileage. Miles purchased through buyAAmiles and giftAAmiles do not qualify for elite status.

LAN affiliates LAN Argentina and LAN Ecuador are not members of oneworld and the miles earned on these affiliates do not count toward elite qualification.