2024 AA Executive Platinum Status Requalification Update

Well, 2023 is just about over, but the qualification period for 2024 AAdvantage status continues until the end of February 2024. But for me, I have already made it past 250,000 Loyalty Points, which gets me what I was aiming for this year. That was requalifying for Executive Platinum and the additional reward level choices for making it to 250,000 Loyalty Points.

This means that I have earned 3 reward level choices. I know that everyone is different and not everyone will agree with my choices, but I will be selecting 2 systemwide upgrades for each one of the choices. This will mean that I will end up with 6 systemwide upgrades. Thanks to usually having a lot of flexibility with my travel planning, I have never had a problem with using mine in the past.

Prior to the pandemic I used to primarily use my systemwide upgrades for travel to Asia. Mostly I would use them on American Airlines flights to Hong Kong and occasionally to Shanghai. During the pandemic American cancelled their flights to Hong Kong and China, leaving only Japan and South Korea as their destinations in Asia. Since then, I have used the majority of my systemwide upgrades on flights to Europe. The only exception was a couple of times during the pandemic when I used them on some flights to Brazil, as it was easier to travel to Brazil than Europe at that time. My plan is to use the ones I earned this year for flights to Europe too. I do not have any firm plans yet, but I usually go to Europe at least a couple of times a year.

Below, you can see exactly how I have earned my Loyalty Points so far this year. My credit card spend was from using my American Airlines World Elite Mastercard. This year, they increased the fee for the card from $450 to $595. As part of the increase, they did add some new perks. Two of these were 10,000 bonus Loyalty Points when reaching 50,000 Loyalty Points in a qualifying year and then a second 10,000 Loyalty Points when reaching 90,000 Loyalty Points in the same qualifying year. This essentially means you can qualify for Executive Platinum status by only earning 180,000 Loyalty Points, a 10% discount.

Category	Loyalty Points
Flights	192,531
AA Mastercard  – Spend	31,648
AA Mastercard – Bonus	20,000
AA Shopping Portal	4,584
Other	3,300
Total	252,063

I’ll continue to update the totals, monthly, until the end of the qualification year, which will be the end of February. But I’m not planning on going for any other reward levels, so I won’t collect that many more points. I have one more set of flights in January, on American Airlines, which should earn about 11,000 LPs and I’m planning on limiting my spend on my AA credit card. Until the beginning of March, I will be focusing the majority of my spending on my Aeroplan and Capital One Venture X cards. This is because I will be able to earn 3X points on grocery store purchases and dining out on my Aeroplan card. For anything else I’ll be able to earn 2X points on my Capital One Venture X card. If I do need to buy any airline tickets I’ll continue to use my Amex Platinum card for the 5X points. The one area I do need to get better is utilizing the American Airlines shopping portal. Too often I realize that I have bought something directly from a merchant’s website and not used the portal.

Here is the detailed breakdown of how I earned my Loyalty Points this year.

Date Posted	Loyalty Points	Category	Flight To/From	Airline	Cumulative Total	Monthly Total
03/02/23	10,453	Flight	DFW/LHR	AA	10,453
03/03/23	2,416	Flight	LHR/CAI	BA	12,869
03/04/23	719	Flight	CAI/AMM	RJ	13,588
03/05/23	10,425	Flight	AMM/BKK	RJ	24,013
03/10/23	10,425	Flight	BKK/AMM	RJ	34,438
03/10/23	719	Flight	AMM/CAI	RJ	35,157
03/11/23	2,416	Flight	CAI/LHR	BA	37,573
03/11/23	10,453	Flight	LHR/DFW	BA	48,026
03/15/23	3,768	AA Mastercard  – Spend			51,794
03/30/23	123	AA Shopping Portal			51,917	51,917
04/12/23	9,953	Flight	DFW – HND	JL	61,870
04/14/23	4,392	Flight	HND – BKK	JL	66,262
04/17/23	6,057	AA Mastercard  – Spend			72,319
04/17/23	4,392	Flight	BKK – HND	JL	76,711
04/18/23	9,953	Flight	HND – DFW	JL	86,664	34,747
05/10/23	187	AA Shopping Portal			86,851
05/11/23	787	AA Shopping Portal			87,638
05/13/23	1,584	Flight	DFW/LGA	AA	89,222
05/13/23	6,237	Flight	JFK/MAD	AA	95,459
05/15/23	2,107	AA Mastercard  – Spend			97,566
05/25/23	7,436	Flight	MAD/DFW	AA	105,002
05/29/23	170	AA Shopping Portal			105,172	18,508
06/01/23	152	AA Shopping Portal			105,324
06/10/23	146	AA Shopping Portal			105,470
06/10/23	263	AA Shopping Portal			105,733
06/10/23	348	AA Shopping Portal			106,081
06/15/23	3,706	AA Mastercard  – Spend			109,787
06/21/23	195	AA Shopping Portal			109,982
06/26/23	142	AA Shopping Portal			110,124
06/26/23	566	AA Shopping Portal			110,690	5,518
07/17/23	1,325	AA Mastercard  – Spend			112,015
07/31/23	10,000	AA Credit Card – Bonus			122,015
07/31/23	10,000	AA Credit Card – Bonus			132,015	21,325
08/07/23	9,953	Flight	DFW/HND	AA	141,968
08/09/23	4,392	Flight	HND/BKK	JL	146,360
08/15/23	1,168	AA Mastercard  – Spend			147,528
08/26/23	524	AA Shopping Portal			148,052	16,037
09/01/23	200	AA Shopping Portal			148,252
09/11/23	902	Flight	DFW/JFK	AA	149,154
09/11/23	4,389	Flight	JFK/LHR	AA	153,543
09/14/23	3,300	Avis Bonus			156,843
09/15/23	1,613	AA Mastercard  – Spend			158,456
09/26/23	3,960	Flight	LHR/JFK	AA	162,416
09/26/23	291	Flight	JFK/DFW	AA	162,707	14,655
10/09/23	2,112	Flight	DFW/LAX	AA	164,819
10/10/23	15,972	Flight	LAX/HKG	CX	180,791
10/11/23	1,571	Flight	HKG/PNH	CX	182,362
10/16/23	2,053	AA Mastercard  – Spend			184,415
10/16/23	1,571	Flight	PNH/HKG	CX	185,986
10/17/23	15,972	Flight	HKG/LAX	CX	201,958
10/31/23	78	AA Shopping Portal			202,036	39,329
11/01/23	83	AA Shopping Portal			202,119
11/06/23	8,453	Flight	LAX/HND	AA	210,572
11/08/23	4,392	Flight	HND/BKK	JL	214,964
11/13/23	4,392	Flight	BKK/HND	JL	219,356
11/14/23	8,453	Flight	HND/LAX	AA	227,809
11/15/23	3,253	AA Mastercard  – Spend			231,062
11/28/23	5,170	Flight	LAX/LHR	AA	236,232	34,196
12/03/23	8,613	Flight	LHR/DFW	AA	244,845
12/06/23	83	AA Shopping Portal			244,928
12/06/23	166	AA Shopping Portal			245,094
12/08/23	155	AA Shopping Portal			245,249
12/15/23	6,598	AA Mastercard  – Spend			251,847
12/18/23	216	AA Shopping Portal			252,063	15,831