Earn AAdvantage status through hotel stays

EliteForCheap ranks AAdvantage Hotels stays by Loyalty Points per dollar. American Airlines sells Gold status for $5,000. Earn it for about $1,000 to $1,800 in hotel stays.

AA launched a new hotel site on Oct 6. Prices marked ✓ Checked with AA are confirmed on AA’s own hotel page. Rows without the mark haven’t been checked yet. Confirm price and miles at checkout before you pay.

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American Airlines sells Gold status for $5,000. You can earn it for far less. Earn it for about $1,000 to $1,800 in hotel stays, booked through the airline's own hotel site. The miles you earn count as Loyalty Points. An American Airlines credit card or elite status earns five times the base rate. Both together, ten times. Some hotels pay 30 or 40 Loyalty Points per dollar. Most pay far less. We rank them so you book the ones that count. Search your city free. EliteForCheap.com. Earn status for less.

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Your setup	Loyalty Points on a $200 stay
No card, no status	about 700
Any AAdvantage card, no status	about 4,250
Any AAdvantage card + any elite status	about 7,800

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How earnings are calculated

Loyalty Points + base mile earning on AA Hotels works on a simple 3-bucket model. AA gives a 5× multiplier for any AAdvantage card AND a 5× multiplier for any elite status (Gold or higher). They stack, with a cap of 10×.

Your profile	LP multiplier
No card, no status	1× (base)
Any AAdvantage card OR any elite status	5×
Any AAdvantage card AND any elite status	10× (cap)

All elite tiers (Gold, Platinum, Platinum Pro, Executive Platinum) earn the same 5× multiplier on hotels. The +40/+60/+80/+120% status bonuses apply to flight earning, not hotels.

Extra redeemable miles from Citi card spend on AA Hotels purchases (separate from LP earning, miles only):

Card	Card-spend bonus on AA Hotels
Citi AAdvantage MileUp	1×
Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select	1×
Citi AAdvantage Business	1×
Citi AAdvantage Globe	6×
Citi AAdvantage Executive World Legend	12×

About this data

EliteForCheap compiles publicly available AAdvantage Hotels earning rates across many cities and forward dates, ranks them by Loyalty Points per dollar, and verifies each Top Deal is bookable before showing it.

Hotel photos are sourced from the underlying loyalty program. Booking links route to the loyalty program's official booking site with your check-in and check-out dates pre-filled.

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How a $200 stay earns 700 or 7,800 Loyalty Points