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Old Jun 10, 2016, 1:33 pm
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AA ORD-LAX Same Day Turns Sept., Oct., Nov $65-$89RT
I think this might disappear soon, but as an example: 10/1 and 10/29 are $65 RT ORD-LAX, same day turn. Just snagged a few. Lots of Saturdays throughout fall seem available.
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 1:54 pm
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But why? Isn't AA after August only counts dollar spend and not miles for status? Am I missing something? Thanks.
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 2:00 pm
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But why? Isn't AA after August only counts dollar spend and not miles for status? Am I missing something? Thanks.
Admittedly these fares will earn a crazy small amount of RDM compared to current, since the earning changes start August 1st... However status-wise, the EQD requirement doesn't take effect until January 1st 2017. So you can still qualify with EQM and no spend requirement this year, which is what I plan on doing.

https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/p...antage2016.jsp
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 2:20 pm
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Glory of glories. I'd been holding out on booking a positioning flight to LAX for months. And here AA comes along and gives me exactly what I need, when I need it. Thanks OP.
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 2:42 pm
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2.551 cpm (EQM)
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 2:45 pm
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I've found some that are as low as 1.86cpm. 11/12 is $64.60 round trip, and if my math is right that would be $64.60 / 3480, or 1.86cpm.
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 4:14 pm
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Thank You O.P, I managed to snag one, LAX to ORD.

Just to clarify, since the flight I booked is after August 1'st, I will still receive the 3490 roundtrip EQM's? If so, will I receive less than the 3490 in redeemable miles? I'm currently Platinum if it matters.
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 4:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Nirvana91
Admittedly these fares will earn a crazy small amount of RDM compared to current, since the earning changes start August 1st... However status-wise, the EQD requirement doesn't take effect until January 1st 2017. So you can still qualify with EQM and no spend requirement this year, which is what I plan on doing.

https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/p...antage2016.jsp
Good to know, I was 3500 miles short of Platinum if they only count dollar spend. My Oct trip to HKG ticket was $670 I throughout I was going to get 4690 miles only.
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 4:57 pm
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Originally Posted by Agustinl71
Thank You O.P, I managed to snag one, LAX to ORD.

Just to clarify, since the flight I booked is after August 1'st, I will still receive the 3490 roundtrip EQM's? If so, will I receive less than the 3490 in redeemable miles? I'm currently Platinum if it matters.
The lowest I've found were 64.60. This will earn 3490 eqm for those who are concerned. The cpm is 1.85 if you get one of the 64.60 fares.

For RDM earning, the base fare is 39.06 which conservatively will net you 5 x 39 = 195 miles general member, 273 miles for AA Gold, 312 AA Plat, 429 ExPlat. I'm assuming the base fare is the same for all of the 65-89 price points so expect this RDM earning accross all these low 'O' fares.
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 5:41 pm
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Booked one on the 787
Things are pretty tight in those 787 seats...
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 6:26 pm
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Originally Posted by VolandoVoy
Booked one on the 787
Things are pretty tight in those 787 seats...
What time do the 787s operate?
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 6:31 pm
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Apologies for the dumb question:

I booked one of these in between another AA RT LGA-ORD, all same day. That's not considered nested ticketing right (i.e. LGA-ORD-LAX-ORD-LGA on two AA reservations)?
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Old Jun 11, 2016, 10:15 am
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Originally Posted by polandspringuy
Apologies for the dumb question:

I booked one of these in between another AA RT LGA-ORD, all same day. That's not considered nested ticketing right (i.e. LGA-ORD-LAX-ORD-LGA on two AA reservations)?
You should be fine, could maybe even ask AA to combine the tickets.
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Old Jun 11, 2016, 2:40 pm
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Originally Posted by polandspringuy
Apologies for the dumb question:

I booked one of these in between another AA RT LGA-ORD, all same day. That's not considered nested ticketing right (i.e. LGA-ORD-LAX-ORD-LGA on two AA reservations)?
This is perfectly legit (back to back ticketing) unless the fare rules say back-to-back ticketing not permitted.
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Old Jun 11, 2016, 5:21 pm
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Originally Posted by vincewy
This is perfectly legit (back to back ticketing) unless the fare rules say back-to-back ticketing not permitted.
AA's contract of carriage disagrees with you on that.

https://www.aa.com/i18n/customerService/customerCommitment/conditionsOfCarriage.jsp

But it's only considered a booking ploy if done to circumvent minimum stay requirements. If there is no minimum stay, there's no problem.
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