First I hear that I will be in a higher tax bracket this year because I am a widow! I certainly did not choose to be a single person instead of a couple filing jointly. Am I the only one to whom this doesn't seem to make sense?
But this morning I'm frustrated with American Airlines. I know, what else is new. As long as I can remember we have had an AAdvantage credit card whereby we get miles for every dollar spent. Those miles had to go to either Jack's advantage account or mine. I opted for him to get the miles, even all those years when he was unable to make a purchase or pay a bill. What I didn't know is that, when he died, the miles he had accumulated toward "gold" status would die with him. I got his active miles (the ones which could be used for a free ticket), but even though he was right at the threshold of gold status for life, and even though we earned all those miles as a unit, they are gone. So sorry...too bad...no, you can't talk to anyone else...bye bye.
Really, the advantages of gold status are not that big a deal...early boarding, extra bags...oh, wait, that is a big deal! I'm a world class over-packer. But mainly, of course, it's the principle of the thing! While stewing over this it occurred to me--just think how small a price AA would pay to make a loyal, lifelong customer happy. A couple of extra bags a year.
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