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Jan 22, 2017 | 2:31 am

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kkg

Join Date: Nov 2004

Location: Singapore

Programs: AA EXP, UA 1MM/1k

Posts: 483

Quote:

Originally Posted by flyerCO

Don't forget you can easily earn EQD by booking partner flights. Those earn EQD as a percentage of distance flown based on fare class, in some cases as much as 35%. In fact it's better to book AA flights as partner marketed a lot of times.

No more requirements to fly 4 flights on AA now. So it could all be on JAL if you wanted.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguinmoon

Is QR an option for you? I've got six long haul flights on QR for 2017, 0 on AA. Will easily meet the EQD (will end with 22000 EQD and not EVEN coming close to the 12000 required). and mileage requirements to maintain EXP for next year.

Thanks for the suggestion. However, partner flights typically earn 0.5 EQM. So it's hard to meet EQM with partner flights.

Anyway, back to my original question: is there a way to use SWU and/or to keep the good seats in economy while earning miles on EY?

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