Originally Posted by
cgtechuk
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.
If you're crediting AA and have status, there is still some benefit to that many short segments, even if you're not trying to rack up the EQS: your base miles on each segment becomes 500. mia-mco-clt-rdu-dca gets you 2000, whereas mia-dca direct is 920.
Last edited by SpammersAreScum; Jan 24, 2017 at 3:30 pm
Reason: clarifying AA