minimum miles
Oct 4, 2002, 9:40 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 371
minimum miles
Just curious, looking at my statement it appears that I am not getting a minimum 500 miles for tier status or upgrades. I still get the minimum 1000 for Platinum but the balance is considered bonus. Case in point; my mke to ord flights are 67 miles, when looking at my statement I receive 67 miles and 933 bonus miles. I just came back to American and don't remember it being like this. Am I missing something?
Oct 4, 2002, 9:53 am
#2
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Dallas Texas USA
Programs: AA Lifetime Platinum 3MM - DL - UA - HHONORS - HYATT - MARRIOTT - SPG
Posts: 136
Check Q-point totals, these are credited at 500 minimum per segment even though your mileage posts as 67 actual / 933 bonus. The base is 500 minimum.
Oct 4, 2002, 12:10 pm
#3
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Massachusetts, USA; AA Plat, DL GM and Flying Colonel; Bonvoy Platinum
Posts: 24,233
Yes, the way they post the base and bonus miles is confusing. The only way to confirm that you got the right credit is to check before-and-after Q-mile and Q-point totals. The good news is that, in my experience, they always get it right.
Oct 4, 2002, 1:39 pm
#4
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Bellevue, WA - AA EXP 3MM
Posts: 2,756
They once got it wrong for me last year. Only a few hundred Q points were at stake, but I called Customer Service, made them do the math, etc. Eventually a supervisor confirmed that I was right and the computer was wrong -- didn't believe her ears or eyes at first, of course! -- and did a manual adjustment. Very weird.
Oct 28, 2002, 11:22 am
#5
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska 100K - MM, defender of shoes on the carpeted bulkhead 4ever, AA LT PLT, Hyatt Glob, HH Dia
Posts: 7,443
In the same vein, I am trying to calculate mileage earned for LHR-BRU on my AA account.
Would I receive 500 miles per segment towards status or just the 218 that the great circle mapper calculates?
lala
Would I receive 500 miles per segment towards status or just the 218 that the great circle mapper calculates?
lala
Oct 28, 2002, 11:41 am
#6
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: AA EXP/mm, Travelholics Anonymous
Posts: 2,962
500. Nice that all 500 count towards elite status. If they didn't I probably would take fewer absurd routings involving these hops.
Oct 28, 2002, 2:14 pm
#7
In Memoriam
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: dallas texas usa
Programs: aa plt 4.9MM LTAC
Posts: 14,828
lala, i assume you're talkjng ba lhr-bru. i'd start @ aa.com for ba minimum mi's.
edit to add: just looked it up; 500 mi min on elgible fares.
[This message has been edited by clacko (edited 10-28-2002).]
edit to add: just looked it up; 500 mi min on elgible fares.
[This message has been edited by clacko (edited 10-28-2002).]
Oct 28, 2002, 2:48 pm
#8
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska 100K - MM, defender of shoes on the carpeted bulkhead 4ever, AA LT PLT, Hyatt Glob, HH Dia
Posts: 7,443
This is great news as it brings me to 100,169 miles for the year. whoo hooo. No real cushion, but the rest is all on AA metal, so it should post pretty darn fast.
Now i can put the rest on my *&
$$ AS account.
lala
Now i can put the rest on my *&
$$ AS account.lala