
As we head towards the end of April, I finally hit enough loyalty points to qualify for low level American Airlines Elite Status. I wanted to continue to give monthly updates and be as transparent as possible on my journey to “Chase AA Elite Status“. The lowest tier of American Elite Status, AA Gold, requires…

Hyatt Globalist is my favorite top tier hotel elite status. I think Hyatt Globalist is the most valuable top tier status especially when earned with 60 elite nights. While I also have Hilton Diamond, obtained through credit card spend during last years shorten requirements, I typically prefer to stay at Hyatt properties whenever possible. The…
The Waldorf Astoria is Hilton Brand’s top of the line properties and ultra luxurious. I’ve only stayed at one other property before, The Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, and it was fantastic. This year, I was able to earn 2 free night certificates and I had one roll over from the end of last year giving…

Manufactured spending is an awesome way to generate enormous amounts of miles and points. Outside from my typical business spend, I try to manufacture spend to earn additional points or to meet sign up bonuses. This month, I opened the Citi AA Advantage Business Card which has the annual fee waived for the first year.…
So I began the journey of collecting as many loyalty earlier this month in an attempt to earn top tier American Airlines Status with 0 flying in 2020. I thought this experiment would be pretty fun and hopefully I would be able to at least earn 125,000 loyalty points for American Airlines Platinum Pro. Well…
I’m going to do something either really crazy or really dumb. With American Airlines announcing their shift to loyalty points for elite status, I’m going to try and see if I can earn top tier American Status with 0 flights in 2022. Before I go into detail about how I plan on achieving this goal,…