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Old Aug 18, 2014, 6:26 am
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El Puerco Volante
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Programs: A3 Gold, AA Platinum, Marriott & Discovery Platinum, IGH Diamond
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Originally Posted by jridge
Elite status miles are based on the BASE miles, not FLOWN miles. So you'll effectively get 0.5x on LA Q and 1.0x on JJ.

Remember that elite bonus does not count for status qualification. So if that is important to you, you'll get 0.25 EQM and 0.125 EQP (!) on LA, and 1.0 EQM and 1.0 EQP on JJ.

Either way, it seems JJ is better.
Excellent explanation, thank you ^

I'll ticket my flight as JJ.

Regards,

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