Mileage run out of MIA 5.1k AA miles needed
Oct 8, 2015, 9:26 am
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 38
Mileage run out of MIA 5.1k AA miles needed
Hi guys,
Long time reader of these mileage runs but never acted on it. I'm currently at about 33,700 miles. I have the Citi executive plat wich should get me the 10k EQM.
I wanted to verify a few things with the group:
Since I'm gold, am I correct to assume that I don't need to fly 6,300 miles but 25% less due to Gold bonus? (5k miles).
If so, I was wondering how you would go with finding out whether it's best to book a coach flight or a biz/first? I saw a promotion page on AA.com that says 2.0 (discounted biz) or 3.0 (full biz/first) miles until December 31. Does that mean that I could fly a 1,680 miles in full biz and get to 6,300 EQM miles total? (And to be specific, does the 25% bonus applies to the triple miles or just to the base miles?) Is it generally more interesting to look for these fares or for coach?
I'd like to get to plat as I'll start flying more next year and that should get me to exec plat.
Thanks for your help!
Long time reader of these mileage runs but never acted on it. I'm currently at about 33,700 miles. I have the Citi executive plat wich should get me the 10k EQM.
I wanted to verify a few things with the group:
Since I'm gold, am I correct to assume that I don't need to fly 6,300 miles but 25% less due to Gold bonus? (5k miles).
If so, I was wondering how you would go with finding out whether it's best to book a coach flight or a biz/first? I saw a promotion page on AA.com that says 2.0 (discounted biz) or 3.0 (full biz/first) miles until December 31. Does that mean that I could fly a 1,680 miles in full biz and get to 6,300 EQM miles total? (And to be specific, does the 25% bonus applies to the triple miles or just to the base miles?) Is it generally more interesting to look for these fares or for coach?
I'd like to get to plat as I'll start flying more next year and that should get me to exec plat.
Thanks for your help!
Oct 8, 2015, 9:54 am
#3
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: 6km East of EPAYE
Programs: UA Silver, AA Platinum, AS & DL GM Marriott TE, Hilton Gold
Posts: 9,582
That being said you need a 6,300mi MR.
If so, I was wondering how you would go with finding out whether it's best to book a coach flight or a biz/first? I saw a promotion page on AA.com that says 2.0 (discounted biz) or 3.0 (full biz/first) miles until December 31. Does that mean that I could fly a 1,680 miles in full biz and get to 6,300 EQM miles total?....Is it generally more interesting to look for these fares or for coach?
Example: Sat November 7th MIA-CLT-DFW-SEA-PHX-DFW-MIA $324 6,331mi. That is 5.1cpm.
Oct 8, 2015, 10:08 am
#4
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SRQ, AMS, AGP
Posts: 200
Thx.
Oct 8, 2015, 10:18 am
#5
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: 6km East of EPAYE
Programs: UA Silver, AA Platinum, AS & DL GM Marriott TE, Hilton Gold
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EQM = Elite Qualifying Miles
EQP = Elite Qualifying Points
EQS = Elite Qualifying Segments
RDM = Redeemable Miles.........your mileage bank
The elite bonus only count towards redeemable miles where premium cabin bonus's count towards EQM. I keep track of everything with a spreadsheet but that would be overkill for most.
When you are trying to make status just keep your eye on EQM, EQP OR EQS and make status based on whichever goal you are closet to.
Mod's it's time to ship this off to the discussion thread.
Oct 8, 2015, 11:27 am
#7
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 38
Madone59 thanks for the clarification... I was definitely gonna fall for it... Thanks for the update. I've always thought that Exec Plat did not have to re-fly the full 100,000 miles every year... Guess I got that part wrong...
Thank you for your help! I'll check out the MR you posted and see if I can build from it. Mods, sorry for the wrong forum. My next step was to post a tentative MR and see how it looked. Appreciate the move.
Thank you for your help! I'll check out the MR you posted and see if I can build from it. Mods, sorry for the wrong forum. My next step was to post a tentative MR and see how it looked. Appreciate the move.
Oct 8, 2015, 1:06 pm
#9
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: 6km East of EPAYE
Programs: UA Silver, AA Platinum, AS & DL GM Marriott TE, Hilton Gold
Posts: 9,582
Madone found the best option from miami (up to seattle). Instead of flying through CLT and DFW if you did MIA-LAX-SEA-LAX-MIA it's $318 for 6588 miles on Nov. 7th, Nov 14th, or Dec. 5th. Plus you'd get to fly on alaska for the LAX-SEA-LAX segments, I've heard it's pretty nice.