Has anyone ever tried crediting the points earn from an ASA to another program?

[paultiffen]

Hi,

I was thinking about this before as was considering moving to the US and if you are booking JASAs then they may be eligible for points/status on a Oneworld partner. It might then be an easy way to start off different status if you knew you were moving. I was also thinking about cases when they run bonus promotions such as double points or buying or sharing miles. Again would need to be careful with terms and conditions. Or because AA doesn't charge the fuel surcharge which makes their points more valuable.

Anyone ever tried this or have any comments?

Thanks,
Paul

 

[darosner]

I credited my JASA MEL-SYD to my AAdvantage account on the weekend and it has posted as 1049 miles as an AAexPlat.

 

[serfty]

I credited my JASA MEL-SYD to my AAdvantage account on the weekend and it has posted as 1049 miles as an AAexPlat.

What was the booking class?
Posted on a wing and a prayer ...

 

[drewbles]

You can do an AA Platinum Challenge which will give you AA Platinum (OW Sapphire) and get you on your way to Executive Platinum. Keep in mind, qualifying for AA EXP is far far tougher than QF WP. It's effectively 100k BIS Miles or 100 Segments (or 100K EQP's).

Of course, if you can get this, you're going to get space-available upgrades to F on domestic services and your 4 SWU's as well.

Plenty to consider.

On the JASA question, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to as they're normal revenue fares that are being paid for by points, but of course, they still have to be in an eligible booking fare class, so check they're earning fare buckets on AA first.

 

[Kangol]

It all depends on the booking class.
*Cheap* xASA tickets (ie priced at Classic award prices) will book into classes that will not credit to other programs, for example the different classes that will credit to AAdvantage are shown here:

Qantas

More expensive xASAs will, but if you work out the numbers don't tend to be of great value compared to the alternatives for using said points.

 

[darosner]

What was the booking class?
Posted on a wing and a prayer ...

Booking class was J.

 

[paultiffen]

That all makes sense. I was thinking JASAs primarily however because of the 1000 point minimum I'm not sure that it would make sense for shorter flights like SYD->MEL. However someone who flies Sydney->Perth a lot might consider it worth it as I think they should earn 2041*1.5 AA miles each way for a JASA. Would need to squeeze in a trip to America to get the 4 qualifying segments though.

What's the least mileage requirement for oneworld lounge access on any airline?

 

[serfty]

Booking class was J.

Ok - it makes sense. I would assume that particular ASA cost a lot more than 16K QFF points.

The cheapest business class ASA's book into U class which is not an eligible earning class on QF with AAdvantage.

Posted on a wing and a prayer ...

 

[NM]

You can do an AA Platinum Challenge which will give you AA Platinum (OW Sapphire) and get you on your way to Executive Platinum. Keep in mind, qualifying for AA EXP is far far tougher than QF WP. It's effectively 100k BIS Miles or 100 Segments (or 100K EQP's).

100K EQP requires a minimum of 66,667 BIS miles.

Of course, if you can get this, you're going to get space-available upgrades to F on domestic services and your 4 SWU's as well.

8 EVIP (SWU) upgrades per year to EXP members.

 

[paultiffen]

Couple of newbie type questions then.

1) What's the easiest Oneworld program to get lounge access?
2) How do I find my booking class? I tried using the method suggested at How do you find the fare class on Qantas.com ? - FlyerTalk Forums but couldn't find anything going into U or J class it was all C or D

 

[serfty]

I ma not sure what you were looking for - for me, I have only ever booked JASA's when they were in U class.

You can use Flghtstats, Expert Flyer or KVS to ascertain the presence of U class for the cheapest JASA's.

U class would not credit to AA.

 

[Kangol]

8 EVIP (SWU) upgrades per year to EXP members.

If you use a SWU on a LONE4, does that upgrade all segments (where available) because they are all on the same PNR, or just on one segment?

 

[drron]

If you use a SWU on a LONE4, does that upgrade all segments (where available) because they are all on the same PNR, or just on one segment?

Up to 3 AA sectors as long as travel in the same direction.

 

[NM]

If you use a SWU on a LONE4, does that upgrade all segments (where available) because they are all on the same PNR, or just on one segment?

You can upgrade up to three connecting sectors. All flights must be connections (in the past I think you could have a stopover en-route, but I believe that has changed) and the travel must be in a continuous direction (east-west, north-south) so no doubling back. For example you could upgrade LAX-DFW-LHR with a single eVIP upgrade. But DFW-LAX-LHR would require 2 x eVIP.

And only AA operated and coded flights.

And they can be applied to your own flights or anyone else's. I have given away many eVIP upgrades to work colleagues and friends travelling on AA flights.