1. All About American
Airlines and AAdvantage

2. Questions? Just Contact Me
E-mail Me: ed@milepoint.com
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3. 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 for up to 8
companions at check-in (NOT AT BOOKING)

4. 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)

5. The Basics
Executive Platinum Status
 100,000 Miles or Points or 120 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

6. What’s New?
✈ Dividend Miles 75K Platinum Status Going Away, 50K Is The
New Platinum
✈ Starting January 1, business class travel earns a 50% bonus
instead of 25%
✈ Elite members will be able to upgrade for free on domestic
flights shorter than 500 miles in 2Q 2015
✈ Same-day change fee will be waived for EXP in 2015
✈ Chairman’s Preferred get free snacks in coach
✈ Dividend Miles Gold and Plat members will now get 100%
mileage bonus as AA Gold
✈Ability to book awards on both US Airways and AA
✈ 120 segments to qualify for EXP in 2015

7. Upgrades
✈ELITE MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO UPGRADE FOR FREE ON
FLIGHTS OF LESS THAN 500 MILES THAT ARE OPERATED BY
AMERICAN AIRLINES IN 2Q 2015
 Upgrade requests are cleared based on the window
applicable to your status level:
AAdvantage Executive Platinum® members 100 hours prior to departure
AAdvantage Platinum® members 72 hours prior to departure
AAdvantage Gold® 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

8. Upgrades
Systemwide 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.

9. It’s All About The Network

10. It’s All About The Network

11. Awards

12. Awards

13. Awards

14. Awards
International Comparison
Coach Round-Trip “Saver”
Destination American Delta United
Europe 60,000(40K) 70,000 60,000
Japan 65,000(50K) 70,000 70,000
China 70,000 70,000 70,000
Brazil 60,000(40K) 60,000 60,000

15. Awards
International Comparison
Business Class Round-Trip “Saver”
Destination American Delta United
Europe 100,000 125,000 115,000(140K)
Japan 100,000 140,000 130,000
China 110,000 140,000 140,000(160K)
Brazil 100,000 125,000 110,000

16. Where Are We Going?

17. Other Airline Partners
Earn & Redeem
Air Pacific Gulf Air
Alaska Airlines Hawaiian Airlines
El Al Jet Airways
Etihad Airways Qatar Airways***
Fiji Airways
Earn Only
WestJet
Redeem Only
Air Tahiti Nui
Cape Air
Seaborne

18. Merger Facts & Figures
# of Destinations

19. Merger Facts & Figures
328 Destinations

20. 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

21. Why You Should Covet
Thy Neighbor’s Airline
 Weak Network In Asia
 Older Fleet Now, But Improving
 Potential Integration Issues With US Airways

22. Merger Update
 Codeshare on most flights.
 Can redeem US Airways miles for American flights and vice
versa.
 Elites receive baggage, priority seating and priority boarding
benefits on both airlines.
 Can redeem Avios online for US Airways flights.
 Admirals Club members can utilize US Airways club and vice
versa.
 Some reciprocal domestic upgrades.

23. THANK
YOU!
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