BA ticket - how many partner qualifying miles
Jan 3, 2020, 9:23 am
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Congratulations on 75K, I know upgrades are easier out of SFO but it is nice to be at the top of the waitlist just about everywhere. I had some battlefield upgrades with split PNRs, even on companion certificates last year. I didn't clear my last flight of the year PDX-PHX on a Monday morning but we were #1 & #2 on the upgrade list of 39 on a companion certificate. James
Jan 26, 2020, 2:39 pm
#18
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Do you use Avios to calculate the number of AS miles earned or actual miles flown? I asked on the BA forum how to determine miles flown and they pointed me to an Avios calculator, which shows less than a 1:1 earning for Avios:miles flown on anything less than full fare Y tickets.
Jan 26, 2020, 2:44 pm
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Do you use Avios to calculate the number of AS miles earned or actual miles flown? I asked on the BA forum how to determine miles flown and they pointed me to an Avios calculator, which shows less than a 1:1 earning for Avios:miles flown on anything less than full fare Y tickets.
So the top 3 economy classes (Y,B,H) are 100%; everything else is less. You also get status bonus on top of that, but that's RDM only.
Jan 26, 2020, 2:46 pm
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Do you use Avios to calculate the number of AS miles earned or actual miles flown? I asked on the BA forum how to determine miles flown and they pointed me to an Avios calculator, which shows less than a 1:1 earning for Avios:miles flown on anything less than full fare Y tickets.
What BA credits in avios for its own members for different fare booking class's is irrelevant to AS ffp. BA credit 100% avios for Economy flexible (Y, B, H) fare booking class
Other BA thread How to determine actual miles flown?
Jan 26, 2020, 2:49 pm
#21
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Avios has nothing to do with this. You use the AS partner earning charts. Here is the one for BA: https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...er-overview:BA
So the top 3 economy classes (Y,B,H) are 100%; everything else is less. You also get status bonus on top of that, but that's RDM only.
So the top 3 economy classes (Y,B,H) are 100%; everything else is less. You also get status bonus on top of that, but that's RDM only.
I can't seem to figure out the exact number of AS miles I will earn for a particular route though. For example, SEA-LHR in W earns 100% plus the 50% bonus. 100% and 50% of what? Is a generic mileage estimation tool the most accurate I can get or does AS publish how they get that number? The folks at BA seem to only know about Avios earning and nothing about miles flown.
Sorry if I'm missing something obvious. This is my first time dealing with trying to earn partner miles.
Jan 26, 2020, 2:51 pm
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I got that much. I asked over on the BA forum for a way to determine actual flight miles and there doesn't seem to be one. They just linked the Avios calculator and a generic miles calculator, which I assume will get me close...
I can't seem to figure out the exact number of AS miles I will earn for a particular route though. For example, SEA-LHR in W earns 100% plus the 50% bonus. 100% and 50% of what? Is a generic mileage estimation tool the most accurate I can get or does AS publish how they get that number? The folks at BA seem to only know about Avios earning and nothing about miles flown.
I can't seem to figure out the exact number of AS miles I will earn for a particular route though. For example, SEA-LHR in W earns 100% plus the 50% bonus. 100% and 50% of what? Is a generic mileage estimation tool the most accurate I can get or does AS publish how they get that number? The folks at BA seem to only know about Avios earning and nothing about miles flown.
There are other sites, but I find this the simplest.
The numbers the airline uses might be off by 1-2 miles per segment, but it will be very close.
Jan 26, 2020, 3:01 pm
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I got that much. I asked over on the BA forum for a way to determine actual flight miles and there doesn't seem to be one. They just linked the Avios calculator and a generic miles calculator, which I assume will get me close?
I can't seem to figure out the exact number of AS miles I will earn for a particular route though. For example, SEA-LHR in W earns 100% plus the 50% bonus. 100% and 50% of what? Is a generic mileage estimation tool the most accurate I can get or does AS publish how they get that number? The folks at BA seem to only know about Avios earning and nothing about miles flown.
I can't seem to figure out the exact number of AS miles I will earn for a particular route though. For example, SEA-LHR in W earns 100% plus the 50% bonus. 100% and 50% of what? Is a generic mileage estimation tool the most accurate I can get or does AS publish how they get that number? The folks at BA seem to only know about Avios earning and nothing about miles flown.
For BAEC Y = 100% so that the avois is the distance in miles
For SEA LHR & LHR JFK milecalc gives the same distance as GCM
If not on the AS web site the only 100% way is from some one who has flown that route/fare booking class
Will a few ff miles make any difference?
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Jan 26, 2020 at 3:08 pm
Jan 26, 2020, 3:04 pm
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Jan 26, 2020, 3:05 pm
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I got that much. I asked over on the BA forum for a way to determine actual flight miles and there doesn't seem to be one. They just linked the Avios calculator and a generic miles calculator, which I assume will get me close?
I can't seem to figure out the exact number of AS miles I will earn for a particular route though. For example, SEA-LHR in W earns 100% plus the 50% bonus. 100% and 50% of what? Is a generic mileage estimation tool the most accurate I can get or does AS publish how they get that number? The folks at BA seem to only know about Avios earning and nothing about miles flown.
Sorry if I'm missing something obvious. This is my first time dealing with trying to earn partner miles.
I can't seem to figure out the exact number of AS miles I will earn for a particular route though. For example, SEA-LHR in W earns 100% plus the 50% bonus. 100% and 50% of what? Is a generic mileage estimation tool the most accurate I can get or does AS publish how they get that number? The folks at BA seem to only know about Avios earning and nothing about miles flown.
Sorry if I'm missing something obvious. This is my first time dealing with trying to earn partner miles.