Do this flight on AA or JAL?
Nov 9, 2015 | 8:19 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 296
Do this flight on AA or JAL?
Trying to plan a flight DFW-NRT early next year and due to AA's ancient airplanes on that route, I'm considering JAL's new 787 service instead. I'm curious if anyone's done both and if the loss of EQM's in discount business class (I'm not sure if I'll ended up booked in discount or full fare) on JAL is worth avoiding the 777-200?
I normally qualify for my status through EQP's, so I'm not used to worrying about miles, so I'm really not sure if it's a major difference or not in miles earned or not.
Also, the website says the following:
-Buy an eligible published fare ticket booked in an eligible code
-Fly an eligible route
What are these eligible tickets/codes/routes and how do I know if my ticket will earn EQM's?
I normally qualify for my status through EQP's, so I'm not used to worrying about miles, so I'm really not sure if it's a major difference or not in miles earned or not.
Also, the website says the following:
-Buy an eligible published fare ticket booked in an eligible code
-Fly an eligible route
What are these eligible tickets/codes/routes and how do I know if my ticket will earn EQM's?
Nov 9, 2015 | 9:50 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2014
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP (probably nothing w/ AA next year :)), Delta Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Gold
Posts: 405
I don't know that anything is changing with mileage earning anytime in the immediate future. You might be ok for early 2016.
Nov 9, 2015 | 10:04 pm
#3
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: AY+ Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 2,846
If the dates work for you (JL's flight only operates 4x weekly), I would definitely chose JL over AA, especially since it will be a 787 with the SS8 product. As of now, discount J (i.e., I class) only earns 55% EQM if booked through JL with JL flight numbers. You could probably book the flights as an AA codeshare, with AA flight numbers, in which case you would earn EQMs as if they were AA flights. I am not sure if it would be drastically more expensive to book as a codeshare.