Originally Posted by
Dania 1581
Hi
Right now I´m trying to decide if I should switch from AA because I´m not sure if I can flight 4 segments in AA this year
I´m happy with AA, but this year I don´t think I´m going to travel with them. I have these flights already booked
Iberia: ORY-MAD-ORY
Lan: MAD-SCL-IPC-SCL-LIM-MAD
Qatar: CDG-DOH-CPT-DOH-CDG
And also I have to add a flight from Paris to Mexico.
I don´t know if with these flights I can reach gold, but I would hate to waste it because I didn´t flight in AA.
Any suggestion?
Thanks!
The IB flight will earn 1022 miles in AA,
the LAN flights will earn 13392 miles (assuming 100% earning on the TATL segments and 25% for the intra-South-America segments) and
the QR flights will earn you 3850 miles (ouch... 25 % earning sucks. I'd look into upfaring that....)
Stick with AA, and buy the MEX flight on AA to satisfy the 4 segment rule.
Either fly that on AA metal (CDG-DFW/MIA-MEX) or buy the AA codeshare on the IB flight - AA codeshares count as AA segments. If you buy CDG-DFW/MIA-MEX on AA (11700 miles), you will indeed attain Gold status.
I have taken to use AA when flying to South America from Europe. It's priced competitively, and business class travel via SWUs plus Global Entry have taken the inconvenience out of transiting the US there
. Plus, something like MXP-LHR-DFW-EZE nets me close to 40k RDM per flight