<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Plato90s:
Think through the economics of the situation for a moment.
You bought the tickets to fly on BA metal. What does AA get out of it? No revenue from the ticket itself.
Because of oneWorld, BA decides to allow AAdvantage members to earn AA miles on BA metal flights. For every AA mile BA gives you, BA has to buy them from AA.
The best possible scenario for AA is for BA to give you as many miles as possible, because AA makes money selling miles to partners. So the move to reduce the earning potential of AAdvantage members on BA flights is not good for AA at all.
Since the change doesn't benefit AA at all, why is AA assigned blame? Put it where it belongs, on BA for changing things mid-stream. Mileage earning on BA flights is something determined exclusively by BA. It's not done in consultation with AA.</font>
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Thank You Plato for clearing the Air on this issue. BA never has allowed mileage accrual over the water as they would have to pay for it. It is BA that makes this decision. From reading all of the previous postings, It doesnt look like AA can do ANYTHING right for some, no matter the situation.
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AAer