Jan 27, 2016, 7:50 am
Last edit by: JDiver
Earning AA Award ("Redeemable") Miles / RDM earning as of 01 Aug 2016
on American Airlines and its partner airlines
on American Airlines and its partner airlines
Note: Earning RDM / Award Miles changed 1 Aug 2016 -
Award Mile changes: American Airlines announced 1 Aug 2016 they have implemented a revenue-based scheme for earning what American is calling Award Miles (previous AA terms have included "Prize-winning miles", also frequently referred to as Redeemable Miles (RDM) in this forum).
This means miles that can be spent on awards are now earned on the basis of price paid (base fare plus carrier-imposed fees such as fuel surcharges, not including government-imposed fees and taxes such as airport passenger service fees, etc.) times a factor determined by one's status. This change applies only to AA-"marketed" flights -- that is, flights booked with an "A" flight number -- with exceptions described under "Special Fares".
Partner-marketed flights (flights with a flight number other than an "AA" one) continue to earn based on miles. See below. This change applies to all flights flown on or after 1 Aug 2016, regardless of when the ticket was purchased.
Elite Qualifying Miles / EQM are merely mile posts to count for status qualification as of 01 January 2016. NOTE: some airline partner EQM changes occur 1 Aug 2016. See here. These are no longer Redeemable.
Bonus Miles: The earning of Bonus Miles (which are always Award or Redeemable Miles, never Elite Qualifying), has changed as a result of the new system. Cabin service / fare class bonus miles may be earned on flights marketed by AA airline partners; see the mileage earning chart for 1 Aug 2016 for each airline partner on aa.com.
See Earning AA Elite Qualifying Miles / EQM on AA, oneworld, partners 2016 for more about earning EQM.
Link to aa.com page "AAdvantage program updates".
Award Miles (also called Redeemable miles)
Earning as of 01 Aug 2016 and beyond
Earn miles
To earn AAdvantage® miles when you fly on American and American Eagle marketed flights (including flights sold as AA codeshare flights operated by other airlines):
Calculating award miles
For travel beginning August 1, 2016, you'll earn miles based on ticket price (base fare plus carrier-imposed fees, not including government-imposed taxes and fees). The more you spend, and the higher your elite status, the more you'll earn.
Or, as mchensel said in another post, to clarify:
AAdvantage® member – 5 miles for every U.S. dollar*
Gold member – 7 miles/U.S. dollar* (5 miles + 2 miles, 40% bonus)
Platinum member – 8 miles/U.S. dollar* (5 miles + 3 miles, 60% bonus)
Platinum Pro member - 9 miles/U.S. dollar* (5 miles + 4 miles, 80% bonus)
Executive Platinum member – 11 miles/U.S. dollar* (5 miles + 6 miles a 120% bonus)
*dollar spent on basic fare and carrier imposed fees only - not government fees or taxes, ancillary fees such as baggage, upgrade, changes, etc.
NOTE: You can earn a maximum of 75,000 award miles per E-Ticket. Note that a single PNR might have more than one E-Ticket, and various kinds of changes may cause an E-Ticket to be re-issued, which we believe resets the maximum mileage counter.
Earning award miles for travel on most flights marketed by partner airlines is based on a percentage of the flight distance and the fare class purchased. Updated tables were posted 15 Jul 2016 and reflect new award earning rates on partner / fare class combinations.
See here.
Elite bonuses on partners: Earning on flights marketed by Alaska and almost all oneworld partners will also use those same elite status bonus ratios (40%/60%/80%?/120%), as announced by AA on 1 Aug 2016. See here.
Special Fares: AA has specified a set of "Special Fares", which includes AA Vacations. NOTE: Award Miles earning varies for "Special Fares" (e.g. AA Vacations), and the chart for those changes on 11 Jan 2017. See here.
Initial reports have revealed interesting cases which apparently fall under that final "fare isn't disclosed" catch-all, and therefore earn according to the Special Fares mileage-based table:
Again, these reports are few and preliminary. Further data points to confirm or refute these, or to add to the list, are welcome.
Elite Bonuses on Special Fares: The Special Fares page also says, "AAdvantage elite member bonuses will be applied in addition to the percentages shown for award miles." These bonuses are the same as for partner flights.
See the "Special Fares" earning chart (and note the chart for those changes on 11 Jan 2017). See here.
BE SURE to read the FAQs here.
Sample calculation
AAdvantage member flying round-trip on an American marketed flight from Dallas (DFW) to London-Heathrow (LHR) (NOTE: All $ figures are USD / U.S. Dollars)
In the example below, in Costa Rican Colones so used only for illustrative purposes, the airport and countered fees and taxes would be excluded from RDM calculations:
Bonus miles
Bonus (award) Miles are no longer earned as before - see earnings for EQM, A/RDM (and for 2017 EQD) here and from other partner activities such as hotel stays, auto rentals, purchases from AA shopping portal vendors and partners, credit cards, etc.
(NOTE: Bonus miles are Award / Redeemable, not Elite Qualifying, miles)
Earning as of 01 Aug 2016 and beyond
Earn miles
To earn AAdvantage® miles when you fly on American and American Eagle marketed flights (including flights sold as AA codeshare flights operated by other airlines):
- Buy an eligible published fare ticket in an eligible booking 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.
Calculating award miles
For travel beginning August 1, 2016, you'll earn miles based on ticket price (base fare plus carrier-imposed fees, not including government-imposed taxes and fees). The more you spend, and the higher your elite status, the more you'll earn.
- AAdvantage® member – 5 miles for every U.S. dollar
- Gold member – 7 miles/U.S. dollar (40% bonus)
- Platinum member – 8 miles/U.S. dollar (60% bonus)
- Platinum Pro member (New in 2017) - 9 miles/U.S. dollar (80%bonus)
- Executive Platinum member – 11 miles/U.S. dollar (120% bonus)
Or, as mchensel said in another post, to clarify:
AAdvantage® member – 5 miles for every U.S. dollar*
Gold member – 7 miles/U.S. dollar* (5 miles + 2 miles, 40% bonus)
Platinum member – 8 miles/U.S. dollar* (5 miles + 3 miles, 60% bonus)
Platinum Pro member - 9 miles/U.S. dollar* (5 miles + 4 miles, 80% bonus)
Executive Platinum member – 11 miles/U.S. dollar* (5 miles + 6 miles a 120% bonus)
*dollar spent on basic fare and carrier imposed fees only - not government fees or taxes, ancillary fees such as baggage, upgrade, changes, etc.
NOTE: You can earn a maximum of 75,000 award miles per E-Ticket. Note that a single PNR might have more than one E-Ticket, and various kinds of changes may cause an E-Ticket to be re-issued, which we believe resets the maximum mileage counter.
Earning award miles for travel on most flights marketed by partner airlines is based on a percentage of the flight distance and the fare class purchased. Updated tables were posted 15 Jul 2016 and reflect new award earning rates on partner / fare class combinations.
See here.
Elite bonuses on partners: Earning on flights marketed by Alaska and almost all oneworld partners will also use those same elite status bonus ratios (40%/60%/80%?/120%), as announced by AA on 1 Aug 2016. See here.
Special Fares: AA has specified a set of "Special Fares", which includes AA Vacations. NOTE: Award Miles earning varies for "Special Fares" (e.g. AA Vacations), and the chart for those changes on 11 Jan 2017. See here.
Some fares (such as bulk or consolidator fares) earn award miles and Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) at a modified rate based on a percentage of the distance flown as determined by the booking code.
Special fares are often purchased through a specialized agent, third party or as part of a package including air transportation and lodging.
Examples:
Special fares are often purchased through a specialized agent, third party or as part of a package including air transportation and lodging.
Examples:
- Bulk fares
- Cruise fares
- Consolidator fares
- Discounted or inclusive tour packages
- Vacation packages, including American Airlines Vacations® (AAV) packages
- Other tickets where the fare isn't disclosed, excluding bookings made through priceline.com or hotwire.com where the carrier isn't disclosed before buying
- At least some purchases made with Citi TYPs and the like
- At least some reissues, whether changed beforehand or due to IROPS
Elite Bonuses on Special Fares: The Special Fares page also says, "AAdvantage elite member bonuses will be applied in addition to the percentages shown for award miles." These bonuses are the same as for partner flights.
See the "Special Fares" earning chart (and note the chart for those changes on 11 Jan 2017). See here.
BE SURE to read the FAQs here.
Sample calculation
AAdvantage member flying round-trip on an American marketed flight from Dallas (DFW) to London-Heathrow (LHR) (NOTE: All $ figures are USD / U.S. Dollars)
Code:
Elite status Base fare Carrier imposed fees Miles/USD Award miles earned AAdvantage member $1,436 $458 5 9,470 Gold $1,436 $458 7 13,258 Platinum $1,436 $458 8 15,152 Executive Platinum $1,436 $458 11 20,834
Bonus miles
Bonus (award) Miles are no longer earned as before - see earnings for EQM, A/RDM (and for 2017 EQD) here and from other partner activities such as hotel stays, auto rentals, purchases from AA shopping portal vendors and partners, credit cards, etc.
(NOTE: Bonus miles are Award / Redeemable, not Elite Qualifying, miles)
Certain airline ticket types aren't eligible for mileage accrual regardless of the booking code. These include, without limitation:
- All tickets issued as AAdvantage® awards
- Charter flight tickets
- Companion tickets
- Infant tickets
- Items occupying a purchased seat
- Other free ticket promotions including free or reduced rate tickets
- Tickets purchased through a travel agency where the airline is not disclosed prior to purchase, such as Priceline or Hotwire
- Tickets issued subject to special provisions
- Travel agency/industry reduced rate tickets"
Updated 07 Jan 2017 - JDiver with thanks to spammersarescum
Historical information moved to ARCHIVE thread, link to same renewed. JDiver
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GUIDE: Earning AA Award / Redeemable Miles / RDM on AA, partners 1 Aug 2016
Sep 24, 2016, 2:42 pm
#601
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: AA Executive Platinum; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,662
Sep 25, 2016, 12:04 pm
#602
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
No IRROPs, was upgraded as I was about to scan my BP, so maybe the GA did something funny. I didn't look at my BP to see whether the class was X or something else. Have not called in as I am not sure how much I would get from the fare and figured I would ask the experts first what they thought.
You might want to compute the miles both ways and call to complain if fare-based would have been better. As noted above, we're interested in test cases of people trying that.
Sep 26, 2016, 6:14 am
#603
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: BRU, DUS, AMS
Programs: AA, BA, SN, KL, IHG, HH, BW, CC
Posts: 16
Hello everyone,
I am currently AA platinum. I am aware of the changes after Aug 1st but I thought the EQM would still depend on the actual miles flown and the redeemable miles would depend on what you spend. Anyway, I don't know if I got it wrong. My EQM posted are low... There are intercontinental and Hawaiian flights, amongst others. If I'm not wrong, before 8/1 this would have been around 50k miles, about 10x what I got now. Did it really become that bad?
Here are my August flights, maybe someone could comment whether this seems right or not. Thanks!
Starting balance 136,187
Ticket # Date EQMs / EQSs Base miles Bonus miles Total award miles
AMERICAN AIRLINES 6267 Y GOT LHR
Method: Fare 8/11/16 652 / 1 50 30 80
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0161 Y LAX OGG
Method: Fare 8/12/16 2,486 / 1 190 114 304
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0109 Y LHR LAX
Method: Fare 8/12/16 5,456 / 1 925 555 1,480
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0620 Y OGG PHX
Method: Fare 8/16/16 2,845 / 1 180 108 288
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0465 Y PHX ORD
Method: Fare 8/17/16 1,440 / 1 95 57 152
AMERICAN AIRLINES 8081 Y ORD TXL
Method: Fare 8/17/16 4,413 / 1 965 579 1,544
AIR BERLIN 8062 Y TXL GOT
Method: Distance 8/18/16 250 / 1 91 0 91
AMERICAN AIRLINES 6503 Y DUS LHR
Method: Distance 8/23/16 500 / 1 156 94 250
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0057 Y LHR MIA
Method: Fare 8/23/16 4,425 / 1 720 432 1,152
Total miles posted 3,372 1,969 5,341
Balance 141,528
All were AA flights (booked + metal), except that one short AB flight.
Does not seem right to me, but please comment.
cfr... the AA website says this:
Details for earning miles
For travel August 1 – December 31, 2016
Cabin Purchased fares booked in** EQMs per mile flown***
Full Fare First/Business F, J 3.00
Discount First/Business A, P, D, I, R 2.00
Economy Y, B, W* 1.50
Economy H, K, M, L, W, V, G, Q, N, O, S 1.00
Thanks!
I am currently AA platinum. I am aware of the changes after Aug 1st but I thought the EQM would still depend on the actual miles flown and the redeemable miles would depend on what you spend. Anyway, I don't know if I got it wrong. My EQM posted are low... There are intercontinental and Hawaiian flights, amongst others. If I'm not wrong, before 8/1 this would have been around 50k miles, about 10x what I got now. Did it really become that bad?
Here are my August flights, maybe someone could comment whether this seems right or not. Thanks!
Starting balance 136,187
Ticket # Date EQMs / EQSs Base miles Bonus miles Total award miles
AMERICAN AIRLINES 6267 Y GOT LHR
Method: Fare 8/11/16 652 / 1 50 30 80
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0161 Y LAX OGG
Method: Fare 8/12/16 2,486 / 1 190 114 304
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0109 Y LHR LAX
Method: Fare 8/12/16 5,456 / 1 925 555 1,480
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0620 Y OGG PHX
Method: Fare 8/16/16 2,845 / 1 180 108 288
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0465 Y PHX ORD
Method: Fare 8/17/16 1,440 / 1 95 57 152
AMERICAN AIRLINES 8081 Y ORD TXL
Method: Fare 8/17/16 4,413 / 1 965 579 1,544
AIR BERLIN 8062 Y TXL GOT
Method: Distance 8/18/16 250 / 1 91 0 91
AMERICAN AIRLINES 6503 Y DUS LHR
Method: Distance 8/23/16 500 / 1 156 94 250
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0057 Y LHR MIA
Method: Fare 8/23/16 4,425 / 1 720 432 1,152
Total miles posted 3,372 1,969 5,341
Balance 141,528
All were AA flights (booked + metal), except that one short AB flight.
Does not seem right to me, but please comment.
cfr... the AA website says this:
Details for earning miles
For travel August 1 – December 31, 2016
Cabin Purchased fares booked in** EQMs per mile flown***
Full Fare First/Business F, J 3.00
Discount First/Business A, P, D, I, R 2.00
Economy Y, B, W* 1.50
Economy H, K, M, L, W, V, G, Q, N, O, S 1.00
Thanks!
Sep 26, 2016, 6:44 am
#604
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 44,543
The EQMs look right ( assuming economy class other than Y or B class )
GOT-LHR 652
LAX-OGG 2,486
LHR-LAX 5,456
OGG-PHX 2,845
PHX-ORD 1,440
ORD-TXL 4,413
TXL-GOT 250
DUS-LHR 500
LHR-MIA 4,425
total 22,467
Comparing with Great Circle Mapper, the only oddity is that GOT-LHR is 13 miles further according to it at 665 miles
GOT-LHR 652
LAX-OGG 2,486
LHR-LAX 5,456
OGG-PHX 2,845
PHX-ORD 1,440
ORD-TXL 4,413
TXL-GOT 250
DUS-LHR 500
LHR-MIA 4,425
total 22,467
Comparing with Great Circle Mapper, the only oddity is that GOT-LHR is 13 miles further according to it at 665 miles
Last edited by Dave Noble; Sep 26, 2016 at 6:51 am
Sep 26, 2016, 6:53 am
#605
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA EXP, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinium
Posts: 1,334
Unless I'm missing something, I get different calculated fares than you do. I see:
MIA-LGA: $61.00 (305/5)
JFK-MXP: $420.00 (2100/5)
MXP-MIA: $382.00 (1910/5)
MIA-EZE: $157.00 (785/5)
Total: $1020 for 4 segments out of 5 with original BF+CC of $1167 and additional fare collected of a little over $130.
Seems pretty reasonable to me. I doubt the system captures the additional fare collections. Excluding those, AA would have assigned $147 of fare to your May EZE-MIA, which is pretty similar to the $157 you got on MIA-EZE.
I think where your calculated fares went awry was dividing base RDM by the EXP multiple of 11, e.g. for MIA-EZE you were looking at base RDM of 785 and dividing by 11=$71.36. The base RDM of 785 are the 5x every member gets, so to calculate the assigned fare you have to divide 785 by 5 =$157. The 942 elite bonus RDM are the additional 6x an EXP gets. If you prefer calculating by dividing by the total EXP number of 11, you need to divide the last number on that segment record, 1727 RDM which when divided by 11 also = $157 assigned fare.
MIA-LGA: $61.00 (305/5)
JFK-MXP: $420.00 (2100/5)
MXP-MIA: $382.00 (1910/5)
MIA-EZE: $157.00 (785/5)
Total: $1020 for 4 segments out of 5 with original BF+CC of $1167 and additional fare collected of a little over $130.
Seems pretty reasonable to me. I doubt the system captures the additional fare collections. Excluding those, AA would have assigned $147 of fare to your May EZE-MIA, which is pretty similar to the $157 you got on MIA-EZE.
I think where your calculated fares went awry was dividing base RDM by the EXP multiple of 11, e.g. for MIA-EZE you were looking at base RDM of 785 and dividing by 11=$71.36. The base RDM of 785 are the 5x every member gets, so to calculate the assigned fare you have to divide 785 by 5 =$157. The 942 elite bonus RDM are the additional 6x an EXP gets. If you prefer calculating by dividing by the total EXP number of 11, you need to divide the last number on that segment record, 1727 RDM which when divided by 11 also = $157 assigned fare.
If my arithmetic is correct
for the round trip journey
Return journey
MXP-MIA-EZE
1910 + 785 base points = 2695 points
-> valued at $539
For the outbound journey , MIA-LGA, JFK-MXP was valued at (305+2100)/5 = $481
On the return journey the US-EZE leg is valued at about 30% of the fare for the one way. Using the same ratio, EZE-JFK would be valued at about $206 for a total value of $687
$687+$539 = $1226 which seeems in line with what you paid of $1167 plus change fees
The small shortage of about $75 can be explained by EZE-JFK being further than EZE-MIA and the ratio being slightly higher than 30%
for the round trip journey
Return journey
MXP-MIA-EZE
1910 + 785 base points = 2695 points
-> valued at $539
For the outbound journey , MIA-LGA, JFK-MXP was valued at (305+2100)/5 = $481
On the return journey the US-EZE leg is valued at about 30% of the fare for the one way. Using the same ratio, EZE-JFK would be valued at about $206 for a total value of $687
$687+$539 = $1226 which seeems in line with what you paid of $1167 plus change fees
The small shortage of about $75 can be explained by EZE-JFK being further than EZE-MIA and the ratio being slightly higher than 30%
Thank you guys, for some reason I had a confusion regarding how do we get the bonus, now I see that the base miles is based on 5x and not 11x, and the second part is 6x (120% bonus).
With another itinerary, similar route South America-USA-EU-USA-South America, I paid this
$718.00 BF
$400.00 YQ
$214.42 taxes
Total= $1332.42
So far the first leg (EZE-MIA) I got
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0900 Y EZE MIA
Method: Fare 9/20/16 4,405 / 1 835 1,002 1,837
for what I see, the first leg was calculated at $167, I will assume after I fly the second leg I should receive +or- 2000, which is the base fare + YQ (carrier fees).
Sep 26, 2016, 7:45 am
#606
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
Hello everyone,
I am currently AA platinum. I am aware of the changes after Aug 1st but I thought the EQM would still depend on the actual miles flown and the redeemable miles would depend on what you spend. Anyway, I don't know if I got it wrong. My EQM posted are low... There are intercontinental and Hawaiian flights, amongst others. If I'm not wrong, before 8/1 this would have been around 50k miles, about 10x what I got now. Did it really become that bad?
Here are my August flights, maybe someone could comment whether this seems right or not. Thanks!
Starting balance 136,187
Ticket # Date EQMs / EQSs Base miles Bonus miles Total award miles
AMERICAN AIRLINES 6267 Y GOT LHR
Method: Fare 8/11/16 652 / 1 50 30 80
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0161 Y LAX OGG
Method: Fare 8/12/16 2,486 / 1 190 114 304
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0109 Y LHR LAX
Method: Fare 8/12/16 5,456 / 1 925 555 1,480
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0620 Y OGG PHX
Method: Fare 8/16/16 2,845 / 1 180 108 288
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0465 Y PHX ORD
Method: Fare 8/17/16 1,440 / 1 95 57 152
AMERICAN AIRLINES 8081 Y ORD TXL
Method: Fare 8/17/16 4,413 / 1 965 579 1,544
AIR BERLIN 8062 Y TXL GOT
Method: Distance 8/18/16 250 / 1 91 0 91
AMERICAN AIRLINES 6503 Y DUS LHR
Method: Distance 8/23/16 500 / 1 156 94 250
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0057 Y LHR MIA
Method: Fare 8/23/16 4,425 / 1 720 432 1,152
Total miles posted 3,372 1,969 5,341
Balance 141,528
All were AA flights (booked + metal), except that one short AB flight.
Does not seem right to me, but please comment.
cfr... the AA website says this:
Details for earning miles
For travel August 1 – December 31, 2016
Cabin Purchased fares booked in** EQMs per mile flown***
Full Fare First/Business F, J 3.00
Discount First/Business A, P, D, I, R 2.00
Economy Y, B, W* 1.50
Economy H, K, M, L, W, V, G, Q, N, O, S 1.00
Thanks!
I am currently AA platinum. I am aware of the changes after Aug 1st but I thought the EQM would still depend on the actual miles flown and the redeemable miles would depend on what you spend. Anyway, I don't know if I got it wrong. My EQM posted are low... There are intercontinental and Hawaiian flights, amongst others. If I'm not wrong, before 8/1 this would have been around 50k miles, about 10x what I got now. Did it really become that bad?
Here are my August flights, maybe someone could comment whether this seems right or not. Thanks!
Starting balance 136,187
Ticket # Date EQMs / EQSs Base miles Bonus miles Total award miles
AMERICAN AIRLINES 6267 Y GOT LHR
Method: Fare 8/11/16 652 / 1 50 30 80
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0161 Y LAX OGG
Method: Fare 8/12/16 2,486 / 1 190 114 304
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0109 Y LHR LAX
Method: Fare 8/12/16 5,456 / 1 925 555 1,480
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0620 Y OGG PHX
Method: Fare 8/16/16 2,845 / 1 180 108 288
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0465 Y PHX ORD
Method: Fare 8/17/16 1,440 / 1 95 57 152
AMERICAN AIRLINES 8081 Y ORD TXL
Method: Fare 8/17/16 4,413 / 1 965 579 1,544
AIR BERLIN 8062 Y TXL GOT
Method: Distance 8/18/16 250 / 1 91 0 91
AMERICAN AIRLINES 6503 Y DUS LHR
Method: Distance 8/23/16 500 / 1 156 94 250
AMERICAN AIRLINES 0057 Y LHR MIA
Method: Fare 8/23/16 4,425 / 1 720 432 1,152
Total miles posted 3,372 1,969 5,341
Balance 141,528
All were AA flights (booked + metal), except that one short AB flight.
Does not seem right to me, but please comment.
cfr... the AA website says this:
Details for earning miles
For travel August 1 – December 31, 2016
Cabin Purchased fares booked in** EQMs per mile flown***
Full Fare First/Business F, J 3.00
Discount First/Business A, P, D, I, R 2.00
Economy Y, B, W* 1.50
Economy H, K, M, L, W, V, G, Q, N, O, S 1.00
Thanks!
Note that this is the thread for discussing RDM earning. There's a separate thread for EQM earning.
Sep 26, 2016, 11:00 am
#607
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: BRU, DUS, AMS
Programs: AA, BA, SN, KL, IHG, HH, BW, CC
Posts: 16
The EQMs look right ( assuming economy class other than Y or B class )
GOT-LHR 652
LAX-OGG 2,486
LHR-LAX 5,456
OGG-PHX 2,845
PHX-ORD 1,440
ORD-TXL 4,413
TXL-GOT 250
DUS-LHR 500
LHR-MIA 4,425
total 22,467
Comparing with Great Circle Mapper, the only oddity is that GOT-LHR is 13 miles further according to it at 665 miles
GOT-LHR 652
LAX-OGG 2,486
LHR-LAX 5,456
OGG-PHX 2,845
PHX-ORD 1,440
ORD-TXL 4,413
TXL-GOT 250
DUS-LHR 500
LHR-MIA 4,425
total 22,467
Comparing with Great Circle Mapper, the only oddity is that GOT-LHR is 13 miles further according to it at 665 miles
Thank you! ^
Actually, it was Y class.
Sep 28, 2016, 8:41 am
#608
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: PHX, SEA
Programs: DL Silver, Avis President's Club, Hertz President's Circle, Global Entry (Former AA Plt/Gold)
Posts: 4,420
RDM calculation for mixed-airline purchase
Hi all,
I'm just back from a route that was as follows. It was purchased by a corporate travel company as such:
AS PHX-SEA-HNL (one PNR)
AA HNL-PHX (different PNR)
After corporate booked it, I talked to AA and paid $359 for an upgrade to F.
My points just posted and my AA portion (credit method: Fare) was only credited for the 359x8 (PLT). I would have expected either the "Consolidator" calculation since it's a travel agency, or to see their portion + my upgrade as the fare basis, not just my portion.
Any thoughts or advice?
I'm just back from a route that was as follows. It was purchased by a corporate travel company as such:
AS PHX-SEA-HNL (one PNR)
AA HNL-PHX (different PNR)
After corporate booked it, I talked to AA and paid $359 for an upgrade to F.
My points just posted and my AA portion (credit method: Fare) was only credited for the 359x8 (PLT). I would have expected either the "Consolidator" calculation since it's a travel agency, or to see their portion + my upgrade as the fare basis, not just my portion.
Any thoughts or advice?
Sep 28, 2016, 9:05 am
#609
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NYC
Posts: 27,220
That it was purchased by a corporate TA should not change the calculation, it's still fare based as long as it's an AA flight number.
But it should be based on the combined Y fare and up-fare, but the system probably only sees the add collect and a ticket exchange.
Call AAdvantage Customer Service.
But it should be based on the combined Y fare and up-fare, but the system probably only sees the add collect and a ticket exchange.
Call AAdvantage Customer Service.
Sep 28, 2016, 9:44 am
#610
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: PHX, SEA
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That it was purchased by a corporate TA should not change the calculation, it's still fare based as long as it's an AA flight number.
But it should be based on the combined Y fare and up-fare, but the system probably only sees the add collect and a ticket exchange.
Call AAdvantage Customer Service.
But it should be based on the combined Y fare and up-fare, but the system probably only sees the add collect and a ticket exchange.
Call AAdvantage Customer Service.
Sep 29, 2016, 9:12 am
#611
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: AA ExPLT
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confused about EQD and RM earnings on AAV
I have JFK-BCN booked via AAV in Business (I fare code) and am not sure about the calculations for earning. I followed the link in the sticky and it seems I will earn 2x the BIS miles for EQM because of the class, but the other earnings are based on a percentage of the miles flown. The chart shows EQD as 30% of the miles flown - for example, if that were 8,000 would I then earn $2400 EQD? Which would be weird because that is more than the entire package including hotel cost - so I must be missing something. For the RM it says I earn a percentage of the miles flown, but is that then multiplied by my EXP bonus?
Sep 29, 2016, 2:15 pm
#612
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For earning based on mileage for AAV packages
Disatance for JFK-BCN is 3,831 miles
EQM earned is 3,831 * 2 = 7662
Base RDM earned is 3,831
With EP status there is a 120% bonus of RDM = 4,598 giving a total of 8,429
EQD earned ( if travel is not in 2016 ) is 3,831 * 0.3 = 1,150
Assuming a r/t journey, then will earn 15,324 EQM , 2,300 EQD and 16,858 redeemable miles
Disatance for JFK-BCN is 3,831 miles
EQM earned is 3,831 * 2 = 7662
Base RDM earned is 3,831
With EP status there is a 120% bonus of RDM = 4,598 giving a total of 8,429
EQD earned ( if travel is not in 2016 ) is 3,831 * 0.3 = 1,150
Assuming a r/t journey, then will earn 15,324 EQM , 2,300 EQD and 16,858 redeemable miles
Sep 29, 2016, 10:17 pm
#614
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Sep 30, 2016, 3:19 pm
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