[Expired] Hyatt Explorists and Globalists: Register for Free AAdvantage Platinum Pro Elite Status [Targeted]

Update:The offer mentioned below has expired and is no longer available.

If you happen to be a World of Hyatt Explorist or Globalist member, check your email to see if you were targeted for complimentary American Airlines AAdvantage Platinum Pro elite status.

Through American’s Instant Status Pass program, you may be targeted to register for this free 4-month status trial. If you were thinking about switching your loyalty to a new airline, here are the details of this new promotion.

American Airlines Instant Status Pass to Platinum Pro

Select World of Hyatt elite members (Explorist and Globalist levels) can register for American Airlines Instant Status Pass by September 5, 2024. Once you register for this promotion, you’ll enjoy instant Platinum Pro elite status for 4 months, which is known as “Phase 1.”

Platinum Pro is the second-highest elite tier in the AAdvantage loyalty program, and it offers key benefits like complimentary upgrades on American and Alaska Airlines, an 80% mileage bonus, complimentary Main Cabin Extra and Preferred seats, and up to 3 free checked bags.

In “Phase 2,” you can then keep your benefits for an additional 4 months by meeting the following thresholds:

• 25,000 Loyalty Points: Platinum status
• 42,000 Loyalty Points: Platinum Pro status
• 67,000 Loyalty Points: Executive Platinum status

The whole process starts again in “Phase 3” if you want to maintain elite status for an additional 4 months after that.

How To Earn Loyalty Points

American Airlines overhauled its loyalty program starting the 2024 qualification year with one simple qualification metric: Loyalty Points. This revenue-based earning for elite status makes qualification all about your spending and not necessarily the amount of flying.

You’ll earn 1 Loyalty Point per $1 spent on many activities, including travel on American and its Oneworld partners, as well as spending on an AAdvantage co-branded credit card, AAdvantage shopping and dining portals, among others.

With this straightforward approach, you could (theoretically) earn top-tier Executive Platinum status during Phase 2 with the Instant Status program by spending $67,000 on a co-branded card and never stepping foot on an American Airlines plane. Of course, it’s unlikely that you have this much spending in a short period of time, but a combination of the activities can help you qualify (and requalify) for status again and again.

Final Thoughts

American and Hyatt have swooped in to offer an instant status match program for select members. If you’re a World of Hyatt elite status holder, check your email to find this promotion.

Now, you may have a new airline to be loyal to.