Figuring out EQDs / EQMs on flights already booked?
Oct 24, 2019, 8:06 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 124
Figuring out EQDs / EQMs on flights already booked?
This has doubtless been covered here, but the search function is returning nothing for me.
How do I figure out how many EQDs and EQMs I will earn on travel that has already been booked? I missed it on one in the booking process, and now I can't seem to find it anywhere.
How do I figure out how many EQDs and EQMs I will earn on travel that has already been booked? I missed it on one in the booking process, and now I can't seem to find it anywhere.
Oct 24, 2019, 8:22 pm
#2
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 1,285
This has doubtless been covered here, but the search function is returning nothing for me.
How do I figure out how many EQDs and EQMs I will earn on travel that has already been booked? I missed it on one in the booking process, and now I can't seem to find it anywhere.
How do I figure out how many EQDs and EQMs I will earn on travel that has already been booked? I missed it on one in the booking process, and now I can't seem to find it anywhere.
Oct 24, 2019, 8:56 pm
#3
Join Date: Jul 2001
Programs: AA EP
Posts: 2,203
Use the tables on aa.com And do the math.
This has doubtless been covered here, but the search function is returning nothing for me.
How do I figure out how many EQDs and EQMs I will earn on travel that has already been booked? I missed it on one in the booking process, and now I can't seem to find it anywhere.
How do I figure out how many EQDs and EQMs I will earn on travel that has already been booked? I missed it on one in the booking process, and now I can't seem to find it anywhere.
Oct 24, 2019, 9:10 pm
#4
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: California
Programs: AA EXP; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott Bonvoy Titanium Elite
Posts: 1,967
For EQM go to Great Circle Mapper .. click the distance button, make sure it says "statute miles", set the minimum to 500 miles (anything under 500 is counted as 500), put your itinerary in the big "paths" box using -'s to separate segments, such as LAX-DFW-IAD-DFW-LAX. The cumulative amount under distance will be your EQM's.
Oct 25, 2019, 5:26 am
#7
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 124
I tried DMing them on Twitter — they said they couldn’t tell me until after I fly. 🙄
It probably won’t matter. Best I can tell, I will make it easily on the spend side; I am about $100 short and have at least one more trip to book. I will need four more segments, so I will just be sure to not take any directs and I should be fine.
I setup this challenge and immediately became ill. It’s been a rough month, but I should easily make this challenge.
Last edited by argolfer; Oct 25, 2019 at 5:32 am
Oct 25, 2019, 5:34 am
#8
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: London
Programs: US Gold
Posts: 627
"Do the math" is actually not massively helpful for a lot of us. It is *impossible* to say with any precision when you're buying a ticket in a non-US currency what the final calculation will be on EQDs. I think AA is being quite unnecessarily user-hostile about this; there is *no* reason why you shouldn't be able to get that information routinely and clearly stated in every itinerary.
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Oct 25, 2019, 5:40 am
#9
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 124
Every airline has things they’re good and bad at. A lot of folks hate on AA’s technology, but the app is beautiful, usually works well,and the only major carrier with a better one is DL.
But this particular thing is obnoxious.
Oct 25, 2019, 6:08 am
#10
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: The FT AA forum, until it no longer wants me.
Programs: CK or bust
Posts: 1,913
If you want to be lazy, there is an unofficial AA calculator that takes into account status and other bits for RDM calculation as well:
https://cwsi.net/calc/aa/
https://cwsi.net/calc/aa/
Oct 25, 2019, 6:10 am
#11
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Roswell, GA
Programs: AA EXP 2.8m,Lifetime PLT, Hilton Diamond, IHG PlLT, SPG Gold
Posts: 3,191
I tried that, and it wouldn’t let me get that far on account of duplicate booking. Maybe I can use my wife’s AAdvantage login to accomplish the same thing.
I tried DMing them on Twitter — they said they couldn’t tell me until after I fly. 🙄
It probably won’t matter. Best I can tell, I will make it easily on the spend side; I am about $100 short and have at least one more trip to book. I will need four more segments, so I will just be sure to not take any directs and I should be fine.
I setup this challenge and immediately became ill. It’s been a rough month, but I should easily make this challenge.
I tried DMing them on Twitter — they said they couldn’t tell me until after I fly. 🙄
It probably won’t matter. Best I can tell, I will make it easily on the spend side; I am about $100 short and have at least one more trip to book. I will need four more segments, so I will just be sure to not take any directs and I should be fine.
I setup this challenge and immediately became ill. It’s been a rough month, but I should easily make this challenge.
you can also try AA without logging in....
just out of interest, what challenger are you going after.
Oct 25, 2019, 6:47 am
#13
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 124
Seeking Platinum. It's a ridiculously easy challenge, to be honest. And after getting a longterm illness, I'm thankful.
Good point. I did a rough calculation on that and I now know that I'm going to be fine. In the past, not getting credit for seat upgrades threw me off.