Do credit card EQM count toward additional SWUs?
Aug 25, 2016, 9:07 pm
#1
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Do credit card EQM count toward additional SWUs?
I.e. if I earn 145K EQM by flying and 10K via credit card, will I receive the 2 extra SWUs?
(Mods feel free to merge; I couldn't find an aporopriate existing thread.)
(Mods feel free to merge; I couldn't find an aporopriate existing thread.)
Aug 25, 2016, 11:08 pm
#3
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I doubt it - I could be wrong, but remember the credit card EQM do not count for Million ?Miler, they never generated redeemable miles; they have in my experience merely been empty counters toward status fulfillment.
Aug 26, 2016, 6:22 am
#4
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EQMs should be EQMs. AA says you get 2 extra SWU at 150K EQM and I haven't seen any exclusion noted as to the source of those EQMs.
Even if they are "empty counters toward status fulfillment" reaching 150K is a form of "status fulfillment" for those extra SWUs.
Even if they are "empty counters toward status fulfillment" reaching 150K is a form of "status fulfillment" for those extra SWUs.
Aug 26, 2016, 7:27 am
#5
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Actually I would assume the opposite. The EQM and million miler counters are already different. For example, fly a short hop and the EQM counter goes up by 500, but the million miler goes up by the actual mileage.
Aug 26, 2016, 8:56 am
#7
Join Date: Apr 2016
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The EQM's from the Citi card do not count towards SWU. I got them, they didn't and I asked AA who replied "The Citi EQM's count toward elite status, but only flown segments count toward the upgrade accrual."