american airlines 2013 ftu presentation
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All About AAdvantage
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Questions? Just Contact Me
How Big Is It?
WHO HAS THE BIGGEST AADVANTAGE MILE
BALANCE?*You’ll need your AA # for the next prize
Overview
The Basics: All About Status
Domestic Upgrades
Systemwide Upgrades (AKA unparalelled bliss)
Domestic/International Awards
oneworld overview
Love/Hate
US Airways (Is My American Dying?)
The Basics
Gold Status
25,000 Miles or Points or 30 segments
Earn 4 500-miles upgrades for every 10,000 miles flown (can purchase additional upgrades)
25% mileage bonus
Priority Check-In and Boarding (also on Alaska Airlines)
Free Access To Main Cabin Extra Seating (up to 8 companions)
The Basics
Platinum Status 50,000 Miles or Points or 60 segments
Earn 4 500-miles upgrades for every 10,000 miles flown (can purchase additional upgrades)
100% mileage bonus
Priority Check-In and Boarding (also on Alaska Airlines)
Preferred Seating on Alaska Airlines
Free Access To Main Cabin Extra Seating (up to 8 companions)
The Basics
Executive Platinum Status
100,000 Miles or Points or 100 segments
Unlimited Free Domestic Upgrades
100% mileage bonus
Priority Check-In and Boarding (also on Alaska Airlines)
Preferred Seating on Alaska Airlines
Free Access To Main Cabin Extra Seating (up to 8 companions)
8 Systemwide Upgrades
Flagship Check-In at LHR
Upgrades
Domestic Upgrades
Upgrade requests are cleared based on the window applicable to your status level:
AAdvantage Executive Platinum® members 100 hours prior to departureAAdvantage Platinum® members 72 hours prior to departureAAdvantage Gold® members 24 hours prior to departureAAdvantage non-elite status members* 24 hours prior to departure Upgrade requests are prioritized first by status level, then by fare and finally by
the order in which they were upgraded. Request your upgrades early!
It’s cheaper to buy your 500-mile upgrades online/at a kiosk
UpgradesSystemwide Upgrades
EXP members are awarded 8 per year they qualify/re-qualify.
SWUs/eVIPs are valid on virtually ALL fare classes.
SWUs/eVIPS are valid ONLY on American metal.
SWUs are valid for a one-way, one-class upgrade on a paid fare.
SWUs are also earned at certain MM thresholds.
Don’t forget to waitlist for the long segment.
Elite Rewards
Awards
Plain Old Fashioned Domestic Awards
All domestic awards are one-way awards.
Saver awards are 25,000 miles roundtrip/12,500 miles one-way.
AAnytime awards are 50,000 miles roundtrip/25,000 miles one-way.
Mexico/Caribbean for 35,000/70,000 Saver/AAnytime Awards.
EXPs can call for extra award inventory.
Awards
International Coach Awards
Destination SaverAAnytime
Hawaii 22,500/45,000
45,000/90,000
Central America 17,500/35,000 35,000/70,000
South America 30,000/60,000 60,000/120,000
Korea/Japan 32,500/65,000 65,000/130,000
China 35,000/70,000
70,000/140,000
Awards
International Business Awards
Destination SaverAAnytime
South America 50,000/100,000
100,000/200,000
Europe 50,000/100,000
100,000/200,000
Japan 50,000/100,000
100,000/200,000
China 55,000/110,000
110,000/220,000
Awards
International Comparison
Coach Round-Trip “Saver”
Destination American DeltaUnited
Europe 60,000 60,000
60,000
Japan 65,000 70,000
65,000
China 70,000 70,000
65,000
Brazil 60,000 60,000
60,000
Awards
International Comparison
Business Class Round-Trip “Saver”
Destination American DeltaUnited
Europe 100,000 100,000
100,000
Japan 100,000 120,000
120,000
China 110,000 120,000
120,000
Brazil 100,000 100,000
100,000
Where Are We Going?
AIRBERLIN
ROYAL JORDANIAN
QANTAS
MALAYSIA AIRLINESLAN
JAPAN AIRLINES
IBERIAFINNAIR
CATHAY PACIFICBRITISH AIRWAYS
S7 AIRWAYSQATAR
Other Airline Partners
Earn & Redeem
Air Pacific Gulf Air
Alaska Airlines Hawaiian Airlines
El Al Jet Airways
Etihad Airways Qatar Airways***
Earn Only
JetBlue
WestJet
Redeem Only
Air Tahiti Nui
Cape Air
Merger Facts & Figures
# of Destinations
Merger Facts & Figures
328 Destinations
Explorer Award
Distance-based awards
Maximum of 16 segments and 50,000 miles
Can use virtually all oneworld partner flights
Business Class is the true gem
110,000 miles to fly to China in Business Class. For 115,000 you could fold in stopovers in places like NRT or HKG.
130,000 miles buys you LAX-NRT-FRA-FCO-MIA-LAX in Business.
Explorer Award
July 2014DFW-LAX-PVG (AA)PVG-HKG-DEL (CX)DEL-AMM (RJ)AMM-FCO (RJ)-open jaw- europe by railDUS-JFK (AB)LGA-DFW (AA)
19907 miles flown/routed, 130,000 miles each in business class. $700 in taxes for three of us.
US Airways
4 elite tiers
Unlimited free upgrades
Dividend Miles become AAdvantage Miles.
Fewer First Class Seats.
US Airways most likely closer to revenue-based program.
Why You Should Love American
Best Treatment Of Top-Tier Elites (Executive Platinum)
Systemwide Upgrades
South American Network
Explorer Awards and Elite Rewards
Did I Mention Systemwide Upgrades?
Newest Fleet Over Next 5 Years
Why You Should Covet Thy Neighbor’s Airline
Weak Network In Asia
Older Fleet Now, But Improving
Potential Integration Issues With US Airways
Merger Update
November 25th Court Date
Decision Likely By Mid-January
American & US Airways Have Extended Exclusivity
DOJ More Likely To Settle Now Than Before They Lost Trial Date Motion
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