American Airlines slashes BA earning rate – do not credit BA flights to AA in 2016

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• Idrive says:

  4 Nov4 November 06:43

  Goodmorning it seems for once i may be lucky! i booked an ex eu supercheap open jaw for Easter a while ago via aa.com and 3/4 flights are operated by BA but all flights are under a AA code. I did not remember…you get 1/4 of the miles flown irrespective of status…on discounted economy…

• Guesswho2000 says:

  4 Nov4 November 07:20

  Only a matter of time before this happened I guess, my return flight to Australia in discount Y last November got me over 40,000 AA miles, including the 100% elite bonus for AA Platinum! That’s half of a one way first class redemption back there!

• Rohan says:

  4 Nov4 November 07:30

  What about redeeming AA miles on BA metal ? Is that changing ?

  • Rob says:

    4 Nov4 November 09:08

    Not yet ….

• konagirl says:

  4 Nov4 November 08:56

  I think the blanket statements “do not credit BA flights to AA” and “This means that there is no particular reason to credit to American Airlines” are misleading. It entirely depends on each person’s travel routine which frequent flyer scheme is best for them to accrue with. A Flyertalk contributor pointed out that, with 5 economy return flights UK-West coast USA, with BA you might make OneWorld Ruby but with AA you should make OneWorld Sapphire. This is particularly true for those of us whose work require employees to travel in economy but that we may book into “low” economy booking classes rather than the “lowest”, for example.

  Thanks for pointing out the loophole re codeshares.

  • Rob says:

    4 Nov4 November 09:04

    That is true. I hesitated when I wrote that, because obviously there are reasons to do it – but for simplicity the phrase worked.

    • idrive says:

      4 Nov4 November 09:31

      Honestly, it is totally up to you, your trips path and strategy.
      I personally am now focussed on to getting Silver for the new year starting 08Nov..then credit all the rest to AA, as I am Avios rich at the moment and there is no other particular benefit when flying Eco short haul..remember that taxes on AA and ways to top up are limited…

      • James67 says:

        4 Nov4 November 21:57

        You might lso wang to consider Alaska, depending how you want to redeem your mikes.

• Paul says:

  4 Nov4 November 10:29

  I have RT flight booked for 31st Jan – 06th Feb. Can I credit outbound to AA and inbound to BA?

  • Antonio says:

    4 Nov4 November 11:21

    I believe so; just change your frequent flyer number at check in for the return journey.

• Win says:

  4 Nov4 November 13:06

  This is what happens when you continue to Game the System, you spoil it for every traveller who then gets punished for the few who score and brag about it , as a full fare paying passenger on my own Dime and not on a Company expense account I travel Twice a year R/T Long Haul on World Traveller Plus & Business when it is on SALE I end up getting shafted by the cheats of this World , Shame on all of you !
  All points earned on Company paid travel should go to the Company Travel Dept, to be distributed throughout the Company as a reward to the Employees that never get to travel , use it as a reward incentive scheme for a job well done .

  • Brendan says:

    4 Nov4 November 14:11

    How is any of that relevant? These changes won’t even affect you.

  • nick says:

    4 Nov4 November 15:02

    I hate it when I get drunk during the daytime and post nonsense on messageboards too.

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