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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 10:13 am
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Thumper
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Originally Posted by TheBOSman

Not under AAdvantage segment counting unfortunately. If I took my aforementioned AA 289 BOS-ORD, then the same flight number ORD-PVG, it counts as one segment as far as AAdvantage is concerned, despite two takeoffs and two landings. It also only awards mileage credit BOS-PVG as though it were nonstop, not BOS-ORD-PVG. I've yet to log any partial flight segments in your definition though either fortunately .
Just wanted to give you a second voice confirming that the above statement is true. Number of take-offs and landings does not factor in to what a "segment" is at AA.
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