Loyalty Points (AAdvantage)
American Airlines' qualification currency for elite status, earned via spending, partner activity, and flights.
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Loyalty Points (LP) replaced legacy Elite Qualifying Dollars and Segments as American's elite qualification metric in 2022. Earn LP from credit card spend ($1 = 1 LP on co-brand cards, various partner rates), AA flights, Oneworld partner flights, and partner activities like Hyatt stays.
AAdvantage status tiers: Gold 40K, Platinum 75K, Platinum Pro 125K, Executive Platinum 200K. Reaching Platinum via $40K spend on the Citi AAdvantage Executive card alone is a common no-flying path.
Also known as: LP
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