How are EQM earned on small flights?
 

Can someone explain AA math regarding the 500 mile minimum per segment?

When US was US, DM gave 500 EQM minimum per segment for any status.


AMERICAN AIRLINES 4055 Y RDU JFK 12/7/15 426 574 1,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES 1724 Y PHL BOS 12/8/15 281 719 1,000

Today I noticed these two in my activity for the month.

Now, on US, that would show 500 EQM and 500 Bonus (more like 375 Bonus)

But this still shows the same total miles earned (1000) but splits them by actual miles, so where I was getting 500 EQM per segment, or would have gotten 1000 EQM for those two flights, I only got 707 EQM...

Is that just how it is with AA, or has that changed?

FWIW, maybe it was always like that and I just never noticed before with AA. I'm used to USDM which was pretty cut and dried.

You got 500 EQM per segment. EQM are not itemized on AA's online account page.

You still receive the 500-mile minimum EQM per segment if you are preferred. But for Million Miler, only butt-in-seat miles count.

AA does not report EQMs earned by flight on the my account page, it only reports RDMs

If you are elite you earn 500EQMs on AA coded short flights. The two columns totalling to 1000 is your indication of that things have credited properly.*

* this last bit is true for now if you are plat or EXP. It won't work as a check once new RDM earning rules are in place.

This is how AA does it, and yes it's less helpful than how US did it. It's basically up to you to figure out from the various totals on the screen how much of it was EQM and how much of it was RDM.