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Old Nov 6, 2016 | 9:22 am
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Originally Posted by rjw242
You can do a lot better than that. A few weeks back I was looking at Premium Economy fares on partners, and some of them would've garnered 50-100% more EQDs than the actual spend (e.g., $1800 on CX earning 3200 EQD).
Seems like Premium Economy is the sweet spot because it actually awards 100% RDM (and maybe the 10% Bonus), so the Corresponding calculated EQD ends up being quite high, especially for transpacific flights.

It looks like only full Economy fares earn 100% RDM, but those would usually exceed most Premium Economy fares. Any lower CX Economy cares don't even earn AA miles.
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