Originally Posted by
chrisphx
Thank you for the information. Unfortunately, these are Q fares, which only count 50%, according to
http://www.flyerguide.com/wiki/index.php/Challenge_(AA).
However, the round trip of SFO-MIA-LIM-MIA-SFO is 20,400 actual miles, so it appears that this one round trip could get me Platinum status. I have never done a challenge on any airline, but this may be my first.
I'm curious.... how are you arriving at 20,400 miles?
According to
Great Circle Mapper, this looks like 10,387 miles. On a Q fare, you'd need to do that trip twice, or upfare to a bucket that earns 1.0 EQP/mile if you are going for the Platinum challenge.
Also, FYI: The link you provided has been corrected (put the closing parenthesis ")" within the /url)