Dec 12, 2019, 9:42 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
Flying Japan Airlines: Earning EQM, EQD, EQS, Bonus & Award Miles and Related Issues
Link to Japan Airlines partner page on aa.com
To earn AAdvantage® miles when you fly on Japan Airlines marketed and operated flights as well as Japan Airlines codeshare flights operated by other carriers including oneworld® carriers and affiliates:
AFFILIATE AIRLINES
On most flights marketed by partner airlines, you earn award miles based on a percentage of the flight distance and the fare class of your ticket. Specific flights, routes or cities that are excluded from earning miles or award travel are listed as exceptions if applicable.
Most economy fares assign 30%, 50% or 70% of base miles flown to calculate EQM earnings.
NOTE: AA Joint Business Venture partners AY, BA, IB, JL now earn up to 3 EQM per flown mile, along with American Airlines. See the earning chart linked to above.
EQ Dollars are earned as a percentage of miles flown determined by fare class.
Japan Airlines marketed (“codeshare”) flights may be operated by other airlines as well as by a oneworld® or affiliate airline to earn AAdvantage miles. The ticketing or selling carrier or agent is immaterial to earnings.
It is always advised to try to assure your AA Frequent Flyer Number is on your boarding passes, and we always advise retaining your boarding passes (or take screen shots of e-boarding passes) until your instruments have all posted.
Also see: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...-partners.html
Link to Japan Airlines partner page on aa.com
To earn AAdvantage® miles when you fly on Japan Airlines marketed and operated flights as well as Japan Airlines codeshare flights operated by other carriers including oneworld® carriers and affiliates:
- Buy an eligible published fare ticket in an eligible booking code
- Fly an eligible route
AFFILIATE AIRLINES
- J-Air
- Japan Transocean Air
On most flights marketed by partner airlines, you earn award miles based on a percentage of the flight distance and the fare class of your ticket. Specific flights, routes or cities that are excluded from earning miles or award travel are listed as exceptions if applicable.
Most economy fares assign 30%, 50% or 70% of base miles flown to calculate EQM earnings.
NOTE: AA Joint Business Venture partners AY, BA, IB, JL now earn up to 3 EQM per flown mile, along with American Airlines. See the earning chart linked to above.
EQ Dollars are earned as a percentage of miles flown determined by fare class.
Japan Airlines marketed (“codeshare”) flights may be operated by other airlines as well as by a oneworld® or affiliate airline to earn AAdvantage miles. The ticketing or selling carrier or agent is immaterial to earnings.
It is always advised to try to assure your AA Frequent Flyer Number is on your boarding passes, and we always advise retaining your boarding passes (or take screen shots of e-boarding passes) until your instruments have all posted.
Also see: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...-partners.html
Earning AA Miles/Loyalty Poins & Bonus Miles on Japan Airlines / JL / JAL
Jun 7, 2016, 9:28 pm
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Earning AA Miles/Loyalty Poins & Bonus Miles on Japan Airlines / JL / JAL
Hey all - am 249 miles short on a PLT challenge and so urgently need to accrue. I'm trying to reference the AA earning on JL page (https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/e...ines/japan.jsp) but am struggling to connect these to fares that JL actually offers domestically within Japan.
For example, tomorrow I am thinking of flying Class-J on a TOKUBIN1 TypeC Advanced Purchase Fare. Does anyone know if this will book out as an I fare, a J fare, or an actual economy fare? The JAL telephone rep wasn't able to give me the fare letter, so am hoping someone with actual experience of flying can help. "Business class" tickets earn 1.5 EQMs so it makes a large difference.
Thanks.
For example, tomorrow I am thinking of flying Class-J on a TOKUBIN1 TypeC Advanced Purchase Fare. Does anyone know if this will book out as an I fare, a J fare, or an actual economy fare? The JAL telephone rep wasn't able to give me the fare letter, so am hoping someone with actual experience of flying can help. "Business class" tickets earn 1.5 EQMs so it makes a large difference.
Thanks.
Jun 7, 2016, 10:19 pm
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I'm sure an expert could be more helpful, but I'd try to find the fare on http://matrix.itasoftware.com/ (by matching price, fare basis code, etc.) and see what fare code it shows.
Dec 12, 2019, 4:24 pm
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Do domestic JAL flights earn anything on AA?
Hi all,
Would anyone have any experience crediting domestic JAL flights to AA? The problem is AA only credits F, J and Y, other booking classes are not listed (implying exempt) but if I’m not mistaken, the JAL domestic booking system doesn’t really follow the same booking classes.
Has anyone ever credited one of the locally purchased discounted flights to AA and earned anything on it? Or at least is there a way to correlate to a booking class? Or worst case, does upgrading to J class get you a “J” reservation?
Thanks!
Would anyone have any experience crediting domestic JAL flights to AA? The problem is AA only credits F, J and Y, other booking classes are not listed (implying exempt) but if I’m not mistaken, the JAL domestic booking system doesn’t really follow the same booking classes.
Has anyone ever credited one of the locally purchased discounted flights to AA and earned anything on it? Or at least is there a way to correlate to a booking class? Or worst case, does upgrading to J class get you a “J” reservation?
Thanks!
Dec 12, 2019, 4:39 pm
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I see six different fare classes that can earn AAdvantage miles on JAL domestic flights:
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...n-airlines.jsp
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...n-airlines.jsp
Dec 12, 2019, 4:47 pm
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I see six different fare classes that can earn AAdvantage miles on JAL domestic flights:
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...n-airlines.jsp
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...n-airlines.jsp
Dec 12, 2019, 5:51 pm
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IIRC the 75% economy fares on JL map to the 75% economy booking code on AA, and the 100% ones map to Y, but this is just recalling past forums reading and not first hand experience.
Also, since the question is on AA earning, might be a better fit for the AA forum as people on there may know more.
Also, since the question is on AA earning, might be a better fit for the AA forum as people on there may know more.
Dec 12, 2019, 5:54 pm
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IIRC the 75% economy fares on JL map to the 75% economy booking code on AA, and the 100% ones map to Y, but this is just recalling past forums reading and not first hand experience.
Also, since the question is on AA earning, might be a better fit for the AA forum as people on there may know more.
Also, since the question is on AA earning, might be a better fit for the AA forum as people on there may know more.
Dec 12, 2019, 6:03 pm
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Dec 12, 2019, 7:36 pm
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Hi all,
Would anyone have any experience crediting domestic JAL flights to AA? The problem is AA only credits F, J and Y, other booking classes are not listed (implying exempt) but if I’m not mistaken, the JAL domestic booking system doesn’t really follow the same booking classes.
Has anyone ever credited one of the locally purchased discounted flights to AA and earned anything on it? Or at least is there a way to correlate to a booking class? Or worst case, does upgrading to J class get you a “J” reservation?
Thanks!
Would anyone have any experience crediting domestic JAL flights to AA? The problem is AA only credits F, J and Y, other booking classes are not listed (implying exempt) but if I’m not mistaken, the JAL domestic booking system doesn’t really follow the same booking classes.
Has anyone ever credited one of the locally purchased discounted flights to AA and earned anything on it? Or at least is there a way to correlate to a booking class? Or worst case, does upgrading to J class get you a “J” reservation?
Thanks!
Dec 12, 2019, 7:46 pm
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Thank you. That seems to be a first class flight - did you book that as first class, or economy? I believe their F seats absolutely earn miles, but those are certainly not cheap ... i was looking more at the discounted economy ones, which are more of a quagmire.
[edit] also, very interesting that the 500 mile minimum did not apply?...
[edit] also, very interesting that the 500 mile minimum did not apply?...
Dec 12, 2019, 8:20 pm
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A is economy on domestic flights, scroll down farther in that link provided above and you'll see Domestic below International. I had two flights in October, both posted as A fares. 75% base miles, 50% EQMs, and 15% EQDs.
It's no different with ANA on domestic flights, you never know what you get until you fly because of how they name them and neither JL or NH post fare classes for domestic flights. Have not tried it on JL, 'upgrading' to class J may put you into a different fare class. Doing the same on NH, upgrading to Premium does put you in a First Class booking code crediting to UA. Class J on JL is different from NH Premium, so I'd be surprised if it's that much of a boost, but something to keep in mind.
It's no different with ANA on domestic flights, you never know what you get until you fly because of how they name them and neither JL or NH post fare classes for domestic flights. Have not tried it on JL, 'upgrading' to class J may put you into a different fare class. Doing the same on NH, upgrading to Premium does put you in a First Class booking code crediting to UA. Class J on JL is different from NH Premium, so I'd be surprised if it's that much of a boost, but something to keep in mind.
Dec 12, 2019, 8:23 pm
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Thank you. That seems to be a first class flight - did you book that as first class, or economy? I believe their F seats absolutely earn miles, but those are certainly not cheap ... i was looking more at the discounted economy ones, which are more of a quagmire.
[edit] also, very interesting that the 500 mile minimum did not apply?...
[edit] also, very interesting that the 500 mile minimum did not apply?...
Dec 12, 2019, 9:13 pm
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