Originally Posted by
davistev
You could also do MIA-CLO for $177 on American Airlines. (Alaska changed the rules and now designates AA as a global partner for the 10,000 mile min promo). You also get the bonus elite tier mile based on class flown. I can confirm the double dip. I got my 5,000 miles for a LAX-NAN flight PLUS the elite tier bonus miles of 6,156
LAX-NAN IS 5519 miles. If you only received 5000 then you were in T, N, or R class that earns at the 50% rate. 5,519/2 = 2,260 EQM/RDM. With the promotion, your RDM is bumped up to 5,000. Therefore, EQM 2,260, RDM 5,000.
The Elite RDM bonus is not a double-dip. It is a bonus for Elite Members, separate from the earning charts, and applies to all flights, domestic or international on AS or any of AS' partners eligible flights and is calculated on the "base" miles flown. Your base miles will never exceed actual miles flown except where a 500 mile minimum is applied. There is no 500 mile minimum on CX flights, for example. If your class of service earns less than 100% then the bonus is reduced proportionately.
Elite bonuses are MVP 50%, MVPG 100% & MVPG75K 125%.
Going back to our LAX-NAN flight earning EQM/RDM in a 50% fare class you would earn the following EQM/RDM
No status: 2,260 / 5,000
MVP 2,260 / 5,000+50%(2,260) =
6,130*
MVPG 2,260 / 5,000+100%(2,260) = 7,260
MVPG75K 2,260 / 5,000+125%(2,260) = 7,825.
From these calculations, it is apparent that you are an AS MVP Elite and flew in T, N, R on FJ between Los Angeles & Nadi. On the AS website, class of service, Elite & any promotional bonuses are lumped together. 6156 is the total RDM you earned.
*There is often a slight difference between the actual miles used by AS and MileCalc that I use to determine distances between cities.
Your AA MIA-CLO example is Basic Economy. B class fares on AA earn
Zero in Mileage Plan. For $40 more you could move up to Economy. That puts the price at $217 and the differential between flying for 10K RDM miles and buying 10K unbonused RDM miles is $58. If you could do an immediate turn, it might be a fun flight it you weren't concerned about the EQM for status requalification, but the schedule would require an overnight which kind of negates any advantage. If EQM is important to you, you would earn a whopping
776 EQM, for $217. Cost breakdown RDM 2.17 cpm,
EQM 27.96 cpm
Yet again, if you have plans for MIA-CLO, not a bad fare. The BE fare on AA isn't eligible to earn anything in MP and the upfare to earn 10K RDM on the AS promotion isn't even remotely akin to a MR, especially when an immediate turn isn't possible even if EQM are of no concern to you.
James