Jan 3, 2016, 11:18 pm
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Earning Elite Qualifying Miles / EQM (and AA status) earning in 2016
on American Airlines and its partner airlines
on American Airlines and its partner airlines
Note: Earning EQM / Elite Qualifying Miles and their purpose changed 1/1/2016
Please continue discussion in our 2017 version of the thread:
Earning AA Elite Qualifying Miles / EQM on AA, partner airlines 2017
Thanks!
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New Elite Qualifying Miles earning
link to AAdvantage program changes for 2016 on aa.com
"You’ll continue to earn EQMs based on the airline and booking class purchased. Plus, Full-fare Economy, Business Class or First Class tickets on American-marketed flights will earn EQMs at a higher rate (up to 2.0 or 3.0 EQMs per flown mile) – getting you to elite status faster." - aa.com
Caveat: other than on American Airlines, discount or deep discount economy fares may be credited with fractional or even no EQM / Elite Qualifying Miles. Read carefully.
Please see this page (link) on aa.com for earning AAdvantage miles flying oneworld and additional airline partners, then read the chart for that airline partner. Be sure to note some fares operated by oneworld and additional partners may earn full, partial or no AA miles (E.g. Cathay Pacific only earns AA miles on H, B and full Y fares in coach; BA and IB fares may earn as few as 0.5 EQ Miles per mile flown as of 1 Feb 2016.)
Link to AAdvantage program update page on aa.com
link to AAdvantage program changes for 2016 on aa.com
"You’ll continue to earn EQMs based on the airline and booking class purchased. Plus, Full-fare Economy, Business Class or First Class tickets on American-marketed flights will earn EQMs at a higher rate (up to 2.0 or 3.0 EQMs per flown mile) – getting you to elite status faster." - aa.com
Caveat: other than on American Airlines, discount or deep discount economy fares may be credited with fractional or even no EQM / Elite Qualifying Miles. Read carefully.
Please see this page (link) on aa.com for earning AAdvantage miles flying oneworld and additional airline partners, then read the chart for that airline partner. Be sure to note some fares operated by oneworld and additional partners may earn full, partial or no AA miles (E.g. Cathay Pacific only earns AA miles on H, B and full Y fares in coach; BA and IB fares may earn as few as 0.5 EQ Miles per mile flown as of 1 Feb 2016.)
Link to AAdvantage program update page on aa.com
Read The AAdvantage Terms and Conditions here
Glossary:
- Award mile ("RDM" often "Redeemable Mile" on Flyertalk): a unit that can be spent on an award, such as a bonus, purchased, or other AAdvantage mile.
- Base mile: A unit based on a flown mile (can be a percentage of flown miles on AA partners) used to calculate redeemable (award usable) miles (changes late 2016 to revenue based system)
- Bonus Mile: Award Mile earned through various activities including flying, credit card use, hotel stays, auto rentals, shopping etc. with various American Airlines partners. See Earning AA Award / Redeemable Miles / RDM on AA, partners later 2016.
- Elite Qualifying Mile (EQM): A unit used to earn status, based on flown miles X purchased class of service for the marketing airline. On AA coded flights you earn from 0.5 EQM on Basic Economy to 3.0 full undiscounted J and F.
- Elite Qualifying Segment (EQS): A unit used to earn status equivalent to a sector flown by a qualifying flight (but note when the same flight number is flown over two or more sectors the entirety will generally count as one segment. "You’ll still earn 1 EQS (Elite Qualifying segment) for each eligible segment you fly." - aa.com (NOTE: New Basic Economy fares only earn 0.5 EQS.)
- Flown mile: actual miles flown (as published by AA - Great Circle Mapper, etc. are close
- Marketing airline is the airline "plating" or issuing the boarding pass, e.g. QF operated by FJ. The marketing airline's chart on aa.com (not the airline's) determines your miles earning on airline partners.
- Operating airline is the airline operating the flight. except for AA and QF (and a very few others) to earn miles on a oneworld marketed flight, the operating airline must generally be a oneworld airline.
- Qualifying flight: an AA or partner flight on which one can earn EQM, EQS in this instance
AAdvantage Status Four Annual American Airlines Segment Requirement
*Must fly at least four segments on American Airlines during the qualifying year to receive elite status. no longer a requirement as of 1/1/2027.
- AA marketed flights / AA codeshares operated by other carriers count. It has been reported codeshares operated by American Airlines also count.
On American Airlines marketed flights: (AA flights operated by AA and AA codeshares)
Exceptions: There are certain airline ticket types that are not eligible for mileage accrual regardless of the booking class. These include, without limitation, the following:
- 3 EQMs/mile – Full-fare First or Business
- 2 EQMs/mile - Discount First or Business
- 1.5 EQMs/mile – Full-fare Main Cabin, or W Premium Economy on AA codeshares
- 1 EQMs/mile - Discount Main Cabin
- 0.5 EQMs/mile - Basic Economy fares (new Feb 2017)
- All tickets issued as AAdvantage awards
- Other free ticket promotions including free or reduced rate tickets
- Companion tickets
- Charter flight tickets
- Travel agency/industry reduced rate tickets
- Infant tickets
- Items occupying a purchased seat (e.g. XTRASEAT)
- (Also Extra seats purchased by a passenger for him/herself)
- Unpublished fare tickets, including consolidator fares
- Tickets issued subject to special provisions
Earning EQM on AA partner airlines:
The amount of EQMs you earn on partner airlines has changed. Earning rates will vary depending on the marketing airline. On qualifying flights of airlines other than AA marketed flights, the maximum EQM that can be earned is 1.5 EQM per base mile flown.
EQMs may be earned at different rates and with differing fare classes, depending on airline, flown miles and fare class. Not all partner airlines' or their fares earn EQM. See here to partner airlines' miles earning charts link on aa.com.
Some non-oneworld partner airlines award only award / redeemable miles, not EQM (e.g. Etihad, Gulf, Fiji), unless flying them as an AA or QF marketed ("codeshare") flight.
Explore our partner airlines (link)
For example, using BA / British Airways marketed flights operated by oneworld partners including AA, as of 1 Feb 2016:
The amount of EQMs you earn on partner airlines has changed. Earning rates will vary depending on the marketing airline. On qualifying flights of airlines other than AA marketed flights, the maximum EQM that can be earned is 1.5 EQM per base mile flown.
EQMs may be earned at different rates and with differing fare classes, depending on airline, flown miles and fare class. Not all partner airlines' or their fares earn EQM. See here to partner airlines' miles earning charts link on aa.com.
Some non-oneworld partner airlines award only award / redeemable miles, not EQM (e.g. Etihad, Gulf, Fiji), unless flying them as an AA or QF marketed ("codeshare") flight.
Explore our partner airlines (link)
For example, using BA / British Airways marketed flights operated by oneworld partners including AA, as of 1 Feb 2016:
- 1.5 EQMs/mile - BA all published, purchased First Class fares
- 1.5 EQM / EQMs/mile - BA all published, purchased Business / Club fares
- 1.5 EQM / EQMs/mile - BA all published, purchased premium economy / Traveller Pus fares
- 1.0 EQM / EQMs/mile - BA all published, purchased full economy / Traveller Y and B fares
- 0.5 EQM / EQMs/mile - BA all other published, purchased economy / Traveller fares
AAdvantage Elite minimum mileage guarantee (applies to EQM and RDM)
How is the 500-mile EQM minimum benefit applied for elite members?
If your flight is less than 500 miles we’ll raise the base EQM amount to 500 prior to applying any multipliers, according to the booking code purchased. After applying the multiplier, the number of EQMs awarded could be less than 500. For example, if your flight is 300 miles in length, we will raise the base EQM amount to 500. If the multiplier to be applied is 0.50, you will earn 250 EQMs for the flight.
Elite members will earn at least 500 (250, in reality - see immediately above) miles for flights under 500 miles on American Airlines and American Eagle (including codeshare flights booked as an American Airlines flight number) and participating AAdvantage and oneworld airlines: *LAN includes LAN Airlines, LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador and LAN Peru. Minima seem to not apply to new Basic Economy fares.
The 500 EQM minimum is what multipliers should be applied to, not actual miles when flown miles are under 500. See:
Earning AA Elite Qualifying Miles / EQM on AA, oneworld, partner airlines 2016.
aa.com: link
How is the 500-mile EQM minimum benefit applied for elite members?
If your flight is less than 500 miles we’ll raise the base EQM amount to 500 prior to applying any multipliers, according to the booking code purchased. After applying the multiplier, the number of EQMs awarded could be less than 500. For example, if your flight is 300 miles in length, we will raise the base EQM amount to 500. If the multiplier to be applied is 0.50, you will earn 250 EQMs for the flight.
Elite members will earn at least 500 (250, in reality - see immediately above) miles for flights under 500 miles on American Airlines and American Eagle (including codeshare flights booked as an American Airlines flight number) and participating AAdvantage and oneworld airlines:
- airberlin
- Alaska Airlines
- British Airways
- Fiji Airways (non-oneworld; RDM only)
- Finnair
- Gulf Air (non-oneworld; RDM only)
- Iberia
- LAN*
- Qantas
- Royal Jordanian
- SriLankan Airlines
- TAM Airlines
The 500 EQM minimum is what multipliers should be applied to, not actual miles when flown miles are under 500. See:
Further confirmation of above from inside AA. He (JonNYC) got a message from AAdvantage
Cheers.
So, they will do an adjustment for those that were shorted so far and the system will soon be fixed for real.
Cheers.
Originally Posted by JonNYC Vie
That's what I'm told as well-- fix on the way, system not operating as intended at present.
Further confirmation of above from inside AA. He got a message from AAdvantage
That's what I'm told as well-- fix on the way, system not operating as intended at present.
Further confirmation of above from inside AA. He got a message from AAdvantage
Originally Posted by AAdvantage
Thanks for your questions on EQM earning. There is a glitch in how the minimum mileage guarantee for EQMs is being calculated. The calculation should credit the 500 mile minimum before applying the EQM multiplier. Beginning in the next few weeks, we will be running a retroactive process to “true up” any accounts where the member did not earn the proper number of EQMs. This process will continue to run until the calculation can be reprogrammed in the AAdvantage system.
So, they will do an adjustment for those that were shorted so far and the system will soon be fixed for real.
Thanks for your questions on EQM earning. There is a glitch in how the minimum mileage guarantee for EQMs is being calculated. The calculation should credit the 500 mile minimum before applying the EQM multiplier. Beginning in the next few weeks, we will be running a retroactive process to “true up” any accounts where the member did not earn the proper number of EQMs. This process will continue to run until the calculation can be reprogrammed in the AAdvantage system.
So, they will do an adjustment for those that were shorted so far and the system will soon be fixed for real.
So, they will do an adjustment for those that were shorted so far and the system will soon be fixed for real.
Cheers.
aa.com: link
Elite Qualifying (EQM) or Redeemable (RDM)?
To determine if you earn EQM or RDM, read the "Earn miles" statement for each airline:
This will earn EQM:
This will not earn EQM, only RDM:
To determine if you earn EQM or RDM, read the "Earn miles" statement for each airline:
This will earn EQM:
Earn miles
Earn elite-qualifying AAdvantage miles when you fly on airberlin marketed and operated flights as well as airberlin codeshare flights operated by American Airlines. Simply:
Earn elite-qualifying AAdvantage miles when you fly on airberlin marketed and operated flights as well as airberlin codeshare flights operated by American Airlines. Simply:
- 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.
Earn miles
Earn AAdvantage miles when you fly on Fiji Airways marketed and operated flights as well as Fiji Airways codeshare flights operated by American Airlines. Simply:
Earn AAdvantage miles when you fly on Fiji Airways marketed and operated flights as well as Fiji Airways codeshare flights operated by American Airlines. Simply:
- 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.
oneworld Codeshares Operated by non-oneworld Airlines or Affiliates
Other than flying Qantas (and some Japan Airlines) codeshares / marketed flights, oneworld codeshare flights must be operated by oneworld airlines and their oneworld affiliates to earn miles.
E.g. AA codeshare operated by EY, earn as if flying AA.
E.g. Flying EY, earn Redeemable (not Elite Qualifying) miles.
E.g. BA operated by Bangkok Airways, no AA miles.
E.g. Iberia operated by SN yields no AA miles.
E.g. QF flown by FJ should to earn EQM.
Other than flying Qantas (and some Japan Airlines) codeshares / marketed flights, oneworld codeshare flights must be operated by oneworld airlines and their oneworld affiliates to earn miles.
E.g. AA codeshare operated by EY, earn as if flying AA.
E.g. Flying EY, earn Redeemable (not Elite Qualifying) miles.
E.g. BA operated by Bangkok Airways, no AA miles.
E.g. Iberia operated by SN yields no AA miles.
E.g. QF flown by FJ should to earn EQM.
Examples: (For a flight of 1,000 flown miles)
- AA marketed on full F fare class First: 3,000 EQM (regardless of status, regardless of operating airline)
- AA marketed on discounted First or Business (A, P, D, I, R): 2,000 EQM
- AA in deep discount economy: 1,000 EQM
- BA marketed qualifying flight in F First, Business (Club), Premium Economy (World Traveller Plus): 1,500 EQM (even if operated by AA)
- BA marketed qualifying flight in Economy (World Traveller) B, Y: 1,000 EQM
- BA marketed qualifying flight in Economy (World Traveller) H, K, L, M, N, S, V, G, O, Q: 500 EQM
NOTES:
- All AA marketed ("AA codeshares") flights in paid, qualifying fare classes earn 1.0 or more EQM (regardless of "metal" or operating airline
- oneworld marketed flights operated by oneworld airlines earn miles in accord with the marketing airline's miles earnings chart on aa.com (link)
- AAdvantage elites continue to be awarded 500 EQM minimum on qualifying flights - see above (non-elites also earn minimum 500 EQM on Shuttlesonly through the first half of 2016)
- oneworld marketed flights operated by NON-oneworld airlines do not earn EQ (or any) miles, with rare exceptions - QF, a few JL, marketed flights
- Exception: Qantas flights operated by other airlines earn AA EQ miles in qualifying fare classes, other than those QF codeshares operated by QF subsidiary Jetstar
- Some airline partners allow crediting base miles and earning redeemable miles (no EQM) flown "natively", such as Etihad or Fiji
Earn more EQMs via credit card earning
Also, as a Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive card or AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver MasterCard® credit cardmember, you’ll still earn 10,000 EQMs after you reach your qualifying spend for the year when you use your eligible AAdvantage credit card.
Learn more about the Citi®/AAdvantage® Executive card
Learn more about the AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver MasterCard®
Also, as a Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive card or AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver MasterCard® credit cardmember, you’ll still earn 10,000 EQMs after you reach your qualifying spend for the year when you use your eligible AAdvantage credit card.
Learn more about the Citi®/AAdvantage® Executive card
Learn more about the AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver MasterCard®
CAUTION: To earn status on AA you must fly a minimum of four qualifying segments on an AA marketed or operated flight within the qualifying year. (The exception has been for elite status challenges.)
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ARCHIVE: Earning AA Elite Qualifying Miles / EQM on AA, partner airlines 2016
Jan 8, 2016, 2:39 pm
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Jan 8, 2016, 2:55 pm
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I book 99% P domestic, so YMMV.
Jan 8, 2016, 4:34 pm
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Previously, the elite benefits explictly stated that the minimum mileage applied to computing base miles. The product of the multiplier and the base miles then gave the reaults for EQP or RDM, and also EQM for partners that derated earning on discount economy.
For example, in previous years flying from PDX on a premium fair I would connect via SEA on AS in Y booking class (QX operated, so there is no F cabin). AA elite status increased 129 actual miles to 500 minimum base miles. Then the 1.5 EQP multiplier for Y is applied, resulting in 750 EQP for each segment like this.
Now the elite benefit page says "Elite members will earn at least 500 miles for flights under 500 miles" implying that the multiplier comes first and then the minimum is applied. This would be consistent with the changed values people are seeing.
This would flatten out the premium vs. non-premium earning for flights under 333 miles.
For example, in previous years flying from PDX on a premium fair I would connect via SEA on AS in Y booking class (QX operated, so there is no F cabin). AA elite status increased 129 actual miles to 500 minimum base miles. Then the 1.5 EQP multiplier for Y is applied, resulting in 750 EQP for each segment like this.
Now the elite benefit page says "Elite members will earn at least 500 miles for flights under 500 miles" implying that the multiplier comes first and then the minimum is applied. This would be consistent with the changed values people are seeing.
This would flatten out the premium vs. non-premium earning for flights under 333 miles.
Jan 8, 2016, 8:22 pm
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Flew DCA-CLT-DCA on Wednesday and Thursday. P class.
Based on my understanding, I thought I should have earned 2000 EQMs.
DCA-CLT in P class 500 miles minimum x 2.0 (DEQP for DISCOUNTED F class) = 1000 miles.
CLT-DCA in P class 500 miles minimum x 2.0 (DEQP for DISCOUNTED F class) = 1000 miles.
In reality, it looks like I was credited a total of 1320 EQMs, which is 330 miles (the direct distance between DCA and CLT) x 4.
In terms of RDMs, I received the following:
330 miles + 670 miles = 1000 miles (500 mile minimum x 2 for being a Plat)
AADV BONUS MILES PROMO - FIRST & BUSINESS = 500 miles
"500 Mile Min. Adjust - Non Elite Qualifying Miles" = 250 miles
So, 1750 RDMs for DCA-CLT.
Based on my understanding, I thought I should have earned 2000 EQMs.
DCA-CLT in P class 500 miles minimum x 2.0 (DEQP for DISCOUNTED F class) = 1000 miles.
CLT-DCA in P class 500 miles minimum x 2.0 (DEQP for DISCOUNTED F class) = 1000 miles.
In reality, it looks like I was credited a total of 1320 EQMs, which is 330 miles (the direct distance between DCA and CLT) x 4.
In terms of RDMs, I received the following:
330 miles + 670 miles = 1000 miles (500 mile minimum x 2 for being a Plat)
AADV BONUS MILES PROMO - FIRST & BUSINESS = 500 miles
"500 Mile Min. Adjust - Non Elite Qualifying Miles" = 250 miles
So, 1750 RDMs for DCA-CLT.
Jan 9, 2016, 4:36 am
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LAN "C" Class - no miles credit for AAdvantage?
I recently booked a JJ plated business class ticket from Europe to SCL. Of all five segments, three of them are LAN operated but JJ coded, one segment is JJ operated and JJ coded (GRU-EZE), and one segment is LAN operated with LAN flight number (EZE-SCL).
Now this LA 532 (EZE-SCL) has a booking class of "C". However, upon checking "C" class on LAN page from AAdvantage, there is no "C" class there, but on JJ's page there is a "C" class listed.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/e...rlines/lan.jsp
I talked to EXP desk as well as AA twitter team but nobody has a clue. At last, one of the agents told me if there is no "C" class listed on AAdvantage's LAN webpage, I won't be earning AA credits for this segment.
So my question is: am I out of luck here? Or this is simply a glitch on earning's chart that AAdvantage will take an LA "C" class as a JJ "C" class at the end of the day.
Also, given that JJ now is part of LA, anybody has any experience to earn 100% EXP bonus miles when flying on JJ coded but LA operated flights?
Thanks!
Now this LA 532 (EZE-SCL) has a booking class of "C". However, upon checking "C" class on LAN page from AAdvantage, there is no "C" class there, but on JJ's page there is a "C" class listed.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/e...rlines/lan.jsp
I talked to EXP desk as well as AA twitter team but nobody has a clue. At last, one of the agents told me if there is no "C" class listed on AAdvantage's LAN webpage, I won't be earning AA credits for this segment.
So my question is: am I out of luck here? Or this is simply a glitch on earning's chart that AAdvantage will take an LA "C" class as a JJ "C" class at the end of the day.
Also, given that JJ now is part of LA, anybody has any experience to earn 100% EXP bonus miles when flying on JJ coded but LA operated flights?
Thanks!
Jan 9, 2016, 4:52 am
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With OneWorld the marketing carrier (flight number) determines your earning, if its an eligable flight.
With no C listed in the LA page of AAdvantage in my view you are out of luck.
But does seem strange that C is not listed
With no C listed in the LA page of AAdvantage in my view you are out of luck.
But does seem strange that C is not listed
Jan 9, 2016, 4:59 am
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I recently booked a JJ plated business class ticket from Europe to SCL. Of all five segments, three of them are LAN operated but JJ coded, one segment is JJ operated and JJ coded (GRU-EZE), and one segment is LAN operated with LAN flight number (EZE-SCL).
Now this LA 532 (EZE-SCL) has a booking class of "C". However, upon checking "C" class on LAN page from AAdvantage, there is no "C" class there, but on JJ's page there is a "C" class listed.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/e...rlines/lan.jsp
I talked to EXP desk as well as AA twitter team but nobody has a clue. At last, one of the agents told me if there is no "C" class listed on AAdvantage's LAN webpage, I won't be earning AA credits for this segment.
So my question is: am I out of luck here? Or this is simply a glitch on earning's chart that AAdvantage will take an LA "C" class as a JJ "C" class at the end of the day.
Also, given that JJ now is part of LA, anybody has any experience to earn 100% EXP bonus miles when flying on JJ coded but LA operated flights?
Thanks!
Now this LA 532 (EZE-SCL) has a booking class of "C". However, upon checking "C" class on LAN page from AAdvantage, there is no "C" class there, but on JJ's page there is a "C" class listed.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/e...rlines/lan.jsp
I talked to EXP desk as well as AA twitter team but nobody has a clue. At last, one of the agents told me if there is no "C" class listed on AAdvantage's LAN webpage, I won't be earning AA credits for this segment.
So my question is: am I out of luck here? Or this is simply a glitch on earning's chart that AAdvantage will take an LA "C" class as a JJ "C" class at the end of the day.
Also, given that JJ now is part of LA, anybody has any experience to earn 100% EXP bonus miles when flying on JJ coded but LA operated flights?
Thanks!
Jan 9, 2016, 6:13 am
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Thanks both!
Jan 9, 2016, 8:41 am
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JonNYC says it wasn't willful - but OTOH, now it would be 1,000 EQM for full J under the new EQ Miles rules. In theory, they could just keep it: that would allow DFW-SAT to be 3 X 247 miles flown = 741 EQM instead of 1,500 EQM for full F, or 494 EQM instead of 1,000 for discount First or Business, and 500 EQM full Y or any other qualifying fare.
flight under 500 miles flown in 2/3x EQM fare (presumably showing 2/3x base instead of 2/3x 500 since that is what most are reporting), I will pass it along.
Cheers.
Jan 9, 2016, 8:56 am
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I haven't yet been affected by this (will in a month or two though), but I do greatly appreciate the offer brp!
Jan 9, 2016, 8:59 am
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For me, I want a definitive answer so that I know what to do with my spreadsheet
FYI- for those using it, it's currently doing 2/3x 500 for short flights.
Cheers.
Jan 9, 2016, 11:18 am
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Just another data point from a short flight:
Flew CLT-RDU in discount F (130-mile trip).
- Earned exactly 500 EQM's
- In RDM statement:
1) 130 base miles + 870 bonus miles =1000
2) 500 mile min. adjustment - non elite qualifying miles: 250
3) First/business promo miles bonus= 500
Flew CLT-RDU in discount F (130-mile trip).
- Earned exactly 500 EQM's
- In RDM statement:
1) 130 base miles + 870 bonus miles =1000
2) 500 mile min. adjustment - non elite qualifying miles: 250
3) First/business promo miles bonus= 500
Jan 9, 2016, 1:14 pm
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I have a connection at AA willing to look into this as well (the more the merrier, I say, for getting informed input). He'd like an actual recent PNR for the investigation, to see what happened, and what *should* have happened. If anyone is willing to PM me a recent (within the last week) PNR that shows:
Jan 9, 2016, 1:50 pm
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