Originally Posted by
guv1976
Not so sure about AA, given the mix of carriers already identified for this particular trip. All AA segments earn Loyalty Points based on the pre-tax fare attributable to those segments, not the distance flown. Ditto with BA and IB segments, effective October 18, 2023. And if the OP wants to attain OWE status solely from this RTW trip, I do not see how he could do so by crediting to AS.
If we had a better idea of the specific RTW itinerary (including carriers for each segment), I think that we could give better advice.
That's a fair point and definitely a huge TBD about what AA does with BA and IB segments on an xONEx post Oct. 18th.
From the limited data points I can find (including my own) other OW carrier plated DONEx's seem to have AA segments credit by distance as a special fare but I'm too nervous about that so even on my own upcoming one, I had AKL-DFW ticketed as QF 4396 vs AA 34 despite QF being 150% vs AA 175% if it were again credited as distance, it's too long of a segment to risk. Also rumor in the BA forums is that BA is going to continue to credit xONEx as distance in BAEC, though currently AA certainly has no indication of that on their own AAdvantage website so we won't know until some AAdvantage members fly some in the coming months and see what happens. I have zero BA or IB on my itinerary so won't have any data points to contribute there but do have 2 x AA (DFW-SAL-DFW, so fairly short and no big loss if they credit as revenue).
Even with AA plated, it's a mixed bag on AA codes. A lot of people reported getting distance credit, while I can only find a few that said they got pro-rated revenue.
I did find one of the itineraries the OP had put in the flame free thread, I can tweak that quite a bit to minimize damage from AA, BA, and IB codes if credited to AA, should have some time today or tomorrow to play around with it. Not sure though if I can get it to 125k LPs without prior AA status.