Travelling Sydney to Hong Kong

[Zippy7]

Been thinking some more about this...

If I sign up and credit to AA, I can't go for their challenge anyway, since these flights are CX, and you need 4 sectors in AA to obtain any status...- that would be the same thing that Qantas used to stop me from getting Silver!

But I am talking to the bosses about getting a sponsored trip to NY/LN, which probably would be a RTW fare... Would that be worth using to credit for an AA challenge? I don't think I can jump into a WP equivalent with their challenge, right?

 

[serfty]

... If I sign up and credit to AA, I can't go for their challenge anyway, since these flights are CX, and you need 4 sectors in AA to obtain any status...- that would be the same thing that Qantas used to stop me from getting Silver! ...

AA have not been enforcing their 4 segment rule; of course that may change a any time.

Until early last year, Qantas were not enforcing theirs either.

 

[Zippy7]

Clarification of AA Platinum qualification

The emails I read state that I need 10,000 qpoints

Is that mileage flown? Does that include status bonus?

So does this mean I can jump straight up into AA platinum with my Sydney-HK return trip in J on Cathay? (Qantas points calculation website says 9xx_ points base, with 2xx_ points bonus for J)

Cheers.

 

[Baysider]

You need 10,000 actual miles on AA ticketed travel for the challenge.

 

[serfty]

Actaully, you require 10K Qpoints - thats 6667 miles on AA in the higher fare classes like B, Y, J, D, P, A, F.

See Dave Noble's excellent thread:

• http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/com...ntage/aa-platinum-challenge-mileage-8595.html

 

[Zippy7]

Actaully, you require 10K Qpoints - thats 6667 miles on AA in the higher fare classes like B, Y, J, D, P, A, F.

See Dave Noble's excellent thread:

• http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/community/american-airlines-advantage/aa-platinum-challenge-mileage-8595.html

Actually - thats the first thread I read... but then there were so many other things. I also read http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/community/american-airlines-advantage/aa-platinum-challenge-tips-6040.html
but then I read this one, which probably caused the confusion http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/community/open-discussion/aa-platinum-challenge-on-cx-6023.html
Maybe that last thread is out of date...

 

[Baysider]

Just re-read my AA Elite Challenges email and serfty is indeed correct. It also states "only points earned on American Airlines, American Eagle and AmericanConnection flights (including AA codeshare flights operated by other carriers) count toward Challenges".