PSA: The 3x promo with IHG does NOT earn 3x LPs
Most of the time, when promos are for bonus miles, the promo clearly states “bonus miles” prominently, but AA was quite deceptive with this one. It says 3X miles repeatedly, which makes you think it is 3x base miles. (esp since AA dining is 3x miles AND 3x LPs). However, somewhere buried in the fine print it says “eligible members who complete a promotion qualifying stay during the promotion period will earn 3x miles…this means the total number of regular “base miles” and promotional “bonus miles” combined will equal three times the number of base miles the eligible members would normally receive”. When it posted I got one post for the base miles that included LP, and a second for the promo that was 2x the base miles which coded as bonus miles only.
Dirty pool AA.