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Old Jan 1, 2020, 2:36 am
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Need advice - AA LAX-SJC-LAX in I Class - both with same flight#
Hello

I need your advise..
I'm 70 TP short of BA Gold status & planning on a little "run" thus thinking of doing AA LAX-SJC-LAX in 'I' class - this, hopefully, should yield 80 TP.

Before I'm booking that I want to be sure that this will be the case.

Flight is 6026 American Airlines (Operated by Compass Airlines as American Eagle),
What is interesting is that both LAX-SJC & SJC-LAX have the same flight numbers - 6026.

Do you foresee any problems with achieving those 80TP?

Thanks.
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Old Jan 1, 2020, 2:46 am
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You should be fine.
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Old Jan 1, 2020, 3:12 am
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No problem with the same flight number OR that it is operated by Compass Airlines as American Eagle?
I don't see any problem with the 'Back-to-back / Immediate Turnaround' Right?
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Old Jan 1, 2020, 3:13 am
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American frequently number the flights in both directions between two airports with the same flight number but they are separate flights.
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Old Jan 1, 2020, 3:42 am
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My gut feeling is that it should be on separate coupons of the ticket (or different tickets entirely?) so should be fine.
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Old Jan 1, 2020, 3:45 am
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My gut feeling is that it should be on separate coupons of the ticket (or different tickets entirely?) so should be fine.
Not sure....As this is an immediate turnaround I thought it would be wiser to have a return ticket....
Any experience / thoughts??
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Old Jan 1, 2020, 3:50 am
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Originally Posted by ehud
Not sure....As this is an immediate turnaround I thought it would be wiser to have a return ticket....
Any experience / thoughts??
Hi,

As it is a return ticket , each leg will have effectively its own coupon so each leg will count separately. You should be fine.

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Old Jan 1, 2020, 3:53 am
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Not sure....As this is an immediate turnaround I thought it would be wiser to have a return ticket....
Any experience / thoughts??
A return will be 2 coupons.
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Old Jan 1, 2020, 4:00 am
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Originally Posted by ehud
Not sure....As this is an immediate turnaround I thought it would be wiser to have a return ticket....
Any experience / thoughts??
We did / do have problems where (for example) you book something like SFO-LAX-LAS. Occasionally AA would have the same flight number for both sectors, and even more occasionally someone would have only a single SFO-LAS credit, even though there were in reality 2 different boarding passes, aicraft and crew involved.

In your case, they could hardly credit it as LAX-LAX, so I think you would be OK. But if you can find another option then out of an excess of caution I would certainly consider it.
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Old Jan 1, 2020, 4:05 am
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Thanks.
Not many option out of LAX with decent prices and leaving after work (around 5PM) and returning same day.
Having a flight LAX-JFK-LHR early next morning...
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Old Jan 1, 2020, 4:26 am
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The fact that these flights are operated by 'Compass Airlines as American Eagle' won't be a problem?
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Old Jan 1, 2020, 4:38 am
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Originally Posted by ehud
The fact that these flights are operated by 'Compass Airlines as American Eagle' won't be a problem?

Hi,

No it won't be a problem and will earn as normal for AA flights

Regards

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Old Jan 1, 2020, 5:10 am
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The fact that these flights are operated by 'Compass Airlines as American Eagle' won't be a problem?
From experience, not at all.
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Old Jan 1, 2020, 5:40 am
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Originally Posted by ehud
Not sure....As this is an immediate turnaround I thought it would be wiser to have a return ticket....
Any experience / thoughts??
You can always book two singles, since AA protects connections on separate tickets as long as they respect the minimum connection time (which should be the case since you can book it on one ticket)
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Old Jan 1, 2020, 5:46 am
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The fact that these flights are operated by 'Compass Airlines as American Eagle' won't be a problem?
No, that is completely normal for American domestic flights and they credit as normal. These aren't codeshares but rather AA prime flights operated by their subcontractors.

By contrast a codeshare like American operated by Hawaiian would not credit.
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