Many codeshare flights with
an AA flight number are operated by partners like Alaska Airlines or British Airways.
Effective for travel on and from 1Â September 2016, Qantas Frequent Flyer members will no longer earn a Minimum Points Guarantee when flying on American Airlines flights with
an AA flight number.
The same restrictions will apply to people who want to earn American AAdvantage miles on Alaska - operated flights: it must be a codeshare with
an AA flight number.
Register before travel to benefit; only flights with
an AA flight number (even if operated by partners) are eligible.
Not exact matches
Removing these high priced, YQ heavy
flights also removes a large
number of low level awards — which further hurts your ability to find seats to book with your
AA miles.This is why a good amount of diversity in your mileage programs is important, as is knowing your demand for miles.
For example, domestic
AA flights that show availability at the Saver Economy level of 17,500 AAdvantage miles on
AA.com will be bookable using Avios, though the
number required will vary based on distance.
-- check if you can find a
flight using
AA miles as per this article — if the
number of
AA + taxes is reasonable and you find an itinerary that works for you, then go with that
One caveat, be sure that your
flight has an
AA code in front of the
flight number, and don't forget to register before flying.
Likewise, AAdvantage members will earn miles, elite qualifying miles, elite qualifying segments and elite qualifying dollars only on Alaska and Horizon Air
flights that carry
AA codes and
flight numbers, and are booked through American.
Perhaps Lucky,
AA will take a page out of QF's book and introduce a new elite OWE + tier that is like QFF's Platinum One (that requires considerable travel, with a majority of it on
AA coded
flights) to help stratify the Executive Platinum rank (that will indeed swell in
number).
Re-run the search and feed the exact
flight numbers to
AA.
Write
flight number «
AA 316» down and Bing will keep you up to date with the latest
flight status.