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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2019, 12:38:24 PM »
Fascinating story.

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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2019, 02:07:07 PM »
Wow, sounds like they needed to find a way of getting rid of this revenue loss. I wonder how many more people have it.
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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2019, 04:18:37 PM »
Wow, sounds like they needed to find a way of getting rid of this revenue loss. I wonder how many more people have it.
According to the below article there were 25 AAirpass holders as of 2018, including Marc Cuban.

It's probably just a back of the envelope calculation based on the initial 28 clients, minus 3 known lawsuits

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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2019, 04:26:43 PM »
According to the below article there were 25 AAirpass holders as of 2018, including Marc Cuban.

It's probably just a back of the envelope calculation based on the initial 28 clients, minus 3 known lawsuits
Doubt Cuban and Dell fly commercial. AA stayed out of bankruptcy by selling these. But airlines have a short memory when it comes to lifetime benefits.
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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2019, 05:59:58 PM »
Would anyone buy one if it was for sale now? And how much would you pay? $10,000,000?
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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2019, 06:14:49 PM »
Would anyone buy one if it was for sale now? And how much would you pay? $10,000,000?
@Dan wouldn’t buy it just because it’s AA

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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2019, 06:15:31 PM »
I bought a UA lifetime club pass and now they're messing us over with that.
Never pay for anything lifetime from an airline.
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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2019, 06:16:28 PM »
I bought a UA lifetime club pass and now they're messing us over with that.
Never pay for anything lifetime from an airline.
if you have status why would you need it?

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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2019, 06:21:27 PM »
I bought a UA lifetime club pass and now they're messing us over with that.
Never pay for anything lifetime from an airline.
wasnt it discontinued a few months ago?

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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2019, 06:24:22 PM »
if you have status why would you need it?
Status doesn't get you into clubs on domestic flights.

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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2019, 06:24:38 PM »
wasnt it discontinued a few months ago?
Many years ago.
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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2019, 09:15:27 PM »
Status doesn't get you into clubs on domestic flights.
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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2019, 09:22:29 PM »
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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #15 on: September 22, 2019, 11:22:59 PM »
There was/is a podcast of this guys daughter saying the story, she is some writer of sort.
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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #16 on: September 22, 2019, 11:58:04 PM »
Was posted several months ago:
I must have missed it.

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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #17 on: September 23, 2019, 06:22:04 AM »
i think half as interesting on youtube made a video about it if i find the link ill add it later

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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #18 on: September 23, 2019, 06:26:05 AM »
Maybe I'm overthinking this but it sounds like if he didn't give away his companion seat to lots of random people, plus the thousands of no-shows, he would still have his golden ticket.

So just a bit חבל imho

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Re: Anyone here has/had the AA golden ticket?
« Reply #19 on: September 23, 2019, 06:46:39 AM »
i think half as interesting on youtube made a video about it if i find the link ill add it later
https://youtu.be/lWpCFhcMstc
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