Ah ha. I was confused. When you posted despite 1 "F" and 4 "Q" flights, I thought you meant there were other 1.5 q-point earning flights and you were wondering why the ratio stayed 1.5 despite 1F and 4Qs.
In rereading it, I understand that you were asking why the ratio would be 1.5 despite only 1F combined with 4Qs.
What if someone you knew had all their YTD q-points come in at 1.5 per mi. (to 3 decimal points) despite 1 "F" and 4 "Q" flights, the Qs upgraded due to status? Not that the person would be complaining, mind, but maybe there's something goofy in the system?
It happens on occasion, and it appears to be a random glitch, from the numerous discussions on it over the past year or so.
let's all repeat together: redeemable miles are, in cases, partner-limited because they are partner-paid. EQM/EQP cannot be redeemed for awards and are allotted at AA's sole internal discretion. AA's policy for each has been 500 minimum per segment since 1989 (EQM) and 1998 (EQP), respectively. Yes, in recent times they have managed to delete clear references to either from the web site, but given the atrocious state of the web site should we really be surprised?
Minimum 500 EQM/EQP on BA and IB Discount Economy, or not??
I am starting a new thread, as this issue has come up on other threads under different topics that not everyone interested may have seen.
aa.com would lead you to expect EQM = RDM = 25% or 30% of BIS miles on BA/IB. And Carlitos recently reported
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Originally Posted by carlitos
Well, finaly had time to call AAdvantage and solve this thing out.
The result is, the American Airlines AAdvantage system only credits the real Q points for the BA flights, so if I add up the real miles that I was awarded for the BA flights that is the number of Q points I was awarded and the number of Q points that AA has in its system for platinum challenge purposes. So the Q points I get to see in AA.com are not the real ones.
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But the thing is I learned now that BA flights do not get 500 Q points as a minimum, but the real mileage awarded to the account. That is 25% for the type of fare I bought. Well, hope this helps other persons that might go through the same situation I went through. Will let you know if my status changes with the next two flights.
Yet I qualified for EXP in September the moment my displayed EQM including BA and IB flights went over 100,000, and I have not seen previous reports of discrepancies between displayed and "actual" EQM/EQP involving BA and IB flights.
So the possibilities seem to be:
1. A very recent change in policy by AA.
2. The rules for challenges are different to those for normal qualification.
3. The rules for accumulation of BA/IB EQP are different to those for EQM.
With challenges, I have definately seen the issue on a short BA flight where the 500 qpoints min were not credited ; v noticeable in this case since it was LCY-FRA in discount economy and FRA-SIN in J. FRA-SIN was 6391 miles and so earned 9587 qpoints. With 500 for the LCY-FRA, it would have completed the challenge; with ony 125 , it was still short
The issue with minimum q-points on BA/IB has been discussed a few times before. Basically the regular counter gets you 500 minimum. But people have reported that the challenge counters use a 125 minimum (for BA) and 300 minimum (for IB). See, e.g., this thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=522866
The issue with minimum q-points on BA/IB has been discussed a few times before. Basically the regular counter gets you 500 minimum. But people have reported that the challenge counters use a 125 minimum (for BA) and 300 minimum (for IB). See, e.g., this thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=522866
So going back to February we seem to have evidence of reduced EQM/EQP from BA/IB flights for challenges, but from my experience the displayed 500 EQM still count for normal qualification? Bizarre.
So going back to February we seem to have evidence of reduced EQM/EQP from BA/IB flights for challenges, but from my experience the displayed 500 EQM still count for normal qualification? Bizarre.
Not at all as IME there is no reduced EQM/EQP for challenges. I set a friend up for a PLT challenge back in the summer and he got 500 EQP/EQM whilst on the challenge for his BA flights.
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Originally Posted by Jenbel
I flew four N-class BA flights in September - 500 EQM/EQP awarded for each, I'm not on a challenge at the moment.
This has been my experience even on the periodic ultra cheap sale fares although miles earned can be a bit lower on these than even other discount economy fares.
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