Starting the AA Platinum challenge

[cbd089]

Hi folks,

Thanks for all the posts re the above. Am starting the challenge on the 16th and am trying to work out how many points I will get out of this one intinerary.

BANGKOK - HONG KONG I CLASS CATHAY
HONG KONG - LONDON I CLASS CATHAY
LONDON - GENEVA I CLASS BA

GENEVA-LONDON I CLASS BA
LONDON- HONG KONG I CLASS CATHAY
HONG KONG- BANGKOK I CLASS CATHAY

Thanks for any advice

 

[Dave Noble]

Hi folks,

Thanks for all the posts re the above. Am starting the challenge on the 16th and am trying to work out how many points I will get out of this one intinerary.

BANGKOK - HONG KONG I CLASS CATHAY
HONG KONG - LONDON I CLASS CATHAY
LONDON - GENEVA I CLASS BA

GENEVA-LONDON I CLASS BA
LONDON- HONG KONG I CLASS CATHAY
HONG KONG- BANGKOK I CLASS CATHAY

Thanks for any advice

Well a visit to AA.com and you can see that I class earns 1.5 points per mile flown on both BA and CX and 1.25 miles per mile flown

Using the great circle mapper at http://gc.kls2.com/

BKK-HKG is 1048 miles
HKG-LHR is 5994 miles
LHR-GVA is 470 miles

at 1.5 qpoints per miles flown, the HKG-LHR will complete the lack-of-challenge and you will officially be a stealer of candy from babies

Mileage earning will be

1048 * 1.25 as a base member
5994+470+470+5994+1048 * 2.25 as a candy stealer member

Total miles earned is 32,756 approxand total qpoints earned is 22,626

Dave

 

[cbd089]

Dave,

I had no idea it was so easy. Thanks for the advice.

 

[QF WP]

Dave Noble is indeed the purveyor of taking Platinum status from American Airlines...I learnt everything I know about it from him :shock:

 

[NM]

Dave Noble is indeed the purveyor of taking Platinum status from American Airlines...I learnt everything I know about it from him :shock:

Everything :shock:

 

[serfty]

...I learnt everything I know ...

Wot? Even Japanese? :shock:

 

[QF WP]

Just keep reading the sentence, serfty:

I learnt everything I know about it (AA Plat Challenge) from him

He's very handy to have as a friend :wink:

 

[NM]

QFF Plat (OW Emerald,) QC Life, 93.24% to Lifetime Silver, NW Plat WPerks, SQ KrisFlyer, UA. SPG Gold, HHonors Gold, Hyatt GP, Avis Pref, Hertz No 1, et al

And I hope the 93.24% refers to the status and not to the lifetime .

 

[JohnK]

And I hope the 93.24% refers to the status and not to the lifetime .

On FT it is 93.25%. :shock: :?

 

[serfty]

... On FT it is 93.25%. :shock: :?

That's probably due to differences in rounding processes between Oz and US based boards when metric time is taken into account! 8)

 

[JohnK]

... On FT it is 93.25%. :shock: :?

That's probably due to differences in rounding processes between Oz and US based boards when metric time is taken into account! 8)

There is that metric time again :!: Knew we should have stuck to imperial time. :roll: Easier to remember.