A couple of questions from an AAdvantage newbie

[hossein_au]

yep ... Oz via asia to/from Europe is fine.

I have seen connections offered in SIN, NRT and KUL. HKG and BKK should be eligible as well.

Oh cool... I just "happen" to have just about 160k AA points

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Oh cool... I just "happen" to have just about 160k AA points

I think the 'pick of the bunch' would be JL SYD-NRT-Europe in F!

 

[hossein_au]

I think the 'pick of the bunch' would be JL SYD-NRT-Europe in F!

Oooooh... yummy... (enough already, I'm drooling)

 

[leyy]

Thank you all for the feedback especially sergeyvzn and MEL_Traveller.

I am usually use more of a lifemiles program user.

Do they allow stopovers for a few days? is there a limit?


Cheers,
leyy

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Thank you all for the feedback especially sergeyvzn and MEL_Traveller.

I am usually use more of a lifemiles program user.

Do they allow stopovers for a few days? is there a limit?


Cheers,
leyy

AA doesn't allow stopovers on awards.

 

[Danger]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

How many EQPs will a PER-xSYD-CBR earn in (a) N, G or S and (b) O or Q?

 

[wandering_fred]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

How many EQPs will a PER-xSYD-CBR earn in (a) N, G or S and (b) O or Q?

Discount Economy	N, G, S	50%	–	.50
Discount Economy	O, Q	25%	–	.50

For N G S
Assuming miles of 2040 and 141 respectively and no AA status, 508 and 35
If AA status the 500 mile minimum EQM applies and the result becomes 508 and 125
For OQ and no AA status, 254 and 17. with AA status 254 and 62.
Rounding may vary.

Those earn rates and the preponderance of E class fares (which only earn on QF) did change my crediting pattern for QF domestic flights.

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[Danger]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

Discount Economy	N, G, S	50%	–	.50
Discount Economy	O, Q	25%	–	.50

For N G S
Assuming miles of 2040 and 141 respectively and no AA status, 508 and 35
If AA status the 500 mile minimum EQM applies and the result becomes 508 and 125
For OQ and no AA status, 254 and 17. with AA status 254 and 62.
Rounding may vary.

Those earn rates and the preponderance of E class fares (which only earn on QF) did change my crediting pattern for QF domestic flights.

Happy wandering

Fred

So as an EXP my EQP would be just 508 plus 125 N, G and S or 62 in O and Q? Wow.

If I bump it up to K, L, M or V will the EQP become 508 plus 500?

 

[wandering_fred]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

So as an EXP my EQP would be just 508 plus 125 N, G and S or 62 in O and Q? Wow.

If I bump it up to K, L, M or V will the EQP become 508 plus 500?

I need my afternoon nap as the math now seems suspect.

Assuming status and 2040/141 mileage for the trip with AA status means a minimum of 500 EQM.

OQ is 25% miles and 50% EQP so 510 EQM/255 EQP and 500 EQM/ 250 EQP
NGS is 50% miles and 50% EQP so 1020 EQM/510 EQP and 500 EQM/ 250 EQP
KLMV is 50% miles and full EQP so 1020 EQM/1020 EQP and 500 EQM/ 500 EQP

Without the AA status (or even with it in OQ), it hurts...

Wake me up and I'll continue wandering...

Fred

 

[Danger]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

I need my afternoon nap as the math now seems suspect.

Assuming status and 2040/141 mileage for the trip with AA status means a minimum of 500 EQM.

OQ is 25% miles and 50% EQP so 510 EQM/255 EQP and 500 EQM/ 250 EQP
NGS is 50% miles and 50% EQP so 1020 EQM/510 EQP and 500 EQM/ 250 EQP
KLMV is 50% miles and full EQP so 1020 EQM/1020 EQP and 500 EQM/ 500 EQP

Without the AA status (or even with it in OQ), it hurts...

Wake me up and I'll continue wandering...

Fred

Thank you. I'm very pleased I'm not the only one who has trouble with this!

I will have a PER-xSYD-CBR in B that will net me 3810 EQP (3061 plus 750). I will then be just 651 EQP shy of EXP requal. So I need to be super accurate as to what I'm earning.

It would appear as though I can do that with a PER-xSYD-CBR in NGS as that would get me 510 plus 250 EQP.

 

[baggyred]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

Given the US Airways forum is pretty much dead - thought I'd post here

The wife and I have just returned from our European trip we booked 12 months ago using US airways points - taking advantage of the experiences and advice from many on here.

Had a cracking trip up the front of the plane with the best being the QR 787 offering.

Just a big thank you to all - and lets hope the AUD fights back

 

[smit0847]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

given the us airways forum is pretty much dead - thought i'd post here

the wife and i have just returned from our european trip we booked 12 months ago using us airways points - taking advantage of the experiences and advice from many on here.

Had a cracking trip up the front of the plane with the best being the qr 787 offering.

Just a big thank you to all - and lets hope the aud fights back

rip usdm.

....

 

[baggyred]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

rip usdm.

....

I had outrageous routing... traversing 4 regions to get to europe

 

[Limewood]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

Given the US Airways forum is pretty much dead - thought I'd post here

The wife and I have just returned from our European trip we booked 12 months ago using US airways points - taking advantage of the experiences and advice from many on here.

Had a cracking trip up the front of the plane with the best being the QR 787 offering.

Just a big thank you to all - and lets hope the AUD fights back

We did too booked J x 2 Jan Sept3 departure, returned Oct1 using USDM, BNE/HKG stop HKG/CDG stop CDG/DOH stop DOH/PER stop PER/BNE, cost under AUD$3K each brilliant bargain, we also visited ZAG/SPU/NICE, found QR 777-300 excellent too.

 

[baggyred]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

We did too booked J x 2 Jan Sept3 departure, returned Oct1 using USDM, BNE/HKG stop HKG/CDG stop CDG/DOH stop DOH/PER stop PER/BNE, cost under AUD$3K each brilliant bargain, we also visited ZAG/SPU/NICE, found QR 777-300 excellent too.

I did an open jaw

per->hkg->dxb->lhr

returning

Vie->Doh-Per

I could have used the stopover and routed via Budapest - but I wanted to try the dreamliner

I did enjoy the QR 777-300 however the timing of that flight left me with horrific jetlag - which I've never had before - even in economy

 

[baggyred]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

GIven I haven't booked a Europe trip on AA Miles yet - i have a query about the routing exceptions.

I note AA now let you go from Oceania to Europe via Doha as long as you are flying both sectors on QR

However I thought I read it had to be the same flight number - is that correct? Or am I getting confused with Qantas?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

GIven I haven't booked a Europe trip on AA Miles yet - i have a query about the routing exceptions.

I note AA now let you go from Oceania to Europe via Doha as long as you are flying both sectors on QR

However I thought I read it had to be the same flight number - is that correct? Or am I getting confused with Qantas?

Same flight number is for Qantas.

QR services connect in Doha - so will be different flight numbers.

 

[Alanslegal]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

Just booked with AApoints LCA-LHR-SYD, with QF2 on the last leg, seems that my booking is not eligible for CD?

 

[Danger]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

GIven I haven't booked a Europe trip on AA Miles yet - i have a query about the routing exceptions.

I note AA now let you go from Oceania to Europe via Doha as long as you are flying both sectors on QR

However I thought I read it had to be the same flight number - is that correct? Or am I getting confused with Qantas?

You can also route via Asia 1 (and possibly Asia 2) to Europe for the one South Pacific-Europe award cost.

 

[baggyred]

Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it

You can also route via Asia 1 (and possibly Asia 2) to Europe for the one South Pacific-Europe award cost.

Yep - aware of that!

From Perth it is pretty much CX or QR

QR generally have better availability - so when looking into the future - would be great if we could transit DOH as it opens up more opportunities