Yes, 100% on all classes.

http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea...es/british.jsp

Here it does not matter if it is BA or AA ticket stock.

Does that address your concern?

No kidding...


http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/da...930201210q.htm

Non-elites can "purchase" SkyPriority as a trip extra.

You are right. I was wrong.. On the bottom tier of fares on CX you don't earn AA miles.

There are quite a few on here who do have plenty of that....

It would save me effort. If you simply stop posting incorrect information I won't have to point out that you are wrong.

Except that isn't what you said! You said that "most fares on most of their partners" earn 100% elite qualifying miles and used AS as an example. If you had simply stated that AS offers 100% elite qualifying miles, then I wouldn't have had to call you out. Heck, you went one further and in the other example you used (CX) you got that wrong!

Now, I haven't counted up the number of total fares across all their partners to determine whether "most" (e.g. more than 50%) earn 100%, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't what you meant. The actual reality is that low fare classes on the majority of AA's partners are subject to restricted earnings and provide restricted elite qualifying credit. If you look at EQPs, even low fares on AA receive only half credit.

That is correct. Which basically means you can use them for TPAC travel only as far as Tokyo and (with some scattered exceptions) for TATL travel only as far as London.

AA flies to many more destinations in Europe: FRA, DUS, ZRH, CDG, MAD and FCO I know off the top of my head. That doesn't sound like "scattered exceptions."

Compared to DL's network? Sure it is. I might be selling them short, but not that short.

They also fly to Shanghai and Manchester, at least.

Since you are so big on accuracy:

AA's SWU can be used on ANY fare to anywhere AA flies.

For Asia, where AA is notably weak, it is NRT, PVG, PEK and ICN in a few months.
In Europe, it is LHR, FRA, BRU, CDG, MAD, AMS, HEL, DUS (seasonal), DUB, FCO etc etc etc.
Plus numerous destinations in South America.

AA serves roughly 100+ international destinations.

Quite a bit more than your two.

Does DL have a better international network? I think so.
Is an AA evip more valuable than a DL SWU? I think so. I am sure you will disagree on principle.

https://www.americanexpress.com/japa.../default.shtml

It's in Japanese, but it's clearly stated: ¥27,300 annual fee for American Express Delta SkyMiles Gold Card with automatic Gold Medallion benefits regardless of flown miles per year unless you make it to Platinum the regular way.

They also have a Silver card for half the annual fee. I think it's possible to switch to that one if you happen to meet Gold through flying, so you can cut the next year's annual fee in half.

To be honest, it's better to just pay $300 a year than to worry about meeting the MQM/MQD threshold every year. Bonus perks for being able to status match onto other airlines from time to time. :D

This is very good news... Even the cheapest MR will cost you $300. Are there residency requirements stated?

Is it the real-deal SP (i.e. including check-in, security, baggage handling, etc.) or just priority boarding? I've seen priority boarding advertised as a trip extra but if I remember correctly they didn't explicitly call it SP.

For all the GMs and higher who may be cast out of SP paradise (such as it is), I imagine this will be crucial.

AA metal no longer graces BRU and has virtually never been seen in AMS in the last two decades (can't account for AA's predecessor AOA though). FRA is down to one flight (from DFW), and both HEL and FCO are also seasonal.

As some of you have stated that you wanted to redeem your DL miles, don't forget to earn VirginAus miles on DL award tickets, so there is an added benefit. If you do it enough and qualify for platinum, you get Hilton Diamond status to boot