Originally Posted by
whiterock001
Hi,
I just wanted to confirm my understanding of how miles/LPs are earned on codeshare flights booked through AA. My wife and I are flying Qatar Airways (QR) next week DFW-DOH-MLE and back (business class). Although this flight is on QR metal, since it was marketed and booked via AA, we will earn miles/LPs based on AA's calculation methodology, correct?
The reason I ask is that, in this case, we'd benefit more from AA's methodology than QR's. Thanks!
Sadly it's extremely likely to be calculated on revenue which is nothing on these tickets compared to a distance credit that you'd get if it were a QR code. There's a thread in the AA forum where people have discussed experiences with this and seems more often than not it credits as revenue. (basically ticket price divided by total miles, then that per mile cost x AA coded segments).
RTW / Round the World ticket - earning AAdvantage Miles
I've had both so far, but I avoid AA codes when at all possible to minimize the risk. in 2022 I had DFW-GRU and GRU-JFK on AA codes actually credit as distance. In 2024 I had DFW-SAL and SAL-DFW credit as revenue, that's a short enough flight that it didn't hurt too bad, but the earnings were 50% of what they would have been if distance calculation. In your case the disparity will be much more since QR has such a nice multiplier with AAdvantage, additionally I have a slightly higher multiplier on AA's revenue base as EXP, but perhaps you'll be EXP before your flight which does help a bit. My SAL flight didn't have any codeshares so there wasn't any choice but to use the AA codes.