I am an AA FF member and have twice in a row had a problem where I booked a ticket on Malev in one class, but my boarding passes then showed a lesser class, and I only got credited the lesser amount of EQP's and FF miles.

For example, just today I arrived CLJ->Bud->ZRH->JFK booked on Malev in B class. My boarding passes for CLJ->Bud and Bud->ZRH both show B. However the main flight, ZRH->JFK shows as H. Thus I get 100% EQPs instead of 150% EQPs. And no option to upgrade to business class for 15K miles.

In January I had the exact same itinerary and exact same problem, except I bought V and somehow got bumped down to S, thus receiving just 50% miles and 50% EQPs when I should have gotten 100%/100%.

What is going on here? How is it that I pay Malev for a higher booking class, but American treats it as if it is a lower booking class? How can I get this rectified? Is this going to be an ongoing problem? Should I just switch to Lufthansa, which has a CLJ->MUC->JFK itinerary?