FoundersCard American Airlines Elite Status Challenge
FoundersCard (our full review & guide) is an expensive membership, but you can get lots of value out of it. It might not make sense for everyone, but many people love their memberships and it gets better when they have promotions such as this one. There is a new FoundersCard American Airlines elite status challenge available to members. What makes this even better, is that you can select your challenge dates. Let’s see what this offer looks like.
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The Offer
Enjoy 3 months of AAdvantage® Platinum or Gold status with the opportunity to have it extended through January 2022 by completing the following requirements within 3 months of your challenge start date:
- American Airlines AAdvantage® Platinum Status Offer
- Enroll in Business Extra
- Select Status Tier (Platinum) and Challenge start date on aa.com after enrollment
- Earn 10,500 EQMs or 14 EQSs AND $1650 EQDs*
- American Airlines AAdvantage® Gold Status Offer
- Enroll in Business Extra
- Select Status Tier (Gold) and Challenge start date on aa.com after enrollment
- Earn 6,000 EQMs or 7 EQSs AND $850 EQDs
This is an exclusive offer only for FoundersCard Members. FoundersCard Members must register by 11:59 pm CST on October 23, 2020 for any AAdvantage EQDs and EQMs/EQSs accumulated during the challenge period to count toward this promotion.
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How to Enroll
To enroll in this challenge, you must first request enrollment on the FoundersCard site by 11:59 pm CST on October 23, 2020. Then, if you are eligible to participate, the challenge start date and tier will be selected by you via your AAdvantage wallet between November 1 – December 31, 2020.
Perks of American Airlines Status
Here are the perks that you can expect when carrying either status level with American Airlines:
AAdvantage Platinum benefits include:
- Complimentary upgrades on flights 500 miles or less within North America
- Priority through the airport at check-in, security and boarding
- 8 award miles/U.S. dollar (60% bonus)
- Complimentary access to Main Cabin Extra and Preferred seats
- Two free checked bags
- oneworld® SapphireSM status on partner airlines
- And more
AAdvantage Gold benefits include:
- Complimentary upgrades on flights 500 miles or less within North America †
- Priority through the airport at check-in, security and boarding
- 7 award miles/U.S. dollar (40% bonus)
- Complimentary access to Preferred seats
- One free checked bag
- oneworld® RubySM status on partner airlines
- And more
FoundersCard Free Preview Sign-Up
FoundersCard offers a free preview available from a referral so you can look around at the benefits and see if it makes sense for you. You won’t get this perk or Caesars Diamond status but you can look at everything and even check out some of the better offers. Sign-up below.
FoundersCard American Airlines Elite Status Challenge – Conclusion
The unique thing about this challenge is that it let’s you decide when you want to start the challenge. So if you don’t have any flights scheduled for a few weeks etc. you can push it out a bit which is pretty awesome.
If you are a FoundersCard member then go to this link for the new FoundersCard American Airlines elite status challenge. If you are thinking about signing up, give the membership a preview and see if the benefits make sense given your unique circumstances.
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