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Unofficial Guide: AAdvantage elite status, gold & platinum challenges, and more (link)

FewMiles, our sincere thanks for the great work you started here!

Keep up the good work----much appreciated.

fewmiles,

I have often referred to your site for valuable info.

Thank you for your efforts.

Looking good FewMiles -- just one small correction on the fare tables.

Q-points are awarded per mile earned, not miles flown.

For AA, this makes no difference, since all Y classes earn 100%.

But on oneworld partners, this can have a big effect. For example, on BA, in V class:

LHR-SYD 10573 mi
Miles awarded: 10573 x 0.25 = 2463
Q-miles awarded: 2463
Q-points awared: 2463 x 0.5 = 1232

Stingy...

Looking good FewMiles -- just one small correction on the fare tables.

Q-points are awarded per mile earned, not miles flown.

For AA, this makes no difference, since all Y classes earn 100%.

But on oneworld partners, this can have a big effect. For example, on BA, in V class:

LHR-SYD 10573 mi
Miles awarded: 10573 x 0.25 = 2463
Q-miles awarded: 2463
Q-points awared: 2463 x 0.5 = 1232

Stingy...

Thank you so much, FewMiles!!!

Job well done! Keep up the good work! ^ ^ ^

Very reliable source of info and probably a lot of work for you! Let me tell you it is much appreciated!!!

[edited to add]
I think you should mention "O" class as a warning to other passengers here as well. I learned the hard way.

Excellent and easy to read - would agree with Yeti88 to add the part about "O" fares too though.

Just realized that you do mention "O" class further down (AA fare classes). Should've read through the end before posting here.
You still might want to add it under Table 1 though for completeness' sake.

One more suggestion:
Under "AA fare classes" you use Plan AAhead on a couple occassions. I thought these were all called MileSAAver now, right?

Again, thank you for this great piece of work!

Truly, we are not worthy!

Many thanks to FewMiles on another fine tool.

the legend continues

Thank you, FewMiles! Excellent work!

Just a suggestion: You might want to add the fare booking class 9 to your table. It is unusual (because the rest of the codes are letters), but I have heard of 9 being used as a deep discount class.

fewmiles-you the man!

Thanks everyone for your kind words.

jamespvg and Yeti88, thanks for the info. ^ I'll get the corrections in next I can upload changes which won't be for a few weeks, unfortunately. By that time, I'll have more of the new version of the Unofficial Guide completed too.

FewMiles..

FewMiles -- Excellent! :-:

One minor correction: In "Table 2: Mileage partner carriers" on the "Fare Table" page ( http://members.shaw.ca/fewmiles/AA/new/fares.html ), the proper 2-letter code for the new SWISS is LX, not SR.

P.S. I also noticed that information in the "AA fare classes" and "American Airlines - Eligible booking classes and mileage accrual rates" tables is outdated. Perhaps, you have not updated that page yet.

If only everybody who went for the GLD/PLT challenge would stick with AA.

I know, I certainly did! Going ro re-qualify in a few weeks.