Originally Posted by
jimmielin
Probably going to try hit AA EXP this year. Booked travel leaves me about on Platinum Pro w/ ~75k EQMs, so it's still a huge stretch to get 25k EQMs in a few months :P
Likely going to fly CX Premium Economy HKG-JFK and back, which yields ~24k EQMs but might have a hard time explaining to US CBP why I flew 16h to spend one weekend in NYC! (And as a non-US passport holder, I'm kind of sure I will get sent to secondary for that)
Luckily EQDs haven't affected me as I rarely fly AA (and the only times I do, it's always been short-notice full-fare Y which lets me overshoot EQDs by far!)
This year as Plat Pro:
I did SFO-LHR-CPT-LHR-SFO on BA PE (34,086 EQM, 4546 EQD, 40,906 RDM) with 6 hours in London and 11 in CPT, no issues. BA also oversold PE so my SFO-LHR they bumped me to business which was easier on my way out there.
I also did LAX-HKG-SIN-HKG-LAX on CX PE and it wasn't bad (26,530 EQM, $3540 EQD, 31,836 RDM).
If they start giving you grief, just say you're going for airline miles.