<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JonNYC:
I'm curious about this-- does this apply only to seats upgraded via VIPow-- or does it apply to seats upgraded using a 15KK cert as well?
I'm assuming only VIPow upgrade will garner the extra Q-points?</font>
Sort of. It's not a benefit we're suppose to receive but it's a side effect.
On purely domestic itinieraries, a VIPOW award upgrades you into full-fare F or J fare class. Instead of crediting you with the original fare class, AA's system will often end up crediting you for the F/J upgraded class.
The same used to be true of the old VIP2 upgrades, which also booked into F/J.
It's just luck, not a guarantee.