Originally Posted by
milypan
The JL earnings chart is still pretty terrible though. For example, a deep discount economy ticket on JL earns 30% EQM, while a deep discount economy ticket on NH earns 100% PQM (when crediting to UA).
and terrible JL earning is likely the result of competition. It's competitor DL is dollar based with 5 miles earn for every dollar (basic member). It would net 2000 miles for a $400 one-way ticket (when bought with required roundtrip ticket).That's 40% of 5000 miles. 30%, is certainly less than 40% but it's not that much different. NH is likely the exception as UA is dollar based with similar earn structure as DL.
Jiburi