View From The Wing: "American’s status year runs March through February. All loyalty points earned before the end of February count towards that year’s status. In the past what mattered was the date Barclays or Citibank sent the batch over to American."
"Under the new approach, card charges dated in February count towards status in one member year, while card charges in March count towards status in the next member year – regardless of your credit card statement close date. In the past, savvy customers would decide for themselves when spend counted by changing their Citibank statement end date. That no longer works."
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