Originally Posted by
kirker
OP, that fare is definitely incredible, but talk about an exhausting itinerary! A redeye on the PHX-PHL leg (in standard F); then an day(time)-long layover in Charlotte a scant three hours later; and then an overnighter in Orlando! The return's only marginally better on that front, with overnighters at MIA and LAS.
This itinerary will certainly rack up a bunch of segments, but under AA's new EQD system, does that even help much?
Not sure how the new system works, If its flown miles you could reduce the hops, the reason there is so many is that BA's FFP is based on points so more segments = more points.