I will begin traveling for work next month and will be using American Airlines as my primary airline & Marriott as my primary hotel. Any tips/recs for retrieving status faster with AA? Is it worth getting the AAdvantage card or lounge card? AA isn’t my ideal airline but it’s a hub for me and the locations I’ll be traveling to/from.

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Get the credit card and ask for a status match. Also, always book your travel with the AA credit card on their site. There are point bonuses for doing that. I only fly on American, and the product is improving. The free Wi-Fi announcement earlier this month is much welcomed news.

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Check if AA offers faster status path for your company

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Didn’t know that was a possibility but I highly doubt it, considering I’m at a small firm

What is your home airport? Will you be spending/flying a lot on your own dime? What is your expense policy and how often will you be traveling? What benefit do you most value from status?

Without jumping through massive hoops (and then what is the point of status if you don’t organically earn it) the only way to fast track status is to spend more. Then the question becomes what value are you getting from spending hard cash for it?

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If you know you will be travelling a lot, ask for a status match, they will bump you straight up to your requested status, and then as long as you hit certain metrics you can keep the status.

I did this two years ago, got the Platinum status match, crushed the metric and they bumped me to Executive Platinum and I’ve kept it ever since.

For Marriott, get a travel card that gets you Gold, you’ll earn more points and look out for promotions that offer double elite night for each night stayed date X through Date Y. Double up travel nights stayed in that window and then you can chill the rest of the year.

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Did you have status with another airline before doing this?

I have the AA credit card and have found that the promotions and extra point opportunities helped to boost me big time. Also using the shopping portal is clutch for small boosts on everyday spending activity!

Check client SharePoint sites for status matching or fast track elites, if you've a client domain email you can get those no problem.

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