Will I get American AAdvantage miles when flying a Qantas flight operated by Emirates?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 8 Aug, 2023
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Can confirm that AA will honor the One World miles. I flew on a Qantas booked ticket last week, used my AA FF# and the return flight was operated by Emirates and I got the same miles credit as I did on the inbound flight operated by Qantas. Yeah!
Yes. At this writing, nothing in the AAdvantage Terms and Conditions specifically excludes earnings on Emirates-operated flights. The Qantas partner page indicates
Earn elite-qualifying AAdvantage miles when you fly on Qantas marketed and operated flights as well as Qantas Airways codeshare flights. Simply:
- Buy an eligible published fare ticket booked in an eligible code
- Fly an eligible route
The accrual table is also provided on the partner page. At this writing, only Qantas codeshares operated by Jetstar are specifically excluded from earning AA miles. Other QF-coded flights should be fine, provided it is not prohibited in the fare rules.
The FlyerTalk wikis on Earning AA miles on Emirates and other airlines via Qantas codeshare and Miles on Qantas / QF codeshare operated by other airlines as of August 2015 also seem to confirm that it is possible, with various anecdotal reports of success. FlyerTalk is generally up-to-date on such matters.
N.B. Earning AAdvantage miles flying on EY and other non-oneworld operated flights as a QANTAS codeshare / marketed flight is an exception to oneworld rules that essentially state that to earn miles one must fly a oneworld marketed flight operated by a oneworld airline. See post #4 for more.
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To reiterate: one may earn AAdvantage miles flying an Emirates (or Air Fiji, Air Tahiti Nui, etc.) operated flight if it is marketed by QANTAS / a Qantas codeshare.
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