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Nov 17, 2006 | 8:14 pm

S0ck3t

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AAdvantage points in L on CX/QF

I'm on a LONE6 ticket and will have completed my Platinum challenge just as I enter Asia and Australisa (westwards)

I fly 10622 miles on CX and will currently earn 0 AA miles. If I have a LANPass I can convert via HHonours to 1500 AA miles. Is there a more efficient way of making these miles count?

Additionally I fly 8063 miles on QF and with the 0.7 multiplier and my platinum status I expect to earn 11288 AA Miles. Can I earn more from these miles too?

Thanks

S0ck3t

Nov 17, 2006 | 9:54 pm

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You could credit CX to Asiamiles and earn 10K+ points. Even if you never credit anything else to Asiamiles again, that is enough points for a Samsonite Penguin carryon (actually shaped like a penguin!) -- now who can resist that as a memento of this trip. Asiamiles is moderately good for some things, like upgrades on BA/CX (ie things you cannot use AA miles for). So it isn't quite like having orphan miles, and 10K Asiamiles seems much better value than 1.5K AA miles.

Nov 18, 2006 | 1:58 am

Guy Betsy

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Both CX and QF "L" class earn 100% mileage on ALASKA's MVP programme. Unfortunately they do not earn towards status tiers. But hey, that's better than nothing right?

Nov 18, 2006 | 2:29 am

Dave Noble

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Originally Posted by S0ck3t

Additionally I fly 8063 miles on QF and with the 0.7 multiplier and my platinum status I expect to earn 11288 AA Miles. Can I earn more from these miles too?

Thanks

S0ck3t

if you fly 8063 miles on QF in L class you will earn 50% miles of 4032 and a platinum bonus of 4032 giving a total of 8064. Earning on QF hasn't been 70% for a long while

Dave

Nov 18, 2006 | 7:21 am

S0ck3t

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if you fly 8063 miles on QF in L class you will earn 50% miles of 4032 and a platinum bonus of 4032 giving a total of 8064. Earning on QF hasn't been 70% for a long while

Dave

Thanks for that Dave - the FewMiles AAdvantage FAQ I was using must have been out of date.

As for the Penguin carry-on - YES!

Nov 18, 2006 | 8:14 am

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Originally Posted by S0ck3t

...the FewMiles AAdvantage FAQ I was using must have been out of date...

The FewMiles data has not been updated in years (the AA FAQ contains a warning about it).

Nov 18, 2006 | 11:59 am

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Sounds like long flights on on QF/CX. The long flights usually have AA codeshare flight numbers. Try to change to the AA flight number, and then you get all the miles.

Nov 18, 2006 | 5:00 pm

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Sounds like long flights on on QF/CX. The long flights usually have AA codeshare flight numbers. Try to change to the AA flight number, and then you get all the miles.

While using the AA codeshare is a good idea, it simply isn't available in L on most routes (AA chooses to offer only a few fare codes for codeshares; A and D are often available and L is often not available).

Nov 18, 2006 | 11:16 pm

Dave Noble

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Thanks for that Dave - the FewMiles AAdvantage FAQ I was using must have been out of date.

For current mileage earning and qpoint earning details, I would suggest sticking to aa.com since it has the definitive details

Dave

Nov 27, 2006 | 3:12 pm

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S0ck3t

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Quote:

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Sounds like long flights on on QF/CX. The long flights usually have AA codeshare flight numbers. Try to change to the AA flight number, and then you get all the miles.

How would I find if there are any AA codeshares? Particularly for HKG-DEL, SYD-JNB and HKG-AKL?

Thanks

Nov 27, 2006 | 3:18 pm

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number_6

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How would I find if there are any AA codeshares? Particularly for HKG-DEL, SYD-JNB and HKG-AKL?

You look in the schedule on aa.com, if a codeshare exists it will show it. But all codeshares are extensions of AA metal flights (so one of the O/D cities must have native AA service); this makes it very unlikely that any of your 3 routes would ever have an AA codeshare.

Nov 27, 2006 | 5:18 pm

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I am not aware of any "good" (AA/LA/AY) codeshares on HKG-DEL, SYD-JNB and HKG-AKL.

Nov 28, 2006 | 8:17 pm

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I'd send it the 10K+ on to CX Asiamiles. 10K will get a one-way ticket from HKG to a short-hop destination (such as KHH, HAK, KWL), and a round-trip is only 15K. Those are usually very expensive tickets too.

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