Originally Posted by
The_Just
I think we are mixing a few things up. On the YVR-PTY you would get RDM bonuses because of the fare class being in business and first. On the back breaking LAX-HKG-IAD-HKG-LAX MR you would only get less than 10K RDM (status dependent) but you'd get 34K+ EQM. I believe that you do these MR for the EQM and not the RDM. The RDM is a nice bonus but I feel like with the spend requirement starting in 2017, this year is the last year most people will be able to attain higher AA status.
I was trying to find trips which can give me about 150k RDM (i would need to do multiple trips). I am not too worried about EQM for this year since i am already at 80k.