Back in the day,American had by far the most lucrative million miler program of any airline. After a million miles you'd earn Gold status for life, and after two million miles you'd earn Platinum status for life.
In and of itself that doesn't sound all that generous, or though the icy thing was that American calculated million miler status based on how many redeemable miles you earned,rather than how many miles you flew.
In other words, whether you earned two million miles through credit cards, or you'd be AAdvantage Platinum for life. And even whether you were just a frequent flyer,you'd rack up miles towards million miler status a lot faster, given that you earn a 100% mileage bonus as a Platinum or Executive Platinum member, or in addition to all the promotions American offered.
However,American changed their million miler program in 2011, and aligned it more with what other programs were offering. As of 2011, or only base miles earned by flying counted towards million miler status with American. In other words,earning million miler status now requires flying a million miles.
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Source: boardingarea.com