WOW! Reading other people's spends right now, maybe I shouldn't worry about the $15k I'm trying to hit for the FNC, and the $5k for Marriott. Especially knowing the spends I have coming up ($1500 for hotels in Vegas, the holidays, winter taxes, home insurance, etc). Maybe I'll bite the bullet and do the CIU this week, LOL.
In looking at the offer for elevated status for AA, am I missing something? You get it free for 4 months. But essentially to extend it, you're basically hitting the same spend as it takes w/o the offer....I guess it's spread out and you still have SOME status while you're earning it. I thought maybe it was an offer for elevated status that was much easier to get. But at the end of the day, you're still hitting the threshold for gold, plat, etc. I'll wait to activate it, and won't really go above and beyond on trying to hit it, LOL.