Would someone be kind enough to check the following assumptions about a AONE4 ex-CAI and the flights to get to CAI for my wife and myself.
We are planning to fly YVR-LHR-CIA in business class on BA using a RBC-BA Visa companion ticket for my wife. We will be starting in October with stopovers of a couple of days in LHR and CAI before beginning the AONE4.
(a) If I start the AA Platinum Challenge prior to traveling (Oct. 1), I assume that I get 10350 Q points for the 6900 miles (4710+2190) flown to get to CAI. So the last leg makes the Platinum, right?
(b) And is it correct that the 200% Plat bonus applies to this flight and so I would have 11363 miles at this point before starting the AONE4.
(c) Then, I assume that all subsequent flights would receive the Plat bonus through the end of 2006.
(d) Because my wife is flying YVR-LHR-CAI on an award ticket she couldn’t get any credit but if she started the Plat. Chall. on the first two AONE4 segments (CAI-LHR-CPT) it would get her to Plat. also.
(e) These initial flights would be completed in October (2005), thus I assume we both would have Plat through Feb. 2007.
I realize the q-points will be reset on Jan. 1 but after completing this RTW trip in March 2006, we plan to start another AONE4 in June 2006 and so should be able to reach Exec Plat with more than 100,000 q-points each by the end of 2006. Without bothering you with details of the itineraries, according to my calculations, we each should have more than 250K spendable miles- does this sound like a reasonable number after two AONE4s. Thanks.