AAdvantage Account Number Formats
Oct 7, 2009, 1:30 am
#31
Suspended
Join Date: May 2009
Location: LHR/NYC/DFW/LAX
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my apologies, I should have been more clear.
I have an account number that lookes like this: BTX####.(#### being numbers) Join date was August 15, 1988. Not sure if the "TX" means the state, but that was where I lived back then.
Sometimes AA agents would ask me if I read the number wrong... because apparently most members have numbers that start with one alphabet followed by 6 numbers.
just wondering why my acct number looks like that.
I have an account number that lookes like this: BTX####.(#### being numbers) Join date was August 15, 1988. Not sure if the "TX" means the state, but that was where I lived back then.
Sometimes AA agents would ask me if I read the number wrong... because apparently most members have numbers that start with one alphabet followed by 6 numbers.
just wondering why my acct number looks like that.
Advantage numbers started with all numbers (7), 1234567, then went to first character alphabet and (6) numbers, A123456...2 alphabets and 5 numbers, AA12345, 3 alphabets and 4 numbers, AAA1234 and so on as membership enrollment grew.
Your advantage number combination does coincide with your enrollment date. If you enrolled same date and time and lived anywhere in the world your advantage number still wouldve generated the same number.
Oct 7, 2009, 1:53 am
#32
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2004
Location: DFW/DAL
Programs: AA Lifetime PLT, AS MVPG, HH Diamond, NCL Platinum Plus, MSC Diamond
Posts: 21,423
that brought back old memories 
the first time I access AA "online" was via Prodigy. back then, it wasn't really the internet, but a closed system operated by IBM/Prodigy. It was such a long times ago, I can't even remember what happened to Prodigy.
prior to that, I booked my own reservation via CompuServ, which was completely text based. I wonder how many people here are old enough to remember CompuServ?
the first time I access AA "online" was via Prodigy. back then, it wasn't really the internet, but a closed system operated by IBM/Prodigy. It was such a long times ago, I can't even remember what happened to Prodigy.
prior to that, I booked my own reservation via CompuServ, which was completely text based. I wonder how many people here are old enough to remember CompuServ? At some point, I remember using EaasySabre quite a bit. I think I was using Compuserve, but I can't remember.
Oct 7, 2009, 3:30 am
#33
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Benicia CA
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold 75K, AA 3.8MM, UA 1.1MM, enjoying the retired life
Posts: 31,849
I didn't know JDiver was on Genie. BowdenJ who pops in here once in a while was on the travel forum there with me. I met him at a Genie event in Houston back around 1992 when we both flew in and we stay in touch.
Didn't Sears share ownership of Prodigy with IBM? I know DHammer53 on the UA forum was very active there. I only had an account for a year or two before I moved to Compuserve which had a pretty decent air travel forum.
Oct 7, 2009, 6:20 am
#34
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: NYC
Programs: AA PLT 2MM
Posts: 395
Annnnn; Member since 10/2/85. When did the change from 7 numbers to a character and 6 numbers occur? The 7 number system would accommodate 9,999,999 individual accounts, assuming 0000000 was unassigned. Did AAdvantage really have that many members before 1985?
Oct 7, 2009, 7:07 am
#35
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: DFW, SEA and AA in between
Programs: AA-3MM-ExPLT
Posts: 1,146
Member Since:Tuesday, June 7, 1983 -- C######
Oct 7, 2009, 7:50 am
#36
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Saint Petersburg, Fl
Programs: DL Gold, WN A-List, HH Diamond, MR Plat, Avis 1st
Posts: 319
I'm one of the 1981 originals. My account number is all numeric.
I'm still a bit shy of 1,000,000 lifetime miles on AA. I could have made it many times over if I would have used the credit card issued through Citi, but I've been loyal to another brand.
This program got me started with my love affair with freebies.
I'm still a bit shy of 1,000,000 lifetime miles on AA. I could have made it many times over if I would have used the credit card issued through Citi, but I've been loyal to another brand.
This program got me started with my love affair with freebies.
Oct 7, 2009, 7:51 am
#37
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Wenatchee, WA
Programs: Lifetime AA Gold-1MM
Posts: 4,909
I used to book on Compuserve, too, and thought I had died and gone to heaven when I went from a 1200 baud to a 2400 baud to a 9600 baud modem. (I won't even talk about watching the letters scroll across the screen with a 300 baud modem!) I joined AA in 1982 and my AA# starts with the letter A.
Oct 7, 2009, 7:58 am
#38
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Indian Harbour Beach, Fla, USA
Programs: AA Lifetime Plt
Posts: 1,986
Oct 7, 2009, 9:17 am
#39
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: FLL
Programs: AA Gold 1MM
Posts: 1,212
I can't remember my CompuServe number, but for some reason I remember the Prodigy one, or Prodigy Classic as it became known later in the 90s, GXJD25A. I remember accessing the service at 2400 baud.
Later, we were really on the cutting edge when my Dad bought an external US Robotics 14.4 modem.
Later, we were really on the cutting edge when my Dad bought an external US Robotics 14.4 modem.
Oct 7, 2009, 10:30 am
#40
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Orange County, CA, USA
Programs: AA (Life Plat), Marriott (Life Titanium) and every other US program
Posts: 6,411
I wonder how many used OzCis for Compuserve or Aladdin for Genie. Guess you don't need those products any longer when you're not charged by the minute to be on line. Those were both great products for the 90s.
I didn't know JDiver was on Genie. BowdenJ who pops in here once in a while was on the travel forum there with me. I met him at a Genie event in Houston back around 1992 when we both flew in and we stay in touch.
Didn't Sears share ownership of Prodigy with IBM? I know DHammer53 on the UA forum was very active there. I only had an account for a year or two before I moved to Compuserve which had a pretty decent air travel forum.
I didn't know JDiver was on Genie. BowdenJ who pops in here once in a while was on the travel forum there with me. I met him at a Genie event in Houston back around 1992 when we both flew in and we stay in touch.
Didn't Sears share ownership of Prodigy with IBM? I know DHammer53 on the UA forum was very active there. I only had an account for a year or two before I moved to Compuserve which had a pretty decent air travel forum.
Oct 7, 2009, 12:09 pm
#41
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Beaverton OR
Programs: GE, AA PLT/2.6MM, BR Gld, Royal Carib. DM+, Celebrity Elite, NCL PLT, Princess Elite
Posts: 1,643
I joined in '84 and my AAdvantage number starts with Hxxxxxx. I too remember using C-Serve to get to Eaasy Sabre, and then Prodigy. I also remember that C-Serve used to have access to a TW booking product (PARS?) which I loved, because you could show the itinerary ticketed so it wouldn't cancel out.
Oct 7, 2009, 1:28 pm
#42
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 1999
Posts: 12,097
I joined in '84 and my AAdvantage number starts with Hxxxxxx. I too remember using C-Serve to get to Eaasy Sabre, and then Prodigy. I also remember that C-Serve used to have access to a TW booking product (PARS?) which I loved, because you could show the itinerary ticketed so it wouldn't cancel out.
Oct 7, 2009, 1:44 pm
#43
Moderator: New York City and FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Posts: 10,856
Oct 7, 2009, 2:43 pm
#44
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
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March, 1992. XDD****
Oct 7, 2009, 3:04 pm
#45
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: OH
Programs: AA Lifetime Plat, Marriot Lifetime Gold
Posts: 9,563
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