Originally Posted by
swingaling
Easily done.
ARN-LHR-LAX (rt) in PE on BA for $944. That's about as good as you'll get.
Buy the BA flight numbers only; do not buy an AA-coded flight. Flights on AA metal (with a BA code) are just fine. For example, BA1509 in the above example will earn way more than AA193 even though it's the same physical flight.
Earnings:
EQM: 17,800
EQD: 2,390
RDM: 11,900 (plus elite bonus, if any)
Just saw this! Thanks so much for finding it, but it's no longer available. Would you be able to find something else in the same price range? Also, to confirm, if I were to take a flight that was purchased on JAL with an AA leg, would that AA leg accumulate EQDs based on the same fare percentage as the as the rest of the legs? So let's say it was roundtrip flight ftom IAH-LAX (AA) then LAX-NRT-SIN (JAL), what would that earn?