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Feb 2, 2007 | 6:04 pm

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dmfriedman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nako

With regard to the calculations for these categories, the minimum Q-miles are wrong. It would be 500 in both situations, not 250, as this is the minimum Q-miles guaranteed on any AA-coded flight (except those on HA metal).

In fact, your Q-mile calculations across the board are wrong, as they are not multiplied by 1.5, 1, or .5. Those are the multiplication factors for Q-points.

Mike

Thanks for catching this -- I pulled the data from the wrong column in my spreadsheet. I've updated the EQM to reflect being based on MMG.