Feb 4, 2014, 6:00 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
Earning (and spending) miles on airberlin and affiliate NIKI
Link to airberlin and NIKI miles earning page on aa.com
airberlin /AB and affiliate NIKI /HG are fully fledged members of oneworld effective 20 March 2012.
Flying airberlin operated AA codeshares earns EQP and EQM as if flying AA. Flying as AB or HG, please see AA's airberlin miles earning pages .
Valid for flights on/after March 20, 2012
Code:
Class of Service Fare Class EQM EQP Class of Service Bonus
Business Class J, C, D, I 100% 1.5 25%
Full Fare Economy Class Y, B 100% 1.5
Discount Economy Class H, K, M, L, V, S 100% 1.0
Deep Discount Economy Class N, Q, O, G, P, E, W 25% 0.5
on an eligible published fare ticket. Miles are also earned on airberlin codeshare flights operated by American Airlines.
Travel on airberlin and affiliate airlines counts toward qualifying for AAdvantage elite status membership. (Flights operated by NIKI are eligible for mileage accrual).
Note: airberlin and NIKI do NOT award status bonus miles for flying them. 25% class of service bonus in J, C, D and I does apply.
AAdvantage Elite Status Member Benefits
The following benefits apply to AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Gold members when flying on airberlin or their affiliate airlines:
Minimum mileage guarantee for travel on flights under 500 miles
N. B. Flights to/from Cuba are not eligible for mileage accrual or redemption.
airberlin or NIKI marketed (code shares) operated by other oneworld airlines earn as if flying airberlin or NIKI; flying AB or HG codeshares operated by non-oneworld airlines does not earn AA miles.
AB / airberlin & HG / NIKI join oneworld 20 Mar 2012 (EQM / EQP vary on fare)
Mar 19, 2012, 6:58 pm
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AB / airberlin & HG / NIKI join oneworld 20 Mar 2012 (EQM / EQP vary on fare)
airberlin and affiliate NIKI are now fully fledged members of oneworld.
Link to aa.com airberlin miles earning pages.
Link to old airberlin / AB to join oneworld Mar 20, 2012; AA benefits? thread.
Link to original announcement airberlin / AB to oneworld 2012 / AA codeshare 2010; NIKI as affiliate thread.
NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED EARNINGS NO LONGER CURRENT:
Link to aa.com airberlin miles earning pages.
Link to old airberlin / AB to join oneworld Mar 20, 2012; AA benefits? thread.
Link to original announcement airberlin / AB to oneworld 2012 / AA codeshare 2010; NIKI as affiliate thread.
NOTE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED EARNINGS NO LONGER CURRENT:
Class of Service . . . . . . . . . . Fare Class . . . . . . . EQM . . EQP . . Class of Service Bonus
Business Class . . . . . . . . . . .J, C, D, I . . . . . . . . 100% . 1.5 . . . 25%
Full Fare Economy Class. . . . .Y, B . . . . . . . . . . . . 100% . 1.5
Discount Economy Class . . . . H, K, M, L, V, S . . . . .100% . 1.0
Deep Discount Economy Class N, Q, O, G, P, E, W . .100% . 0.5
Business Class . . . . . . . . . . .J, C, D, I . . . . . . . . 100% . 1.5 . . . 25%
Full Fare Economy Class. . . . .Y, B . . . . . . . . . . . . 100% . 1.5
Discount Economy Class . . . . H, K, M, L, V, S . . . . .100% . 1.0
Deep Discount Economy Class N, Q, O, G, P, E, W . .100% . 0.5
Last edited by JDiver; Feb 4, 2014 at 6:01 pm Reason: update and pare for wikipost
Mar 20, 2012, 9:10 am
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AA Website
The AA website has been updated with the AB info.
http://www.aa.com/viewPromotionDetai...&_locale=en_US
Has the double mile promotion on it.
http://www.aa.com/viewPromotionDetai...&_locale=en_US
Has the double mile promotion on it.
Mar 20, 2012, 10:32 am
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100% elite bonus miles for EXP and PLT, 25% for GLD ^
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/el...itestatusbonus
I assume all paid fare classes on AB are EQM/EQP/EQS earning now?
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea.../airberlin.jsp
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/el...itestatusbonus
I assume all paid fare classes on AB are EQM/EQP/EQS earning now?
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea.../airberlin.jsp
Mar 20, 2012, 4:00 pm
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Mar 20, 2012, 4:27 pm
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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AAdvantage Elite Status Member Benefits
The following benefits apply to AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Gold members when flying on airberlin or their affiliate airlines:
Minimum mileage guarantee for travel on flights under 500 miles
Additional elite status bonus miles for AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Gold members.
Additional oneworld airline recognition and benefits
The following benefits apply to AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Gold members when flying on airberlin or their affiliate airlines:
Minimum mileage guarantee for travel on flights under 500 miles
Additional elite status bonus miles for AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Gold members.
Additional oneworld airline recognition and benefits
Mar 20, 2012, 5:06 pm
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Airberlin will finally get some business from me -- and I will get some miles (100%BIS) from their flights. ^^
Mar 20, 2012, 5:41 pm
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In typical AA aa.com fashion, it will probably be some time before every page reflecting the full oneworld status of airberlin and NIKI is brought up to date on aa.com. At least the aa.com page on airberlin seems to have the most necessary information.
(Just watch that when you book you do not wind up with any fare class other than those published on the aa.com pag; I don't know if they have others, but they might - and I am sure this thread will be updated by members to show any that might not earn EQM.)
(Just watch that when you book you do not wind up with any fare class other than those published on the aa.com pag; I don't know if they have others, but they might - and I am sure this thread will be updated by members to show any that might not earn EQM.)
Mar 23, 2012, 10:42 pm
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to confirm, if i book a business class fare in I - from LAX-BER i will get 1.5 EQM miles if i book it directly from airberlin.com? My expense account will allow that! It's for August.
Mar 23, 2012, 11:49 pm
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Mar 24, 2012, 1:09 am
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Last year, aa.com presented me with JFK-ZUR-HER with the ZUR-HER leg on airberlin as the only one-stop option to get to Crete on the day I needed to fly. (There was a one-stop with Malev on a different day, but look how well that went...) This was after weeks of searching and investigating other carriers to get us to Europe because all the oneworld itineraries involved two stops and way too much time away from the beach. What a relief to see that flight show up one day. I did some research and learned about airberlin and its future with oneworld. Yay!
We will fly airberlin again this year on an award ticket to Naples. The amount saved on taxes was incredible compared to the alternate routing that involved BA and a transfer between LHR and LGW to get to Naples. Looking forward to having increased flight options to Europe that enables us to skip over LHR and all fees associated with it.
We will fly airberlin again this year on an award ticket to Naples. The amount saved on taxes was incredible compared to the alternate routing that involved BA and a transfer between LHR and LGW to get to Naples. Looking forward to having increased flight options to Europe that enables us to skip over LHR and all fees associated with it.
Mar 24, 2012, 5:20 am
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As nall said, no. As airberlin is a fully fledged oneworld airline, you will earn 1 Base Mile / 1 EQP per mile flown, receive 0.25 bonus mile for class of service and 1.5 EQP per mile flown, as well as status bonus miles.