Hi, I am Alaska Gold and looking at flights from PHX/LAX to OSL mid-November. These flights are a mix of AA and BA legs and I'm looking at Premium Economy. On aa.com, the fare codes show as P or H for all the legs, but the same legs on ba.com show T,E or Y,K. How can I be sure Alaska will apply the P/H and award 100% EQM?

Book them on AA and you will get what AA is displaying.

Remember that you earn according to the chart of the marketing carrier (the airline in the flight number), not the operating carrier.

If all the flight numbers on the AA itinerary are AA flight numbers, you will earn on the P & H fare classes shown on the AA charts. Both earn 100% EQM. The miles will actually be "sent" over to Alaska by AA. AS will be the recipient of those miles and credit your MP account accordingly. Credit is pretty quick, usually within a day or two. I have done this many times without issue.

If there is a schedule change, it is possible that the BA LHR-OSL or OSL-LHR flight could change to the BA flight number. That really isn't a concern since H fare class earns 100% EQM on either carrier.

If you purchased the BA itinerary, the K segment would earn 50% EQM. LHR<->OSL is 750 miles but both AA & BA earn a 500 EQM minimum, so you would earn 500 EQM on that segment. The miles would come from BA and usually post within a week.

James

NVM - shorthaul, not longhaul (posted BA E/T vs AA P)