Originally Posted by swingaling

Leaving from LAX, it will generate 5,150 EQD (assuming it books into Y/E/R fare classes). I did this exact trip last month.



If you want to do this cost effectively, you'll have to fly in PE (J will be too expensive). That means you'll earn EQDs at a rate of 20% of distance traveled. In order to earn 5,400 EQD on a single ticket, you'll have to travel a distance of 27,000 miles.

Trips of that length are rare and getting that done (on a single ticket) from any of your chosen airports is probably not possible. It can be done if you reposition.

The following will earn what you want in a single trip:

BOS-HKG-AKL (rt) on CX in PE for $2,733 | 40,000 EQM | 5,450 EQD