Updated March 1, 2024
The following terms relate to your AAdvantage® credit card and your participation in the AAdvantage® program:
Primary AAdvantage® credit cardmembers should refer to their AAdvantage® card agreement
to understand their obligations to keep the account open, and understand the conditions
under which their AAdvantage® credit card issuing bank may close the account, including
inactivity.
Primary AAdvantage® credit cardmembers will not be subject to the 24-Month Qualifying
Activity Requirement (as defined in the AAdvantage® Program Agreement). Specifically,
the accrued miles in the account of a primary AAdvantage® credit cardmember will not
expire even if there is no Qualifying Activity in such account in any 24-month period.
For new primary AAdvantage® credit cardmembers it will take up to 24 hours after the
bank’s approval until their accounts reflect that no expiration date applies to their
miles. This timing may differ for AAdvantage® credit cards issued outside the U.S.
However, upon closure of their AAdvantage® credit card account, AAdvantage® members
will be subject to the 24-Month Qualifying Activity Requirement and must have mileage
earning or redeeming activity within 4 months of closure or within 24 months of the
last Qualifying Activity date, whichever is later, in order to retain their miles
and their expiration date will be determined by the later date of these two events,
as applicable.
The AAdvantage® status qualification year begins on March 1 and runs through the last
day of February of the following calendar year. All Loyalty Points earned from AAdvantage®
credit card transactions that have posted to your AAdvantage® credit card account
with a transaction date from March 1st through the last day of February will count
toward the status qualification year, regardless of your credit card’s February statement
closing date. For AAdvantage® credit cards issued outside of the U.S., Loyalty Point
earn will continue to count based on the date on which the activity posts to the primary
cardmember’s AAdvantage® account.
1 Loyalty Point accrues for every eligible AAdvantage® mile earned on purchases, excluding
balance transfers, cash advances, checks that access your AAdvantage® credit card
account, items and services returned for credit, unauthorized charges, interest and
account fees, traveler’s checks, purchases of foreign currency, money orders, wire
transfers (and similar cash-like transactions), lottery tickets, and gaming chips
(and similar betting transactions). Eligible AAdvantage® miles include the base miles
earned on purchases, and do not include any bonus miles or accelerators. Loyalty Points
may be earned on miles on purchases made by primary credit cardmembers and authorized
users. Loyalty Points earned from eligible transactions made with an eligible AAdvantage®
credit card will be posted to the applicable AAdvantage® account in 8 to 10 weeks.
Timing of postings varies by bank.
Additional terms and conditions specific to your AAdvantage® credit card and your
participation in the AAdvantage® program may apply.
