Advice needed on LAX to Shangai
 

Where can I find out if I can fly on a OneWorld airline partner from either LAX or SFO to Shangai with the following conditions:

1) Premium Economy -- must have a 2-3-2 or a 2-4-2 confirg
2) must earn miles on AA advantage program

Thanks for your help

Not sure about the premium economy bit but AA seem to have a China Eastern Airlines codeshare LAX-PVG AA5790 - not sure if it earns AA miles.

Otherwise you could fly CX to HKG or AA to NRT and connect from there to PVG (but I don't think there is a OneWorld airline for that last bit).

Or slightly further fly QF to SYD then QF to PVG.

Or even further (but have premium economy!) BA to LHR, then BA to PVG.

There will be other routes but if you want to explore further, the only places you can fly to PVG on OneWorld airlines are from HEL, LHR, MEL and SYD (ignoring codeshares as I'm not sure if they earn miles - someone else will be able to give you much more information.)

Note if you are flying in economy then the amount of Q-points (needed for challenge - I assume you are on a challenge if your profile is up-to-date) you earn will vary depending on the airline/ booking class.

But like Yeti88 said - start a new thread - not many people will look in this post!

the only OW airline that i am aware of which has premium econ is BA - thus you would need to go via LHR and thus no AA miles.

I think it's the options as stated above, or LAX-ORD-PVG - but no premium econ.

Not quite. You can go LAX-LHR on AA (no premium econ) then LHR-PVG on BA (in WT+ = premium econ) with full AA miles all the way. Alternatively, you can go LAX/SFO-YVR on Alaska Airlines, then YVR-LHR-PVG on BA with AA miles the whole way. However, this is the wrong way 'round and almost twice as far as LAX-PVG which you can do, without premium econ, on AA/JL or CX, and presumably much more expensive too. If you must have premium econ, you're probably best off with United or Singapore, but no AA miles. Perhaps you'd get some better ideas in the AA forum.

Michael

No earning of miles between AA / BA on flights from US to Europe.

Afaik it works if you fly from Canada to Europe.

I suspect that the poster meant trans-pacific, in which case there are no options due to the lack of premium economy.

Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Bermuda, and the BA JFK-MAN flight if it is booked as an AA codeshare.

Right you are. That's why I suggested that the OP might go LAX-LHR on AA rather than BA, then transfer to BA for LHR-PVG or route via Canada. Of course, the OP ought not do that since LAX-LHR-PVG isn't really a practical itinerary in terms of time (must overnight at LHR on the return) or price (very pricy) compared to the usual Pacific routing.

The basic answer to the OP's question is that the only OW airline with economy plus is BA and they don't fly that route.

Michael

Wouldn't NRT-PVG on JL count as a One World carrier and therefore yield AA miles?

only if it's AA coded. If it's JL coded the miles earned are not status miles. JL is not OW - yet....

The only OW airline with E+ is BA, but to do this trip with BA through London just so one sits in E+ is ridiculous.

AA started ORD-PVG route just over a week ago. If one has any status, they can pick the prefered seats in Y on the 777 bird and if they get row 31, then IMHO it's better than E+ seat anyday. If no status then get to the airport early and hope some elites got upgraded to J, releasing row 31 seats for general public.

I am making my second trip to PVG next week using AA.

It is very hard to get seats on the AA PVG flight, at least in Business Class.

My alternative routing is BDL-DFW-KIX-PVG, using JL for the last leg. AA does not codeshare on this flight and, while you will earn AA miles, you will not earn status miles.

For the OP, since there really isn't a practical premium economy way to get there, I would reccomend AA from LAX to NRT and then JL to PVG.

On the way to PVG, you can do LAX/SFO AS YVR BA LHR BA PVG and fly WT+ on the BA segments and earn AAdvantage miles on all segments. On the return you can do PVG BA LHR BA YVR on one day, but ythen ou have to overnight there before continuing on to LAX/SFO on AS. Prices (for WT+) are in the mid-$2500 range.