Fly from CLT to SFO weekly for 3 months and potentially through end of July, whats the best strategy for AA and hotel points? no hotel preference, AA is the only non-stop option. TIA

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People crap all over Marriott/Bonvoy, but the truth is that there are more hotels around the world under the Marriott umbrella than any other family of hotel brands. If you’re looking to maximize points for future use, pick one brand family and stay loyal to it so you keep earning points with the same family. If you don’t like AA, it’s easy enough to fly a different airline but you’ll have to connect. You can do United from CLT-ORD-SFO, or Delta from CLT-ATL-SFO or CLT-DTW-SFO pretty easily.

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Email aadvantage_customer_svc@aa.com from your Deloitte email. Explain you’re starting to travel a lot and ask if there is a *Platinum Pro* status challenge you could do. Provide your AAdvantage number

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Just checked, the highest status challenge they have for now is platinum 😢

AA: apply for Platinum status challenge and pay extra for the immediate Plat status (if you don't have any status)

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