"Method: Fare - Exception Applies" Notation on Flight on my AA Account?
 

I just had a flight credited to AAdvantage and the notation after Method: Fare piqued my interest. Has anyone ever seen this "exception applies" notation or know what it means?

I was credited the correct normal 2x EQM and right amount of EQD for that flight. Just was wondering what the "exception applies" means.


DFW - LHR
Jul 10, 2017 • AA 0050 • Business (R)
Posted: Jul 11, 2017
Method: Fare - exception applies

EQM 9,502
EQD 4,397

Exception fares
 

That is a table detailing special fares that earn as per distance - the situation that the OP is referring to is based on earning by fare paid

But on long-haul flights like DFW-LHR, R is a normal business class fare bucket, not an upgrade.

Along the same lines, when does the "Earning when ticket/fare details are unavailable" come into play? I don't think I have ever purchased such a fare?

Safe Travels

One such situation is when you request mileage credit for a flight that didn't post, and they can't find evidence you took the flight (this recently happened to me, and I got fewer miles than I would have had the flight posted properly). It is also scary they had no record that I took the flight, but that's a separate issue.

This happens occasionally in IRROPS situations...I've had a few occasions where a GA put me on a new flight when my first one was delayed or canceled, and those generally show up as "Method: Distance - Fare Unavailable" and also usually in the full Y fare bucket. That last part doesn't really matter as much anymore since Y no longer gets 1.5x EQM.

But note this isn't what the first posters in this thread are seeing. In the above situation it's a distance earning. They're seeing something that says exception, but the flight is crediting normally by fare paid. I've never seen that.

I have seen AA sectors of an ATW ticket post in such a manner

I would suspect that many fares offered by another carrier which include sectors on AA would post in such a way

This happens to me when I book a ticket through thankyou.com using Citi points to pay for a ticket.

I had a fare post as fare unknown before, but it was a ticket that I redeemed a paper voucher, and then later called to upgrade one way to business. Somewhere in the middle of all that the fare basis got lost in the computer, so it posted based on distance, which worked out for me as it was a cheap ticket.

Resuscitating this one, as I just searched for “Distance - exception applies” and came across this.

I recently flew RDU-LHR on AA in D, and LHR-IST (on BA, with BA flight number) in J, all booked on AA.com. The LHR-IST segment posted as the above. Just trying to figure out what the “exception” actually is?

I have had “Distance - exception applies” on the INV/LHR segment of INV/JFK, BA metal and marketed. The LHR/JFK segment was BA metal, AA marketed, and miles posted as method - fare.. 001 ticket, in J. Correct miles, EQM, EQD in both cases.

Perhaps it's the exception that proves the rule.

Could be, but obv my RDU-LHR was AA metal (and marketed). The LHR-IST seems to have correctly posted as distance for miles and EQM. Not sure about EQD - guess I’ll have to do the math on it.