No EQMs on Barclays companion cert?
Jul 31, 2017, 8:38 am
#1
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No EQMs on Barclays companion cert?
I cashed my recently received Barclays $99 companion cert for a west coast trip. Good $$$ saver.
Was reading the fine print on ticket embargo dates and other issues when i came across this nugget...
"Unless specified, AAdvantage miles earned through this promotion/offer do not count toward elite-status qualification or AAdvantage Million Miler status."
Don't remember seeing that in the past. Does that apply to the ticket purchaser, the companions, to the dollars spent on the ticket or am I just being totally paranoid?
Was reading the fine print on ticket embargo dates and other issues when i came across this nugget...
"Unless specified, AAdvantage miles earned through this promotion/offer do not count toward elite-status qualification or AAdvantage Million Miler status."
Don't remember seeing that in the past. Does that apply to the ticket purchaser, the companions, to the dollars spent on the ticket or am I just being totally paranoid?
Jul 31, 2017, 1:01 pm
#5
Join Date: May 2013
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I've used it twice after 8/1/16, including just two weeks ago. Got upgrades, and even better, got distance-based EQM/EQD according to special fares chart - including for my companion. 75% of a transcon rt distance >> RDM based on a $99 base fare!
Jul 31, 2017, 2:00 pm
#6
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Jul 31, 2017, 5:19 pm
#7
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Sounds like a glitch rather than a policy.
I got AA EQMs on a BA flight that I was rebooked on after IB canceled my flight on an award ticket.
I got AA EQMs on a BA flight that I was rebooked on after IB canceled my flight on an award ticket.
Jul 31, 2017, 5:47 pm
#8
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- We both got EQMs based on distance.
- We both got EQDs as -- hang on here -- 20% of 50% of distance. That's right: Under Award miles, it shows half of actual distance, and then the corresponding EQDs are 20% of that. Why not, say, 75% of distance (instead of 10%)?!?
- Then for RDMs, we both got 1.1x distance, which seems right, since we are both Exec Plats, except that the calculation adds the 50% of regular distance (award miles) to a figure 1.2x that amount as the bonus.
Jul 31, 2017, 6:28 pm
#9
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Were you able to upgrade a companion's ticket obtained through the certificate?
Jul 31, 2017, 6:38 pm
#10
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Jul 31, 2017, 6:42 pm
#11
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Aug 1, 2017, 4:57 am
#13
Join Date: Jun 2008
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My understanding is that the holder of the certificate gets EQM's and EQD's but the two companions (the $99 tickets) get no such credit. Also, if the holder splits the reservation from the two companions then the holder can request an upgrade or get an automatic upgrade depending on status but the companions cannot.
Aug 1, 2017, 5:54 am
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