Odd Crediting on Short AA Legs
Mar 3, 2026 | 2:57 pm
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Odd Crediting on Short AA Legs
I've noticed a pattern of unusual crediting on shorter flights on AA. I'm Silver, so I'd expect that I'd get 1.65x on a low-end AA F ticket (and 2.75x on a higher-class ticket). However, for a trip this weekend I got 768 miles for both RIC-LGA and LGA-RDU. Same ticket, same fare class. RIC-LGA is 291 miles, so that's close to 2.75x (a bit under - 2.75x would be 800 miles). LGA-RDU is 430 miles, so 1.65x would be about 710 (2.75x would be much higher). RDU-LAX calculated out more-or-less correctly.
Something similar happened on MIA-MCO a few months back, too...but it was close enough to 2.75x that I figured it just credited as a higher fare due to tight inventory or something.
Any ideas what's up?
Something similar happened on MIA-MCO a few months back, too...but it was close enough to 2.75x that I figured it just credited as a higher fare due to tight inventory or something.
Any ideas what's up?
Mar 3, 2026 | 3:55 pm
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I have no idea, not sure if AY knows either..
From a LAX-SJC which is 308 miles should have given in I class 308 x 1,5 x 1,25 = 578 avios (plat). I ended up getting 872 avios no idea how that was calculated..
From a LAX-SJC which is 308 miles should have given in I class 308 x 1,5 x 1,25 = 578 avios (plat). I ended up getting 872 avios no idea how that was calculated..
Mar 3, 2026 | 8:52 pm
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This is good to know! I had not realized that there was a minimum (466 is a weird minimum, too - I'm used to 500), but on the East Coast this will likely have a non-trivial impact on my earning strategy at some point. This also explains the two numbers - 698 was as no-status while 768 was as a Silver. This presumably means that if I get to Gold the floor will rise to somewhere around 873 for a cheap F leg since 466*(1.5*1.25))=873.75.
Mar 3, 2026 | 10:21 pm
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This is good to know! I had not realized that there was a minimum (466 is a weird minimum, too - I'm used to 500), but on the East Coast this will likely have a non-trivial impact on my earning strategy at some point. This also explains the two numbers - 698 was as no-status while 768 was as a Silver. This presumably means that if I get to Gold the floor will rise to somewhere around 873 for a cheap F leg since 466*(1.5*1.25))=873.75.