Los Angeles LAX to Cancun, Mexico in AA Business I Class for $929 round trip. This is another baseline fare I am compiling for American Airlines North America flights to maximize British Airways Executive Club Tier Points for elite status. There is the option to fly LAX-Cancun CUN nonstop in AA Business Class and earn…
Elite Qualifying Dollars
Category Archives for Elite Qualifying Dollars.
Cheap British Airways elite $203 Biz Class Penang to Langkawi, Malaysia
In my survey of Oneworld Alliance airline routes for high earning elite status qualifying Tier Points in British Airways Executive Club and low ticket prices, there were some Business Z Class airfare deals I found four days ago on Malaysia Airlines out of Bangkok to Mumbai, India ($495 round trip) and Bangkok to Kathmandu, Nepal…
London to Singapore $2,158 Qatar/BA Business earns BA Silver Elite

British Airways Executive Club Silver elite at 600 Tier Points is the equivalent Oneworld Alliance status to American Airlines AAdvantage 50,000EQM/$6,000 EQD Platinum in 2017. This post shows how a single $2,158 Business Class itinerary on British Airways and Qatar Airways London – Stockholm – Doha – Singapore round trip earns 640 Tier Points in…
Stockholm to Hawaii $1,032 BA Premium Economy fast-track to AAdvantage Gold or BA Bronze elite
The potential to earn American Airlines AAdvantage or British Airways Executive Club elite status through BA Premium Economy fares is a strategy I am still exploring for 2017 flights. The BA Premium Economy route I found at a great price is Stockholm to Los Angeles or San Francisco for $606 round trip. The only way…
SkyMiles, AAdvantage, Mileage Plus EQM-EQD New York JFK to Bangkok Business Class comparison

This article looks at elite qualification miles EQM and elite qualifying dollars EQD earned in Delta SkyMiles, American AAdvantage and United Mileage Plus forsimilarly priced $3,007-$3,096 Business Class round trip tickets from New York JFK to Bangkok, Thailand on China Eastern (SkyTeam Alliance), Finnair (Oneworld Alliance) and Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance). I am only looking…
AAdvantage BA Business I class $1,700rt Stockholm to Los Angeles

British Airways Business Class fares are under $1,700 round trip for Stockholm to Los Angeles. The ticket price to fly LAX to Stockholm round trip is significantly higher at $3,000 in off-season periods (December holiday and summer months) and $3,500 at other times. As self-acclaimed travel blogger of the $400 Scandinavia to California round trip deep…
LAX to Maldives $1,819 CX Premium Economy earns AAdvantage Gold
CAthay Pacific Premium Economy round trip ticket at $1,819 are a high fare to a high priced destination like Los Angeles to Male, Maldives with a high earn rate towards American Airlines AAdvantage elite status in 2017. These fares are available Feb-May and Aug-Oct 2017. My primary purpose in sharing this fare is exploration of…
AAdvantage EQM-EQD JFK/LAX to Singapore Cathay Pacific, Qatar, Finnair Premium Economy and Business
This article examines AAdvantage EQM and EQD earned on Oneworld Alliance airline partners Cathay Pacific, Finnair and Qatar Airways in Premium economy and Business Class for New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. There are $1,500 to $1,600 Cathay Pacific Premium Economy tickets to Singapore from New York JFK, Chicago ORD and Los Angeles LAX…
LAX/SFO to Melbourne/Sydney $1,965 Cathay Pacific Premium Economy earns AAdvantage Gold elite
Deals I see today for Cathay Pacific Premium Economy are Los Angeles or San Francisco to Melbourne $1,965 or Sydney $1,975 round trip on dates January to March 2017. It is 23,700 flight miles Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia via Hong Kong; 23,681 flight miles to Sydney. To place the length of these flights in…
ARNing to AAdvantage Platinum elite for $1,818 in 2017

This is Part Two of my presentation for a strategy to cheap AAdvantage Platinum elite qualification in 2017 flights with British Airways Premium Economy tickets. Part One lays out the American Airlines AAdvantage frequent flyer program changes effective for redeemable miles as of August 1, 2016 and Elite Qualifying Dollars effective for earning AAdvantage elite…