Originally Posted by
thecurtisw
Well shoot. That's a bummer. Time to get on the phone and cancel this reservation. Thanks for the quick help!
Follow up: I also have travel scheduled to Australia on Qantas. I booked through Qantas in the appropriate fare codes for AA EQM. Is there anything I've missed to make sure these flights are elite qualifying?
We've merged your query into the existing thread. /Moderator
On Fiji Airways you can book Qantas or AA codeshare; those would earn AA miles. The Air Fiji chart doesn't say the miles you earn are EQ, and FJ isn't a oneworld partner. RDM only flying them as FJ. The legend on the FJ AA miles accrual page says:
Earn miles when flying on Fiji Airways marketed and operated flights for travel on an eligible published fare ticket. Miles are also earned on Fiji Airways codeshare flights operated by American Airlines.
What it
doesn't say is they are Elite Qualifying.
As to Qantas be sure your fares appear on the chart
here. As QF is a oneworld partner, those will be EQM (other than the bonus miles). But be sure you're looking at the chart entitled "Effective for flights flown on/after February 1, 2015". The QF miles page shows:
Travel on Qantas and affiliate airlines counts toward qualifying for AAdvantage elite status membership.