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Mar 30, 2019 | 7:58 pm

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Originally Posted by GetSetJetSet

Thanks, so much. To follow up.

1. If it's on AA stock and these are J tickets, will I earn 2x EQM on all flights regardless of operating carrier (some are usually 1.5x on their stock)?
2. The two identical itineraries are for different people on the same flights and dates. The other two itineraries are different for the first 1/3 of the trip, then all 4 people are in sync same flights, dates, times the rest of the way.
3. No prob, the last GRU-JFK flight will be AA metal.

If you credit the flight to your AAdvantage account, you will earn based on which airline's code is used for each flight. It doesn't matter which airline ticketed it. So, for example, if you book GRU-JFK as AA950, you will earn 2 EQM/mile but your RDM and EQD will be based on your fare not distance. If you book the same GRU-JFK flight as JL7201, you will earn 2 EQM/mile and your EQDs will be 25% of flight mileage, and RDMs will be 125% of flight miles plus your elite bonus (e.g., another 100% if you are EXP). If you book the same flight as JJ8404 your EQMs are 1.5/mile and your EQDs are 30% of flight mileage and your RDMs are 150% of flight mileage plus any elite bonus (e.g., another 100% if you are EXP). I recommend checking EF to see which carrier's codes are available for each flight, then checking the AAdvantage earnings table for that airline. For AA codes, you can approximate the fare that will be used to calculate your EQD and RDM by adding the base fare plus all carrier-imposed fees, then dividing by the total flight mileage of all flights, then multiplying that number by the flight mileage of the flight in question. You can get the flight mileage for each flight out of EF, or you can use GCMap to get a rougher estimate of the mileage for each flight and for all flights together.
All passengers on a record must be flying the exact same flights and dates, so in your case you could put two people in one record, and then for the other two people, if they will be flying the exact same set of flights on the same dates as each other, put both of them in another record. If they are flying different flights or dates than each other then each will need to be in his or her own record. Since some of the flights are in common, I'd suggest starting with all four passengers in one record, with the first set of flights, then split the record and change the flights. By starting with all four passengers in the same record, the records will be linked and if there are irregular operations or other issues, it will be obvious to agents that there are linked records. If the passengers start off in different records, they can't really be linked, but they can have a cross-reference note added, but an agent has to be looking for that to see it.