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…
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Summer fare alert $583 Delta/SkyTeam LAX to Germany or Switzerland May-Aug 2017
Summer fare alert for Delta Airlines and SkyTeam $583 to $640 round trip economy class for Los Angeles LAX to Zurich and several cities in Germany including Berlin, Bremen, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Nuremburg and Stuttgart for travel departures May 16 to August 22. Availability is wide-open, even weekends. American Airlines and Oneworld have fares…
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…
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…
Sri Lankan Airlines $914 Business Class Doha to Singapore, AAdvantage EQM-EQD earned

This is another post examining AAdvantage 2017 elite qualification earning for Oneworld Partner airline tickets in premium cabins as a far less expensive route to AAdvantage Platinum, Platinum Pro and Executive Platinum elite status than buying American Airlines tickets. Sri Lankan Airlines with its hub in Colombo, Sri Lanka offers Business Class tickets from Doha,…
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…
Earn AAdvantage EQD and cheaper elite status on BA Premium Economy tickets

This is Part One of how to meet the 2017 AAdvantage EQD – Elite Qualifying Dollars requirement for elite status at a far lower cost than the posted $3,000 to $12,000 levels by flying partner airlines on premium tickets. British Airways Premium Economy tickets are just one example of how to circumvent the high spend…
AA or Finnair ticket AAdvantage? $400 Chicago to Copenhagen

This post compares earning differences in AAdvantage redeemable miles, elite miles and elite dollars for same Finnair flights from Chicago to Copenhagen when ticketed as a $400 American Airlines ticket or a $400 Finnair ticket. The results may surprise you. Finnair, American, British Airways and Iberia Oneworld Alliance airlines have Chicago to Copenhagen priced from…
Go for EQM or EQP? American AAdvantage ExPlat Fast-Track
I wondered last week if I blew it buying my airline tickets at the beginning of August? AA dropped airfare to low $600s to a variety of places in Europe for a one day sale. Last week I could have ticketed 30,000 American Airlines EQM for under $700. I paid about $1,500 for my American…