SC's changed for AA or website broken?

[windycityf]

I am trying to take advantage of the DSC promo and I noticed that the earnings are a bit low when partner airlines are involved. For Example ORD-DFW-SYD is showing 210. I just did this flight in reverse SYD-DFW-ORD and I earned 260, or 200 SYD-DFW and 60 DFW-ORD.

Earlier in the week the calculator was available and now it's saying it's not available for US. So did I miss the memo on the earnings changing or is something potentially horrible cooking??

 

[windycityf]

Ok there is something off with the website, at least here in the US. It's only showing the earn on the QF flights not partner flights.
So I guess that makes it easy to know what the DSC will be.

Cheers!

 

[serfty]

The calculator is unreliable when it is "working". I don't rely in it.

Other than that, did the flight number you flew from ORD on start with QF (AA metal)?

 

[windycityf]

It's not the calculator it's on the booking page, when you click on the price.
Its the same whether the first flight as AA, AS or even UA. The SC amount never changed. So it appears to an IT issue.

 

[serfty]

It's not the calculator it's on the booking page, when you click on the price.
Its the same whether the first flight as AA, AS or even UA. The SC amount never changed. So it appears to an IT issue.

Those are even less trustworthy.

To calculate yourself, first find the fare bucket for each segment, e.g. D

Then for flights with AA flight numbers, look here to find the earning category for that fare bucket: Frequent Flyer - Flying Qantas and Partner Airlines - Fare Categories on AA

Now go here to locate the earning for the route/distance and category: Frequent Flyer - Flying Qantas and Partner Airlines - Flying with AA Qantas & Jetstar - Earning Qantas Points

For flights with QF flight numbers, look here: Frequent Flyer - Flying with Qantas & Jetstar - Earning Categories for the category and here: Frequent Flyer - Flying with Qantas & Jetstar - Earning Qantas Points for the earning.