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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 10:19 am
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Originally Posted by skylane
Those 'L' fares will earn you 1/2 of a point per mile flown. So your roundtrip will earn you 4000 points and 8000 miles (only the points counting towards the challenge). The secret to the AA challenge, when booking cheap fares, is to pad in short flights since there is a minimum of 500 points per flight.
The website is currently showing H, K, M, L, W, and V fares as earning 1.0 points, with G, N, S, and some O and Q fares earning only half a point. Do you have newer information?

Good to know about the short flight advantage.
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