oneworld MegaDo | Master Thread

The more I look at the options the less thrilled I am with the promo. It just doesn't seem viable for many previous AA flyers. I got in touch with some of the folks I met on the MegaDO to see if anyone was interested in the promo (and a potential group MR ) since most of us were existing AA EXPs. Everyone said it just wasn't an option for them due to the high thresholds we'd have to meet. One guy would have to fly over 90K miles to qualify! Mine is much lower, but it's tough realizing you'd have to figure out how to get to Shanghai 3 times in three months to qualify for the bonus, while others can essentially take one flight to anywhere and cross the finish line. The mileage reward for existing EXPs who succeed under this promo would theoretically be much sweeter though, so there's that.

It does seem like we might have a group MR regardless though, so at least that might be fun.

Some assistance requested here please...

Should I phone or email for original routing credits for AA DFW ORD LGA, changed to DFW LGA on 20 Jan on my way to the OWMD TATL. My bags arrived around 28 hours later. It was cold in NYC without enough clothes! Should have been DEQM. Phone number? Email? Now Gold. At that time no-one with AA, but OW Emerald with Qantas.

Same question for original routing after the OWMD with CO booking on UA metal, LAX ORD SAT, waited 4 hours for mechanical, then changed to LAX DEN SAT. My bags arrived about 18 hours after I did. At that time Platinum Elite with CO & 1K with UA. Phone number (no 1K card yet)? email?

Thanks for help in advance. I want to get this all tidied up before I head off for a 4 week work trip soon.

Sure, the bonus thresholds can't be met by a lot of the EXP's, but since you guys fly AA that much, you should be having a ball competing against each other for the grand prizes. I know I sure as hell won't be able to compete.

Suzanne also did say changes to the AAdvantage program were going to be announced soon, so perhaps you'll get some benefits that lowly Golds like me won't see.

But some of us are luckier than others, these three months were relatively slow for me last year, I only had 11K+, at this point I already have 15K+ planed so going for triple miles is in reach.

Thanks to Suzanne and the AAdvantage team for another great offer.

Yes, call and ask for ORC. I was rerouted to NY (on Saturday) as well, I called on Monday, before we left for London and the ORC was in my account before the MegaDO was over.

If you do the group MR, please let me know. it just might be what I need to put me over the top.

I definitely lucked out as well. Only flew ~5,000 miles March-May last year.

Seems like we need to move over to a dedicated thread for the post OWMD promo. The OWMD ended over a month ago and unless someone is missing some credits from the DO - they should likely PM the organizers.

There was a dedicated thread for pre-DO promo.

We'll still let you join in on the pre and post parties, since many of us are getting in on Thursday, and the events finish before dinner

I might be in on a MR as well. Please keep me posted.

You, me & a few others! For $200 RT, the DFW run via LAX isn't bad either; I'm doing both runs this month for a total of 13,240 eqm's. Thanks AA

Oh, I didn't realize you had earned Hyatt Diamond status for 2012; thought it was a bonus to everyone on SMDIII.

Here's the link to the thread http://milepoint.com/forums/threads/owmd-post-event-offer.29948/

Would just like to point out, fwiw, that CO in the older days would often have a fly more than you did a year ago this period challenge that was good for one or not, depending. They weren't for 2x or 3x miles, but specific hard mile bonuses depending on how many more one flew. Sometimes they were good for me, sometimes not.

The nice thing about this (and I lucked out because even with my limited AA travel this year, it should be >> the same period on
AA metal last year, assuming they are only counting AA metal from last year) is that it's base miles, so therefore will count towards MM statuses (should that be stati?)

No one got MM credit for the charter, correct?

Count me as one of the lucky ones, new EXP who flew 0 miles during the promo period last year

Told my wife I'm taking her to Paris..

I'm listening to the stream of KPAMAM where this hour, @GlobeTrotScott is to be giving an interview on OWMD.

Here's the link I'm using

ETA: I believe a repeat will stream Sunday at 2P Eastern. His interview started at about the :21 mark.

Correct - No MM credit for the charter (none was expected). And FWIW, "statuses" is a correct and acceptable usage.

MM credit for the charter did show up in my account (if my math is right) but not for the 10K EQM that we got for the delay. While I would like to have the extra 10K in MM counter, I think that this is reasonable.

Really? MM credit for the charter? That contradicts my experience.

So...were all OWMD attendees supposed to receive an email with post-challenge details? 'Cause I ain't got nothin'.

that's bc you're an alien!

me neither

But...but...I'm legal, and this is not Arizona!

I would have thought that New Mexico would be the toughest on aliens. I mean who would blame them after that whole Roswell incident.