Jan 3, 2016, 11:18 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
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!
/Moderator
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.)
The now obsolete thread: Earning AA miles / EQM on oneworld, partner & other airlines (OBSOLETE)
Signed in members with 90 days / 90 posts can edit this Wikipost; wiki contents may be printed by using the
(lower right wiki corner)UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Updated 23 Jan 2017 - JDiver
ARCHIVE: Earning AA Elite Qualifying Miles / EQM on AA, partner airlines 2016
Jul 25, 2017, 8:19 pm
#931
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 44,600
So I investigated this a bit further and the same thing has happened to me in multiple reservations with multiple travel agents.
The travel agents themselves say it has been completely normal fares.
AA through EXP desk and AAdvantage customer service email just copy-pastes what is said on the website about "special fares" being consolidator, bulk, student fares etc and that everything has been credit correctly.
Feeling pretty frustrated about this. Very annoying to have a $9000 ticket and earn some $2000 EQD out of it (and some 15k RDM instead of 75k).
Starting to think if AA is doing this somewhat on purpose (not fixing the system) to save on granting the RDMs on expensive tickets?
The travel agents themselves say it has been completely normal fares.
AA through EXP desk and AAdvantage customer service email just copy-pastes what is said on the website about "special fares" being consolidator, bulk, student fares etc and that everything has been credit correctly.
Feeling pretty frustrated about this. Very annoying to have a $9000 ticket and earn some $2000 EQD out of it (and some 15k RDM instead of 75k).
Starting to think if AA is doing this somewhat on purpose (not fixing the system) to save on granting the RDMs on expensive tickets?
If the TA is offering a published fare, it will be the same as what you can purchase directly from AA, so no benefit of using the agent
If you can go back to the travel agent and get some proof that it was just a regular fare, you should be able to get it credited , but I would suspect that there is a decent chance that it wasn't just a straightforward sale of an AA fare
Jul 26, 2017, 4:21 am
#932
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: AA CK; Marriott Plat
Posts: 84
AA is doing nothing to save on miles, it is an issue with what you have purchased from the travel agent. Next time do not purchase from a travel agent and you can be sure that it is a published fare
If the TA is offering a published fare, it will be the same as what you can purchase directly from AA, so no benefit of using the agent
If you can go back to the travel agent and get some proof that it was just a regular fare, you should be able to get it credited , but I would suspect that there is a decent chance that it wasn't just a straightforward sale of an AA fare
If the TA is offering a published fare, it will be the same as what you can purchase directly from AA, so no benefit of using the agent
If you can go back to the travel agent and get some proof that it was just a regular fare, you should be able to get it credited , but I would suspect that there is a decent chance that it wasn't just a straightforward sale of an AA fare
Jul 28, 2017, 12:12 pm
#933
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: PVD, BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,664
Can someone provide some insight on how to calculate EQM/EQD/RDM on the following fare? I'm a little confused since it's a combined AA/JL fare, but NOT a codeshare. Screenshots of ITA attached.
Would the AA segments be calculated using the special fares table since the cost of the AA segments only is unknown? Calculating EQMs is straightforward, but I'm unsure how to figure out the EQDs properly in this case.
I even did a dummy booking on AA.com and it didn't display EQM/EQD/RDM earnings for the ticket either.
Details:
Fare 1: Carrier AA SLW0R8O1 PVD to SIN ($440.00)
AA 3611 == PVD-ORD (S)
AA 153 == ORD-NRT (S)
JL 711 == NRT-SIN (S)
Fare 2: Carrier AA VLW0R4O1 SIN to PVD ($506.00)
JL 712 == SIN-NRT (V)
AA 154 == NRT-ORD (V)
AA 3608 == ORD-PVD (V)
Would the AA segments be calculated using the special fares table since the cost of the AA segments only is unknown? Calculating EQMs is straightforward, but I'm unsure how to figure out the EQDs properly in this case.
I even did a dummy booking on AA.com and it didn't display EQM/EQD/RDM earnings for the ticket either.
Details:
Fare 1: Carrier AA SLW0R8O1 PVD to SIN ($440.00)
AA 3611 == PVD-ORD (S)
AA 153 == ORD-NRT (S)
JL 711 == NRT-SIN (S)
Fare 2: Carrier AA VLW0R4O1 SIN to PVD ($506.00)
JL 712 == SIN-NRT (V)
AA 154 == NRT-ORD (V)
AA 3608 == ORD-PVD (V)
Jul 28, 2017, 1:05 pm
#934
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Gatwick, UK
Programs: UA *G, BA Silver
Posts: 1,673
The tricky thing is that you can't estimate what your earnings will be, since although AA know the fare per segment that is rarely accessible information (at least if it is, then I've never found it).
Jul 28, 2017, 1:06 pm
#935
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
Can someone provide some insight on how to calculate EQM/EQD/RDM on the following fare? I'm a little confused since it's a combined AA/JL fare, but NOT a codeshare. Screenshots of ITA attached.
Would the AA segments be calculated using the special fares table since the cost of the AA segments only is unknown? Calculating EQMs is straightforward, but I'm unsure how to figure out the EQDs properly in this case.
I even did a dummy booking on AA.com and it didn't display EQM/EQD/RDM earnings for the ticket either.
Details:
Fare 1: Carrier AA SLW0R8O1 PVD to SIN ($440.00)
AA 3611 == PVD-ORD (S)
AA 153 == ORD-NRT (S)
JL 711 == NRT-SIN (S)
Fare 2: Carrier AA VLW0R4O1 SIN to PVD ($506.00)
JL 712 == SIN-NRT (V)
AA 154 == NRT-ORD (V)
AA 3608 == ORD-PVD (V)
Would the AA segments be calculated using the special fares table since the cost of the AA segments only is unknown? Calculating EQMs is straightforward, but I'm unsure how to figure out the EQDs properly in this case.
I even did a dummy booking on AA.com and it didn't display EQM/EQD/RDM earnings for the ticket either.
Details:
Fare 1: Carrier AA SLW0R8O1 PVD to SIN ($440.00)
AA 3611 == PVD-ORD (S)
AA 153 == ORD-NRT (S)
JL 711 == NRT-SIN (S)
Fare 2: Carrier AA VLW0R4O1 SIN to PVD ($506.00)
JL 712 == SIN-NRT (V)
AA 154 == NRT-ORD (V)
AA 3608 == ORD-PVD (V)
Long answer:
JL-marketed segments: 6648 actual miles, EQM 3324, RDM 3324, EQD 665
AA-marketed segments: 14247 actual miles, EQM 14247
The eligible cost for EQD appears to be (440+506+36+6.40) = 988.40. AA would assign some portion of that to the AA-marketed segments in order to compute the corresponding EQD and RDM. Given the similar fare classes, they might use a fraction corresponding to the distance fraction: 14247/(14247+6648) = 68.2%. If so, the EQD would be 674 and the RDM 3370.
Note that all RDM numbers will be higher if you have status.
Jul 28, 2017, 1:38 pm
#936
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: PVD, BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,664
Short answer: AA would assign some portion of the fare to the AA segments and compute corresponding EQD/RDM from that.
Long answer:
JL-marketed segments: 6648 actual miles, EQM 3324, RDM 3324, EQD 665
AA-marketed segments: 14247 actual miles, EQM 14247
The eligible cost for EQD appears to be (440+506+36+6.40) = 988.40. AA would assign some portion of that to the AA-marketed segments in order to compute the corresponding EQD and RDM. Given the similar fare classes, they might use a fraction corresponding to the distance fraction: 14247/(14247+6648) = 68.2%. If so, the EQD would be 674 and the RDM 3370.
Note that all RDM numbers will be higher if you have status.
Long answer:
JL-marketed segments: 6648 actual miles, EQM 3324, RDM 3324, EQD 665
AA-marketed segments: 14247 actual miles, EQM 14247
The eligible cost for EQD appears to be (440+506+36+6.40) = 988.40. AA would assign some portion of that to the AA-marketed segments in order to compute the corresponding EQD and RDM. Given the similar fare classes, they might use a fraction corresponding to the distance fraction: 14247/(14247+6648) = 68.2%. If so, the EQD would be 674 and the RDM 3370.
Note that all RDM numbers will be higher if you have status.
Jul 30, 2017, 9:51 am
#937
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
In general: EQM on "AA" will always be as good as on partners, better in many fare classes. On the other hand, for long-haul reasonably-priced flights EQD can be much better on the partner; although as you've seen that's far less likely when flying Discount Economy. You just need to check the relevant tables and do the math.
Aug 4, 2017, 11:42 pm
#938
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1MM 1K, BA Gold
Posts: 431
EQD/EQM activity not matching totals
I am new to AA and trying to understand and thus monitor how EQM/EQD are calculated. I had a recent trip on BA (AA plated) 4 days ago and the totals under my account seem to be reflecting that trip, but the two BA flights are entirely missing from the activity page. Is the normal? I guess it's not a big deal, but i) I like to monitor what's going on, ii) there is a slight ($30) difference in EQD compared to what I expected.
Aug 5, 2017, 3:05 am
#939
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: USA & UK -- AA EXP 3.5MM, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, Avis President's Club
Posts: 6,411
The activity page details each segment. The initial screen shows the total for the whole ticket. Click on the ticket to show the detail for each segment.
I am new to AA and trying to understand and thus monitor how EQM/EQD are calculated. I had a recent trip on BA (AA plated) 4 days ago and the totals under my account seem to be reflecting that trip, but the two BA flights are entirely missing from the activity page. Is the normal? I guess it's not a big deal, but i) I like to monitor what's going on, ii) there is a slight ($30) difference in EQD compared to what I expected.
Aug 5, 2017, 7:27 am
#940
Join Date: May 2015
Location: WAS, SZX, HKG
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, CX Green
Posts: 735
I am new to AA and trying to understand and thus monitor how EQM/EQD are calculated. I had a recent trip on BA (AA plated) 4 days ago and the totals under my account seem to be reflecting that trip, but the two BA flights are entirely missing from the activity page. Is the normal? I guess it's not a big deal, but i) I like to monitor what's going on, ii) there is a slight ($30) difference in EQD compared to what I expected.
If no, probably the BA coded flights are booked into a fare class not eligible for accrual (often the case for CX Econ Flights)?
The difference in EQD could be because of a miscalculation of taxes I think...
Aug 5, 2017, 8:38 am
#941
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1MM 1K, BA Gold
Posts: 431
That helped. The reason I was confused is that it grouped the last three flights under one entry: I had flown BUD-HEL-SFO-LHR-ATH ticketed by AA and the last three segments with an AA flight number, the first one AY. So it had one entry labeled BUD-HEL and under flight details just that one segment. But it had another entry labeled HEL-SFO which after expanding flight details showed the remaining three segments. Not the most straightforward to see at first.
Aug 6, 2017, 10:16 am
#942
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
I am new to AA and trying to understand and thus monitor how EQM/EQD are calculated. I had a recent trip on BA (AA plated) 4 days ago and the totals under my account seem to be reflecting that trip, but the two BA flights are entirely missing from the activity page. Is the normal? I guess it's not a big deal, but i) I like to monitor what's going on, ii) there is a slight ($30) difference in EQD compared to what I expected.
BA coded segments usually post later than AA coded segments (which are almost poster the day after flight). So maybe wait to see that 2 segments will arrive?
If no, probably the BA coded flights are booked into a fare class not eligible for accrual (often the case for CX Econ Flights)?
The difference in EQD could be because of a miscalculation of taxes I think...
If no, probably the BA coded flights are booked into a fare class not eligible for accrual (often the case for CX Econ Flights)?
The difference in EQD could be because of a miscalculation of taxes I think...
If you show the marketing carriers, and the fare breakdown as was done in post #252 , we can certainly advise on the apparent discrepancy.
* It looks like, of the OW partners, only CX-, MH-, RJ- and S7-marketed flights earn nothing for the lowest fare classes.
CAVEAT: With partners, it is possible to not earn in any fare class because of the operating carrier. BA-marketed and EI-operated, for example. Just to be complete...
Last edited by SpammersAreScum; Aug 6, 2017 at 11:26 am Reason: add caveat
Sep 17, 2017, 7:53 pm
#943
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: LHR
Programs: AAdvantage EXP
Posts: 84
Is there a 500 mile minimum EQM earning for codeshare flights? Planning to fly BA DUB-LHR-JFK in J and wondering if I will get 25% of actual miles flown for the DUB-LHR leg or 25% of 500 miles plus 25% of LHR-JFK?
Sep 17, 2017, 8:01 pm
#944
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 44,600
DUB-LHR is approx 280 miles, so 500 will be the higher
You will therefore earn 3 * 500 = 1500 EQM
If booked on the BA flight number, the earning would be 1.5 * 500 = 750