By this year - end I will have earned around 20,000 of my 100,000 + American
Airlines EQM by flying on British Airways economy fares.
If you don't have time for mileage runs but can put a lot of money on credit cards, this is a potential 20,000 American
Airlines EQMs you could gain in both 2014 and 2015.
Not exact matches
Quick clarification, if I want to book an American
Airlines flight through the Chase Sapphire Travel Portal, will I earn
EQM (miles) and EQS (segments) like normal towards elite status since you said it was a revenue transaction?
Basic frequent flier perks shrinking as
airlines push top - tier programs — Airlines are now more interested in luring us to second - level elite status (50,000 EQMs), so they're taking some goodies away from base - level elite members... (See Frequent flie
airlines push top - tier programs —
Airlines are now more interested in luring us to second - level elite status (50,000 EQMs), so they're taking some goodies away from base - level elite members... (See Frequent flie
Airlines are now more interested in luring us to second - level elite status (50,000
EQMs), so they're taking some goodies away from base - level elite members... (See Frequent flier perks)
To achieve status, you need to reach a certain number of «Elite Qualifying Miles» (
EQM), which accrue based on the miles flown and your American
Airlines airfare.
For
EQM - Zero flyers like ourselves Alliances and partners are important because award seats at the low level on any one partner
airline are usually able to be booked by any other partner's program.
Each level of American
Airlines elite status qualification requires an EQD (Elite Qualifying Dollars) level of spending with the
airline in addition to Elite Qualifying Miles / Segment qualifications (
EQM / EQS).
As with
EQMs, the most straightforward earning is on American
Airlines flights and AA - marketed codeshares.
The Chase Continental
Airlines Presidential Plus card, for example, will give you 1,000
EQMs every time you spend $ 5,000 on qualifying purchases — but it will cost you $ 395 in annual fees.
You can already earn
EQMs for flying on American
Airlines oneworld partners and Alaska.
The earning of
EQM on partner
airlines varies by
airline.
This year I have flown about 25,000
EQM since January and have already attained Gold... [Read more...] about Free Platinum Status On American
Airlines
The rationale I've heard is that the 10,000
EQM prevents the card holder from having to do a «mileage run» at the end of the year to achieve status on American
Airlines so it's saving the user the airfare and associated costs of that mileage run.
If you're looking to take a trip that can be booked through American
Airlines or one of its partners you should always work out what your AAdvantage earnings will be (
EQM, RDM & EQD) for each method of booking — the chances are that the less you pay for your fare the better it will be for you if you book through a partner
airline rather than American.
$ 40,000 was way too much spend to put on this card just to get the 10,000
EQM (which is why I haven't done it in recent years) and most of the other worthwhile benefits I either get with my
airline status or with other, cheaper, credit cards that I hold.
American
Airlines still awards 1 Elite Qualifying Mile (
EQM) per mile flown regardless of the cabin you fly in or the cost of the ticket so, with a trip length of 19,938 miles I will earn 19,938
EQM at a cost of just 4.0 cents per mile.
More importantly, Discount Economy fares booked though American
Airlines still earn 1
EQM / mile flown and the
airline has confirmed that this will remain the case for the time being.
American
airlines is sending out emails to select AAdvantage members offering them the chance to earn Elite Qualifying Miles (
EQM) for hotel stays across most major hotel chains.
No notable changes to the S7 earnings chart but, like Malaysia
Airlines and Royal Jordanian, the cheapest Economy class fares not only fail to earn
EQM but EQD too.
For the time being American
Airlines is only adding a revenue element to how we earn award miles — they're not threatening to add a revenue element to how we redeem Elite Qualifying Miles (
EQM).....
To extend your elite benefits through January 31, 2019, earn 12,500 Elite Qualifying Miles (
EQMs) and $ 2,000 Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs) on American or other eligible
airlines for travel between the date you register and May 25, 2018.
EQM can also be earned from partner
airlines at various rates.
Several
airlines let you earn elite qualifying miles (
EQM) through credit card sign - up bonus and spending.
American
Airlines did very well, winning the program of the year, best promotion (double
EQMs), and best elite program categories for the Americas region.
And if you fly partner
airline you get less
EQM's than before.
Do the new
EQM rates apply to partner
airlines?
Not only am I excited to get to spend a few days in Hawaii after a whirlwind week and a half in Australia but I'll also get to fly a new
airline, plus since I paid for that ticket in business class ($ 2,500) I'll also earn AAdvantage miles and
EQMs, which I need to re-qualify for Executive Platinum this year.
Lower status requirements, such as only 40,000
EQMs for MVP Gold if you limit your travel to Alaska
Airlines
This is partly because the number of passengers qualifying for base - level elite — 25,000 elite - qualifying miles (
EQMs) in a year — is growing so quickly, especially now that
airlines are consolidating.
Starting March 1, 2016, American
Airlines AAdvantage Gold and Platinum elite status holders receive four «500 - mile upgrades» for every 12,500 Elite - Qualifying Miles (
EQM) earned.