change in mileage calculation?
Jan 7, 2002, 7:27 pm
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change in mileage calculation?
Has anyone noticed a change in mileage calculation?
I flew DFW-SEA in November and it was 1660 miles. In Decemeber it was 1659. I haven't flown any other routes with AA in December so I don't know if any other routes changed.
I flew DFW-SEA in November and it was 1660 miles. In Decemeber it was 1659. I haven't flown any other routes with AA in December so I don't know if any other routes changed.
Jan 7, 2002, 7:31 pm
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I have an "official AAdvantage" Mileage Reference Chart that MCI and INSIDE FLYER put out in 1994. It lists DFW-SEA at 1660 miles.
Jan 7, 2002, 7:53 pm
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there is another thread on this a couple of months ago, don't know how to id it.
Jan 7, 2002, 8:24 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bagold:
I flew DFW-SEA in November and it was 1660 miles. In Decemeber it was 1659. </font>
I flew DFW-SEA in November and it was 1660 miles. In Decemeber it was 1659. </font>
Jan 7, 2002, 9:05 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by double AA dude:
Does it really matter in the long run???</font>
Does it really matter in the long run???</font>
Edited to add that the thread clacko is talking about is here
[This message has been edited by SuperSlug (edited 01-07-2002).]
Jan 7, 2002, 10:46 pm
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Another old thread on the topic: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum71/HTML/005413.html
Jan 8, 2002, 2:22 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SuperSlug:
It does if you fly it 60.24 times and miss EXP by 61 miles
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It does if you fly it 60.24 times and miss EXP by 61 miles
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Jan 8, 2002, 7:29 am
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777Brit took the words right out of my mouth.
Jan 10, 2002, 2:58 pm
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It was 1659 last summer. It went to 1660 for a while and then flipped back to 1659. Maybe it they doing something with rounding.
Jan 10, 2002, 3:51 pm
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When it got warm, the earth expanded ever so slightly and thus, to be fair, an extra mile was awarded for this flight. As temperatures declined later, the earth returned to its previous size and thus the flight was rounded back down to 1659 mi.
Hope this helps,
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