American AAdvantage has four published elite tiers (in addition to Concierge Key status, which is invitation-only). In separate posts, I’ve written guides to Executive Platinum, Platinum Pro status, and Gold status, and in this post, I want to look at Platinum status, which is the second lowest elite tier in the AAdvantage program.
Continue reading: Guide To American AAdvantage Platinum Status
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Agree, I have received zero upgrades since they dropped the 500 mile segment upgrades. It's one of the reasons I almost never fly AA anymore except on award tickets
Umm, that has nothing to do with AA Platinum, it's all about their contracts. You can always pay for a seat there.
Platinum gets Flagship dining when traveling most international routes as well...
Interesting to hear it's related to contracts. I was put off Plat with AA because of a couple of 32B transcons from LAX where I was top 2 on the gate upgrade list but they gave the seats to non-revs. That's just bad business. At the very least don't put the upgrade list on the screens for a bunch of salivating business pax to stare at if you know you're going to bump up the deadheaders.
And as far as paying for a seat goes, my loyalty through work and personal flights paid for my status. That's the whole point. Not sure why a loyalty program with incentives exists if the mentality is, "if you want it, pay for it."