Originally Posted by tuapekastar
I'll stand corrected, but I think the miles come first: Assuming no status:
5000 miles flown in L booking class on IB @ 30% = ~1666 miles earned
Elite Qualifying Points earned = 1666 miles x 50% = ~833 points
I think the key is EQP "per miles earned", rather than "per miles flown". Hence 15%.
It's even worse than that. From the text right above the table on aa.com:
Earn a minimum of 300 AAdvantageŽ miles each time you purchase and fly on a published eligible fare ticket on Iberia, a member of oneworld. Minimum mileage exceptions: flights from mainland Spain to the Canary Islands earn a flat rate of 500 miles; flights within the Balearic Islands, within the Canary Islands and within Spain earn a flat rate of 125 miles.
(My emphasis.)
Then below on the table it shows "L" earning 0.5 q-points per mile
earned.
Thus 125 x 0.5 = 63 (I guess) points per flight, regardless of length for intra-Spain. 300 Q-pts minimum for international flights to/from Spain, 500 earned miles thus 250 q-pts to the Canaries. Sucky.