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Mar 14, 2022 | 12:36 pm

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Originally Posted by loganre17

I understand that you earn SQD on AC operated flights on non-014 tickets. It's easy to figure out how much SQD you'll earn by using the calculator.

Question is - how does the calculator know how much SQD to associate with AC legs if the air charges are all bundled into one number? Is it a weighted average of all the flights, or something else?

It's purely based on distance. Same for partner-issued tickets as those issued by AC.

I'm not sure I've fully answered your question, but not sure I've fully understood it. If not, it would be helpful if you could provide more details.

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