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Earning AA AAdvantage Miles on EY / Etihad Arways & Posting, etc. (consolidated)
NOTE: AA - EY codeshares end 25 Mar 2018.AAdvantage members can only earn EQM - EQD - EQS flying Etihad Airways as an American Airlines marketed flight (codeshare). As these codeshares will end 1 Mar 2018, only Award Miles will be able to be earned on EY. No major changes are expected in other aspects of flying Qatar Airways. AA can always modify EQM and Award Miles earnings on partner airlines.
Link to aa.com Earn and redeem miles with Etihad Airways
Also see Booking AA Award travel on Etihad / EY - as of 2016 (master thd)
Flying as an Etihad marketed / coded flight, you will earn Award ("redeemable") (not Elite Qualifying) miles, including applicable class of service bonus miles, as shown in the chart here. AA EQM / EQS / EQD may be earned flying as an AA codeshare / marketed flight as if one were flying AA, or as Qantas earning as if you had flown QF.
Flying Etihad garners award and class of service bonus miles; no oneworld status bonus miles are earned, nor is there a minimum mileage guarantee.
Etihad often fails to provide the needed information to AA even if one’s Aa FFN is entered into thevrecord and on one’s boarding pass, causing the AA award miles to fail to post. In these cases AA may well require the used boarding passes as evidence miles should be forthcoming.
Earn and redeem AAdvantage® miles for travel on Etihad Airways within the Middle East and between the Middle East and:
Earn miles
To earn AAdvantage miles when you fly on Etihad Airways marketed and operated flights as well as Etihad Airways codeshare flights operated by American Airlines:
Specific flights, routes or cities that are excluded from earning miles or award travel are listed as exceptions if applicable.
Travel ticketed as an American Airlines marketed flight (booked as an AA flight number) and operated by Etihad Airways will earn AAdvantage base miles and elite qualifying miles, points and segments according to the AA mileage accrual chart. Beginning May 1, 2015, travel between North America and Abu Dhabi (AUH) on Etihad Airways operated and marketed flights are also eligible for AAdvantage award (not EQ) miles accrual.
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
Earn miles
To earn AAdvantage miles when you fly on Etihad Airways marketed and operated flights as well as Etihad Airways codeshare flights operated by American Airlines:
- Buy an eligible published fare ticket booked in an eligible code
- Fly an eligible route
Specific flights, routes or cities that are excluded from earning miles or award travel are listed as exceptions if applicable.
Travel ticketed as an American Airlines marketed flight (booked as an AA flight number) and operated by Etihad Airways will earn AAdvantage base miles and elite qualifying miles, points and segments according to the AA mileage accrual chart. Beginning May 1, 2015, travel between North America and Abu Dhabi (AUH) on Etihad Airways operated and marketed flights are also eligible for AAdvantage award (not EQ) miles accrual.
Earning AA Miles/LPSs (&EQM / EQD / EQS) on EY / Etihad (master thread)
Jan 8, 2014, 12:57 pm
#1
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Earning AA Miles/LPSs (&EQM / EQD / EQS) on EY / Etihad (master thread)
Hello all,
I really want to be sure not to make a mistake. The Etihad and AA website say it works, but I would like to hear you as well.
I have a Etihad booking for:
DUB-AUH
AUH-MLE
MLE-AUH
AUH-MXP
All flights are Economy (booking class is unknown).
Could you kindly tell me, if this EY flights are going to post into Aadvantage? 100% but without status?
I really want to be sure not to make a mistake. The Etihad and AA website say it works, but I would like to hear you as well.
I have a Etihad booking for:
DUB-AUH
AUH-MLE
MLE-AUH
AUH-MXP
All flights are Economy (booking class is unknown).
Could you kindly tell me, if this EY flights are going to post into Aadvantage? 100% but without status?
Last edited by JDiver; Jul 10, 2015 at 6:46 am Reason: Restore original post title
Jan 8, 2014, 1:25 pm
#2
Join Date: Oct 2007
Programs: AA, WN, UA, Bonvoy, Hertz
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Seems okay, but you should read this page (I guess you said you did). Any USA related flights without AA flight numbers booked likely will disappoint you.
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea...nes/etihad.jsp
Rasheed
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea...nes/etihad.jsp
Rasheed
Jan 8, 2014, 1:31 pm
#3
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: High Point, NC
Programs: None
Posts: 9,171
According to the AA website, it should - but you know that. It appears that all EY coach fare classes credit 100% of actual miles with no class of service bonus. As long as all flights are EY or AA there should be no problem.
Jim
Jim
Jun 23, 2014, 12:22 pm
#4
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 11
Earn AA miles on Etihad DFW-DOH (AUH)?
Per AA website http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea...nes/etihad.jsp, AA miles accrual is not permitted on Etihad Airlines flights from IAD, ORD, JFK and YYZ to DOH. The list does not include DFW to DOH, which is a service that will start in December, 2014.
Does anyone know if AA miles accrual on DFW-DOH will be permitted unlike other North American cities, or will DFW to added to the list of non-accrual cities once the service starts?
I would like to book a ticket that includes DFW-DOH, but would like to find out if I will earn miles!
regards,
ajnd80
Does anyone know if AA miles accrual on DFW-DOH will be permitted unlike other North American cities, or will DFW to added to the list of non-accrual cities once the service starts?
I would like to book a ticket that includes DFW-DOH, but would like to find out if I will earn miles!
regards,
ajnd80
Jun 23, 2014, 2:07 pm
#7
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 11
My bad.. I did mean AUH, not DOH. The flights I am considering are sold as Etihad flights. AAdvantage rules specify that flights from North America to AUH do not earn AA miles. The list does not include DFW right now, from where service will only start in December 2014. So, if I book an Etihad flight from DFW to AUH right now, will AA come in during December and say that DFW to AUH also does not earn AA miles? I would love to travel on Etihad, but given that I travel often from DFW, earning AA miles would be a nice bonus 
Jun 23, 2014, 2:25 pm
#8
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: DUB
Programs: UA, AA, DL
Posts: 12
American didn't update their list of ineligible flights since 2011... at that time, there were no flights between AUH and DFW, neither AUH to LAX. If you would fly in the near future and the day after your flight on aa.com you will find the same information as today, you are eligible to get the miles even if they think that all north american etihad flights are not eligible (at the time there were all north american legs written). I think they will not make any changes in mileage earnings until consolidation of the two programs into one (US Air and AA).
Do you book this flight only because of the miles? It's worth a risk to book it, if your departure is this year... I think there is a 75% chance you will get 100% mileage earn (because they will keep that table as it is now)
Do you book this flight only because of the miles? It's worth a risk to book it, if your departure is this year... I think there is a 75% chance you will get 100% mileage earn (because they will keep that table as it is now)
Jun 23, 2014, 3:26 pm
#9
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 11
Hmm.. it's interesting that they do not update the list of ineligible flights. So, it seems AUH-LAX is the only North American flight that is eligible for AA miles. Is that by design, or simply a mistake of not updating the list of ineligible flights?
Is there someone on this forum who can confirm that they received AA miles for economy class in an Etihad AUH-LAX flight?
Is there someone on this forum who can confirm that they received AA miles for economy class in an Etihad AUH-LAX flight?
Jun 23, 2014, 4:35 pm
#11
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Location: West Coast, USA
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Jun 23, 2014, 4:40 pm
#12
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A call in, I suspect-- although excellent advice-- is likely to yield no definitive answer and I'll tell ya why.
The AA.com language states:
And, a very, very logical supposition would be "oh, they must have forgotten to add LAX and DFW"
As in, why exclude ORD/JFK/IAD/YYZ but *not* DFW and LAX? It's not like one set is stepping on the the toes of another AAdd partner or something, at least not one that comes to mind automatically-- that LAX/DFW *wouldn't*
Problem is this; the internal files for earning makes reference to AA.com being most up-to-date source.
Therefore, I assume/speculate that ACS will parrot that exact info.
What happens if one takes the LAX or DFW flights and the miles *don't* post? Well, I'd imagine they'd give 'em seeing as the average ticket-buyer hasn't any reason to delve anywhere near this deeply!
Of course they're not even elite-qualifying miles, so, on both sides, can't see that it makes all that much of a difference, really. YMMV needless to say.
The AA.com language states:
Etihad Airways operated and marketed flights between New York (JFK), Chicago (ORD) ,Washington Dulles (IAD),Toronto (YYZ) and Abu Dhabi are not eligible for mileage accrual*
As in, why exclude ORD/JFK/IAD/YYZ but *not* DFW and LAX? It's not like one set is stepping on the the toes of another AAdd partner or something, at least not one that comes to mind automatically-- that LAX/DFW *wouldn't*
Problem is this; the internal files for earning makes reference to AA.com being most up-to-date source.
Therefore, I assume/speculate that ACS will parrot that exact info.
What happens if one takes the LAX or DFW flights and the miles *don't* post? Well, I'd imagine they'd give 'em seeing as the average ticket-buyer hasn't any reason to delve anywhere near this deeply!
Of course they're not even elite-qualifying miles, so, on both sides, can't see that it makes all that much of a difference, really. YMMV needless to say.
Jun 24, 2014, 10:49 am
#13
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This is definitely one of those don't call situations if there was a chance to get miles. Posting here will likely get someone at the program to take a look unless they intentionally wanted to allow the new flights. Of course, the internal systems may have already blocked earnings on these new flights regardless of what the website says.
Rasheed
Rasheed
Jun 24, 2014, 12:56 pm
#14
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Location: SJC/SFO & ORD
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I flew ORD-AUH on an AA ticket with my mom and and aunt both who paid less but had an EY ticket. I earned miles and neither my mom nor my aunti did.
It MUST be an AA-coded ticket to earn miles.
It MUST be an AA-coded ticket to earn miles.
Jun 24, 2014, 1:18 pm
#15
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 11
The question is whether AA will prohibit it from DFW-AUH, which is scheduled to begin in Dec 2014. Currently, LAX is the only North American city, which is not on the prohibited list on the webpage above...