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Earning American Airlines AAvantage Miles Flying British Airways
Including known issues (e.g. upgrades) with AA / BA
Earning AAdvantage Miles on British Airways When Upgraded[/color]
Links to BAEC Forum resources:
Including known issues (e.g. upgrades) with AA / BA
Earning AAdvantage Miles flying British Airways
Travel on British Airways and its affiliate airline counts toward qualifying for AAdvantage elite status membership.
Affiliate airlines
AAdvantage Concierge Key, Executive Platinum, Platinum Pro, Platinum and Gold members traveling on British Airways also enjoy:
Additional elite status bonus miles
If you fly BA as an AA codeshare, marketed flight, you will earn as if you were flying on AA.
Link to AAdvantage chart on earning miles flying BA.
Travel on British Airways and its affiliate airline counts toward qualifying for AAdvantage elite status membership.
Affiliate airlines
- BA Cityflyer
- BA EuroFlyer
- Sun-Air of Scandinavia
AAdvantage Concierge Key, Executive Platinum, Platinum Pro, Platinum and Gold members traveling on British Airways also enjoy:
Additional elite status bonus miles
If you fly BA as an AA codeshare, marketed flight, you will earn as if you were flying on AA.
Link to AAdvantage chart on earning miles flying BA.
Upgrading to First on British Airways and U, Z (?) upgrade shared with award Fare Class Issues
Upgrading a paid Business (Club World) fare to First on British Airways puts the flight into fare class "Z" (?)a class that is ineligible for AAdvantage miles accrual (as reflected on the accrual chart) because it is also an award classification for a First Class award.
Upgrading a paid Premium Economy (World Traveller Plus) fare to Business puts it into U class (?), another award fare class that earns no AA miles.
Members have recently reported success at having their upgrades acknowledged as miles-earning, but it may prove challenging.
According to successful member BosTravel, you may have to contact ask for AAdvantage Customer Service, and explain you paid for Business, upgraded to F, or WTP to CW, and provide them with your original ticket number(s).
Upgrading a paid Business (Club World) fare to First on British Airways puts the flight into fare class "Z" (?)a class that is ineligible for AAdvantage miles accrual (as reflected on the accrual chart) because it is also an award classification for a First Class award.
Upgrading a paid Premium Economy (World Traveller Plus) fare to Business puts it into U class (?), another award fare class that earns no AA miles.
Members have recently reported success at having their upgrades acknowledged as miles-earning, but it may prove challenging.
According to successful member BosTravel, you may have to contact ask for AAdvantage Customer Service, and explain you paid for Business, upgraded to F, or WTP to CW, and provide them with your original ticket number(s).
Earning AAdvantage Miles on British Airways When Upgraded[/color]
AAdvantage Participating Airline Upgrade Awards / PAUA (using AA miles)
AAdvantage miles may be used to secure upgrade awards for partners BA and IB, including code shares, depending on fare purchased.
EQM will be generally earned based on originally purchased fare.
Link to thread discussing AA Participating Airline Upgrade Awards / PAUA
AAdvantage miles may be used to secure upgrade awards for partners BA and IB, including code shares, depending on fare purchased.
- Full Fare Economy includes published fares booked in Y or B (excluding Military or Government fares)
- Full Fare Premium Economy refers to World Traveller Plus published fares booked in W on British Airways
- Full Fare Business includes published fares booked in J, D or R on American and C, J, D or R on British Airways
EQM will be generally earned based on originally purchased fare.
Link to thread discussing AA Participating Airline Upgrade Awards / PAUA
Links to BAEC Forum resources:
Pro-Active Online Upgrades (POUG)
A. What is a Pro-active Online Upgrade?
The simple answer: it is a limited special upgrade that may be offered at a time of BA's choosing after your booking is ticketed up to and including online check-in. The offer, if it happens (and this is not guaranteed) will appear in Manage My Booking, either via BA.com or the mobile app. There is no email notification, klaxon sound or flashing beacons to alert you - so now you know why its called a Pro-active Online Upgrade
Please note, POUG rates differ from the rates offered at the airport (see, Airport Upgrade (AUP) cost tracking thread) and also the rate offered when you click on the “Upgrade my class of travel with money” link from within MMB, or the “Upgrade to the next available cabin” blue/grey banner in the app.
Link to thread on Pro-active Online Upgrades and cost tracking
A. What is a Pro-active Online Upgrade?
The simple answer: it is a limited special upgrade that may be offered at a time of BA's choosing after your booking is ticketed up to and including online check-in. The offer, if it happens (and this is not guaranteed) will appear in Manage My Booking, either via BA.com or the mobile app. There is no email notification, klaxon sound or flashing beacons to alert you - so now you know why its called a Pro-active Online Upgrade
Please note, POUG rates differ from the rates offered at the airport (see, Airport Upgrade (AUP) cost tracking thread) and also the rate offered when you click on the “Upgrade my class of travel with money” link from within MMB, or the “Upgrade to the next available cabin” blue/grey banner in the app.
Link to thread on Pro-active Online Upgrades and cost tracking
Airport Upgrades (AUP):
Airport Upgrades may be offered at the airport, or rarely in a lounge if requested.
Link to thread on Airport Upgrades and cost tracking
Airport Upgrades may be offered at the airport, or rarely in a lounge if requested.
Link to thread on Airport Upgrades and cost tracking
Upgrading using Avios (UuA)
UuAs can only be applied to tickets issued on 125 stock. In other words tickets issued by BA or BA registered travel agents with ticket numbers beginning 125. Tickets sold by Iberia and American Airlines are issued on different numbered stock and cannot be upgraded using Avios.
Link to post regarding Upgrading using Avios
UuAs can only be applied to tickets issued on 125 stock. In other words tickets issued by BA or BA registered travel agents with ticket numbers beginning 125. Tickets sold by Iberia and American Airlines are issued on different numbered stock and cannot be upgraded using Avios.
Link to post regarding Upgrading using Avios
Earning AA LPs / Award miles etc. BA / British Airways (inc. upgraded flights)
Nov 2, 2018, 8:39 am
#136
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 2
I would expect that it will have been rebooked onto the BA flight number when the upgrade was purchased
I would expect that you will get EQMs and EQDs based on distance rather thnn fare and based on BA earnings ( 1.5 eqms per mile flown ) - I would also expect that it will credit as per business class for award miles
on the boarding pass showing 1st class, did it say BAxxx or BAxxx sold as AAxxxx ?
I would expect that you will get EQMs and EQDs based on distance rather thnn fare and based on BA earnings ( 1.5 eqms per mile flown ) - I would also expect that it will credit as per business class for award miles
on the boarding pass showing 1st class, did it say BAxxx or BAxxx sold as AAxxxx ?
ugh. The boarding pass says BA even though I went out of my way to buy an American marketed trip for this trip. Bummer. This seems to have just made things worse for me (fewer EQMs now). Has anyone had any success getting aa to help with this kind of a reversal?
Nov 2, 2018, 11:20 am
#138
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Gatwick, UK
Programs: UA *G, BA Silver
Posts: 1,673
MY experience is the same for EQMs, since all my fares earn 1.5 EQMs anyway (only an upgrade from Y would test this theory and I've never done that). However, almost all my AUPs have earned EQDs according to the upgraded class. In the past I was usually more short of EQDs and so this suited me nicely, but this year it is my EQMs that are trailing.
Nov 3, 2018, 2:20 pm
#139
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 44,552
I am not sure that it will - the person chose to make a purchase that led to being rebooked , quite correctly, onto BA ; there is no error that has occurred
Nov 4, 2018, 10:59 am
#140
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP; BoNVoY Tit LTP
Posts: 1,922
In my case (PE to J) the miles posted as I had purchased an AA Y ticket and a note to Consumer Relations got me the correct P mileage. I would imagine that in the case of the OP, the miles should reflect the purchased J mileage and the appropriate AA EQM and EQD.
Jan 4, 2019, 5:17 am
#141
Join Date: May 2017
Location: San Francisco
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 369
I read through this thread and https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...aster-thd.html but couldn’t seem to find an answer to my question: is it standard that partner upgrade awards don’t credit automatically?
I purchased DFW-LHR (AA marketed/operated) and LHR-TLV (BA marketed/operated) on AA stock, D class, as a single ticket. Upgraded DFW-TLV from J to F with 40,000 miles as a North America-Middle East award — making the DFW-LHR segment A class and the LHR-TLV segment Z class. I haven’t had the LHR-TLV segment post yet and I’m wondering if the issue with AUPs also affects the AA partner upgrade program.
I purchased DFW-LHR (AA marketed/operated) and LHR-TLV (BA marketed/operated) on AA stock, D class, as a single ticket. Upgraded DFW-TLV from J to F with 40,000 miles as a North America-Middle East award — making the DFW-LHR segment A class and the LHR-TLV segment Z class. I haven’t had the LHR-TLV segment post yet and I’m wondering if the issue with AUPs also affects the AA partner upgrade program.
Mar 28, 2019, 10:29 am
#142
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 56
Newbie to booking partners
Stupid as heck questions from an EXP. But nearly all of my flying is domestic on AA metal, so please be gentle.
I have bought BA marketed flights on BA metal (examples: IAD/LHR and GTW/FUN). There is nothing special about these tickets - they're a regularly marketed fare, etc., that I bought with $$s.
I've put in my AAdvantage number and from reading everything on the website, it looks as if I should be credited mileage according to the BA section of the AAdvantage site. The part the worries me a little bit is the statement about "qualifying routes". I presume that since these aren't "weird" that there shouldn't be an issue. Also, how long do BA flights like this take to credit?
Thanks!
I have bought BA marketed flights on BA metal (examples: IAD/LHR and GTW/FUN). There is nothing special about these tickets - they're a regularly marketed fare, etc., that I bought with $$s.
I've put in my AAdvantage number and from reading everything on the website, it looks as if I should be credited mileage according to the BA section of the AAdvantage site. The part the worries me a little bit is the statement about "qualifying routes". I presume that since these aren't "weird" that there shouldn't be an issue. Also, how long do BA flights like this take to credit?
Thanks!
Mar 28, 2019, 10:35 am
#143
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https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...sh-airways.jsp
Make sure that your AAdvantage number appears on your BA boarding passes, and retain the boarding passes until you see the miles in your AAdvantage account. Contact AAdvantage if the miles do not show up within a month.
Make sure that your AAdvantage number appears on your BA boarding passes, and retain the boarding passes until you see the miles in your AAdvantage account. Contact AAdvantage if the miles do not show up within a month.
May 20, 2019, 6:17 pm
#145
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AA EXP, IHG Diamond, IC Amb
Posts: 5,508
Uh oh...Advantage earnings loophole closed on BA upgraded ticket?
I fly BA a lot but always credit to AA.
If available, I always use Avios to upgrade BA-ticket stock tickets and have always received AA EQM/EQDs based on the cabin FLOWN—one of the awesome loopholes for us mileage gamers.
Just did a cheap J MR to BOM and I was able to upgrade 2 legs to F but only received EQM/EQDs based on the J earn rate.
Have they closed this loophole?
Anyone else have this happen yet?
If available, I always use Avios to upgrade BA-ticket stock tickets and have always received AA EQM/EQDs based on the cabin FLOWN—one of the awesome loopholes for us mileage gamers.
Just did a cheap J MR to BOM and I was able to upgrade 2 legs to F but only received EQM/EQDs based on the J earn rate.
Have they closed this loophole?
Anyone else have this happen yet?
May 20, 2019, 7:04 pm
#146
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
I fly BA a lot but always credit to AA.
If available, I always use Avios to upgrade BA-ticket stock tickets and have always received AA EQM/EQDs based on the cabin FLOWN—one of the awesome loopholes for us mileage gamers.
Just did a cheap J MR to BOM and I was able to upgrade 2 legs to F but only received EQM/EQDs based on the J earn rate.
Have they closed this loophole?
Anyone else have this happen yet?
If available, I always use Avios to upgrade BA-ticket stock tickets and have always received AA EQM/EQDs based on the cabin FLOWN—one of the awesome loopholes for us mileage gamers.
Just did a cheap J MR to BOM and I was able to upgrade 2 legs to F but only received EQM/EQDs based on the J earn rate.
Have they closed this loophole?
Anyone else have this happen yet?
May 20, 2019, 7:26 pm
#147
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AA EXP, IHG Diamond, IC Amb
Posts: 5,508
I fly BA with upgraded tickets probably 4-6 legs per year and this is the first time this has happened where I only got the fare purchase instead of fare flown.
Jun 11, 2019, 2:52 pm
#149
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SAT
Programs: AA EXP/MM
Posts: 82
So...just to be clear, if I do end up purchasing this boondoggle of a MR on BA into I, it will accrue EQMs at 2/mile, correct?
Also (and forgive me...I skimmed through this thread, but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for), can anyone confirm how BA metal/BA stock with AA accrual works if one is able to get a POUG from T to I ? I'm primarily curious about EQM and whether they accrue as cabin booked (T=1.5/mile) or cabin flown (I=2.0/mile).
Also (and forgive me...I skimmed through this thread, but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for), can anyone confirm how BA metal/BA stock with AA accrual works if one is able to get a POUG from T to I ? I'm primarily curious about EQM and whether they accrue as cabin booked (T=1.5/mile) or cabin flown (I=2.0/mile).
Aug 15, 2019, 1:01 am
#150
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Posts: 654
My question might be better in this topic:
How does it work with the online upgrade offer from BA?
I am offered an upgrade from my O-class Economy fare LHR-HKG to Premium Economy and I am wondering if it also adjusts the EQM/EQD earnings on AAdvantage, because their terms & conditions are quite unclear on this topic.
I am offered an upgrade from my O-class Economy fare LHR-HKG to Premium Economy and I am wondering if it also adjusts the EQM/EQD earnings on AAdvantage, because their terms & conditions are quite unclear on this topic.