{"id":8955,"date":"2014-02-12T20:27:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T04:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=8955"},"modified":"2014-02-12T20:27:57","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T04:27:57","slug":"predictions-american-airlines-executive-platinum-elites-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/02\/12\/predictions-american-airlines-executive-platinum-elites-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Predictions for American Airlines Executive Platinum Elites in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago, I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/12\/15\/changes-american-airlines-executive-platinums-like-see-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Changes American Airlines Executive Platinums Would Like To See in 2014<\/a>. Well, the sad part is that it will only happen in a utopian society. The harsh reality of American&#8217;s inevitable upcoming changes could be quite brutal for EXP flyers and elites across the board. Here are some grim changes that I predict could happen for 2015 requalification:<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 Tiers<\/strong> &#8211; Silver, Gold, Platinum, Exec Plat &#8211; Silver will be 25k, Gold 50k, Plat 75k, EXP 100k &#8211; This isn&#8217;t exactly too bad but will be in line with the competitors. I wouldn&#8217;t want to say EXP would be 125k, because AA would keep the Elite Awards rewards program for people who want to exceed over 100K.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Systemwide Upgrades<\/strong> &#8211; Executive Platinums currently receive 8 Systemwide Upgrades, but I predict they could diminish from 8 to 4 a year. 8 is quite a lot since I usually end up gifting them away. They could possibly give 2 SWU&#8217;s for Platinums.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award Chart increases across the board except for Latin\/South America<\/strong> &#8211; This will be aligned with the recent gutting of United&#8217;s Award Charts and in line with Delta&#8217;s. However, both competitors left Latin\/South America untouched for whatever reasons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unlimited Complimentary Domestic Upgrades will not be valid LAX\/SFO to JFK and vice versa on the A321T<\/strong>, but SWU&#8217;able. They could require 5 electronic 500-mile upgrade stickers even for Executive Platinums.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Getting rid of the ubiquitous 500-mile Electronic Sticker Upgrade system<\/strong> &#8211; This is currently one of the most confusing upgrade systems. I suspect Doug Parker will make it easier on everyone and provide Unlimited Complimentary Upgrades for all elite tiers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>American will partner up with Hilton Hotels<\/strong> &#8211; I suspect that American will be partnering up with Hilton Hotels and offer elite status. Perhaps American&#8217;s EXP&#8217;s will receive Diamond status, Platinum\/Golds will receive Gold status, and Silver will receive Silver status.\u00a0 This is in line with the current partnerships Delta has with Starwood and United Airlines with Marriott. I believe American will partner up with Hilton because of the strong Citibank relationship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No more free Snack and Beverage in coach<\/strong> &#8211; They&#8217;ve already taken away food benefits from Platinums on American Eagle (Envoy) flights. I can see with an influx of EXP&#8217;s and newly matched US Airways Chairman\u2019s that they cannot sustain the free food and beverage model any longer. This could apply to Eagle (Envoy) and mainline AA flights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Class food downgrade<\/strong> &#8211; American might introduce snack baskets on shorter distance flights instead of \u201csnack\u201d meals which are usually full hot meals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction of Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQD\u2019s)<\/strong> \u2013 I think American will go to a revenue based frequent flyer program just like United and Delta. Exec Plats will have to spend $10,000 on revenue flights and in addition to the regular re-qualification requirements. I suspect American will have an EQD waiver if you spend $25,000 on an AA co-branded Citi Credit Card.<\/p>\n<p>Changes are inevitably coming to the American Airlines AAdvantage Program. Do you have any predictions?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago, I wrote about Changes American Airlines Executive Platinums Would Like To See in 2014. 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