Dumb question-how many miles does a flight earn?
Oct 26, 2018, 1:56 pm
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Dumb question-how many miles does a flight earn?
OK, I know this is a kindergarten question, but I cannot seem to find on the website how many miles each flight is worth. I find myself, for the first time ever, just a few thousand miles away from Gold, and want to shop around for a mileage run. I feel silly asking, because I know it's got to be there somewhere! Pro advice for finding max miles for min cost? I don't mind hunting a bit!
Oct 26, 2018, 2:02 pm
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OK, I know this is a kindergarten question, but I cannot seem to find on the website how many miles each flight is worth. I find myself, for the first time ever, just a few thousand miles away from Gold, and want to shop around for a mileage run. I feel silly asking, because I know it's got to be there somewhere! Pro advice for finding max miles for min cost? I don't mind hunting a bit!
I expect that a Google search will get you to the page on the AS website that explains all this.
Oct 26, 2018, 2:03 pm
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It's the straight-line distance between the two airports in US statue miles. You can use Great Circle Mapper to calculate the distance.
Alaska offers a minimum earning of 500 miles on any single flight leg - so you will get the same number of miles if you fly WRG-PSG (31 mi) and PDX-SMF (479 mi)
Alaska offers a minimum earning of 500 miles on any single flight leg - so you will get the same number of miles if you fly WRG-PSG (31 mi) and PDX-SMF (479 mi)
Oct 26, 2018, 2:07 pm
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Oct 26, 2018, 2:31 pm
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It's the straight-line distance between the two airports in US statue miles. You can use Great Circle Mapper to calculate the distance.
Alaska offers a minimum earning of 500 miles on any single flight leg - so you will get the same number of miles if you fly WRG-PSG (31 mi) and PDX-SMF (479 mi)
Alaska offers a minimum earning of 500 miles on any single flight leg - so you will get the same number of miles if you fly WRG-PSG (31 mi) and PDX-SMF (479 mi)
Oct 26, 2018, 2:33 pm
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It's the straight-line distance between the two airports in US statue miles. You can use Great Circle Mapper to calculate the distance.
Alaska offers a minimum earning of 500 miles on any single flight leg - so you will get the same number of miles if you fly WRG-PSG (31 mi) and PDX-SMF (479 mi)
Alaska offers a minimum earning of 500 miles on any single flight leg - so you will get the same number of miles if you fly WRG-PSG (31 mi) and PDX-SMF (479 mi)
Oct 26, 2018, 2:52 pm
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www.milecalc.com is also quick and easy.
Also, while you're on AS website if you add a flight to your cart, before you start the checkout process, it will tell you the class of service & estimated mileage.
In the example here, you can see the it is an "S" fare and that should earn 150% elite qualifying miles based on AS fare classes.
So, you could expect approximately 1430 miles.
Oct 26, 2018, 2:57 pm
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James
Oct 26, 2018, 7:22 pm
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I'll second this, its quick, easy and I don't think I've ever had a mile estimate from there be off by more than 10 miles of what AS actually posts to my account.
Also, while you're on AS website if you add a flight to your cart, before you start the checkout process, it will tell you the class of service & estimated mileage.
In the example here, you can see the it is an "S" fare and that should earn 150% elite qualifying miles based on AS fare classes.
So, you could expect approximately 1430 miles.
Also, while you're on AS website if you add a flight to your cart, before you start the checkout process, it will tell you the class of service & estimated mileage.
In the example here, you can see the it is an "S" fare and that should earn 150% elite qualifying miles based on AS fare classes.
So, you could expect approximately 1430 miles.
I developed a spreadsheet that allow each segment to be handled independently and Milecalc for the distances. CX flights are actual miles flown with no 500 minimum. I agree that the Milecalc numbers are accurate within 10 miles either way.
James
Oct 26, 2021, 2:28 pm
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AS fails if you have a connecting flight < 500 miles as it will total the actual miles for each segment and not account for the 500 minimum. Try your orgin at BLI (+92 miles) or YLW (+218 Miles.) You could also have a mixed "bucket" fare. Purchased F(P) connecting from mainline to Q400 (or vise versa) would yield F with 75% COS mailine and full Y on Q400 @ 50% COS.
I developed a spreadsheet that allow each segment to be handled independently and Milecalc for the distances. CX flights are actual miles flown with no 500 minimum. I agree that the Milecalc numbers are accurate within 10 miles either way.
James
I developed a spreadsheet that allow each segment to be handled independently and Milecalc for the distances. CX flights are actual miles flown with no 500 minimum. I agree that the Milecalc numbers are accurate within 10 miles either way.
James
Oct 26, 2021, 2:56 pm
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Sorry to revive this old thread, but I found conflicting answers to the question of whether a <500 mile connecting flight will be posted as a minimum of 500 EQMs (750 EQMs with the current 1.5x bonus), or whether the actual distance of the <500 mile connecting flight will be added to the actual distance of the other leg(s)? In other words, let's say I'm flying PDX-SEA-ANC: Would I get a minimum of 500 EQMs (750 EQMs) for the PDX-SEA leg, plus the EQMs on the SEA-ANC leg?
Oct 26, 2021, 6:48 pm
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So long as it's two non-stop flights, with distinct flight numbers (very likely the case), then yes. If it's a "direct" flight, with a stop in SEA, continuing on the same aircraft to ANC, then it would be the total of PDX - ANC earned vs PDX - SEA (500 min), SEA-ANC when it's 2 separate flight numbers.
Adding up the miles for the individual segments in the itinerary before purchase won't be accurate if there are sub 500 mile flights since the actual flight miles are displayed. They will be topped up to the 500 mile minimum once the flight is flown & the miles post.
James
Nov 6, 2021, 8:30 am
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In the current mile earning system, does the 25% bonus for H & K fares apply to both RDMs and EQMs?
I assume so reading the Alaska website. But for so long it was only YBM that got bonuses in coach that I guess I hadn't realized this changed.
I assume so reading the Alaska website. But for so long it was only YBM that got bonuses in coach that I guess I hadn't realized this changed.
Nov 6, 2021, 10:18 am
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James