American Airlines announced changes to its Million Miler program in December (read more here), expanding it to allow AAdvantage members to earn lifetime Platinum Pro and Executive Platinum tiers.
AAdvantage members previously had only access to Lifetime Gold (Oneworld Ruby) and Platinum (Oneworld Sapphire), but these new lifetime tiers map to Oneworld Emerald.
You can access AA’s page for the AAdvantage elite program here.
American Airlines Lifetime Requirements:
Gold (Oneworld Ruby) = 1 million miles
Platinum (Oneworld Sapphire) = 2 million miles
Platinum Pro (Oneworld Emerald) = 4 million miles
Executive Platinum (Oneworld Emerald) = 5 million miles
Concierge Key (Oneworld Emerald) = Not possible
American Airlines has now processed these lifetime tiers to eligible AAdvantage accounts.
You can check your lifetime tier progress on AA’s website:
Note that only flown American Airlines marketed flights count towards the lifetime requirement (at one point, all miles deposited counted, as well as those from partner programs).
United Lifetime Requirements:
1 million Premier Gold
2 million Premier Platinum
3 million Premier 1K®
4 million United Global Services®
Delta Lifetime Requirements:
1 million Gold Medallion
2 million Platinum Medallion
3 million Diamond Medallion
5 million Delta 360
Conclusion
Delta and United allow you to earn their Concierge Key level lifetime tier, but American doesn’t. Also, the jump between Platinum (2) and Platinum Pro (4M) is too high.
I managed to get the 2M a while back when all partner transactions counted towards the lifetime status. I won’t ever make it to the 4M level, as only AA-marketed flights count; otherwise, this would perhaps have been remotely possible.
