Ability to earn double miles on 2 different airlines. (AA and BA) [duplicate]
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Can you earn miles with different airlines for the same one flight, if they are part of the same loyalty program?
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I am an awards member with both American Airlines and British Airlines. I work in the Middle East and every month I'm either flying to the Middle East or flying home.
My company only has an account with BA and for the last 3 years after my flights are over I request miles to my AA account and have received them. So in fact I'm actually earning double miles. I don't know why but I have never requested miles for flights I fly with AA on my BA account.
This week I tried to add miles from my recent flights with AA to BA and they were rejected. When I called BA to find out why they had been rejected they told me they had already been credited to my AA rewards account and BA couldn't award me because that would be "double credit"...
I don't want to make too much of the issue if this will hurt me with my AA rewards. But is this correct? Any one else have this issue or could you help me ?
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edited Apr 29 '16 at 18:38
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Can you earn miles with different airlines for the same one flight, if they are part of the same loyalty program?
2 answers
I am an awards member with both American Airlines and British Airlines. I work in the Middle East and every month I'm either flying to the Middle East or flying home.
My company only has an account with BA and for the last 3 years after my flights are over I request miles to my AA account and have received them. So in fact I'm actually earning double miles. I don't know why but I have never requested miles for flights I fly with AA on my BA account.
This week I tried to add miles from my recent flights with AA to BA and they were rejected. When I called BA to find out why they had been rejected they told me they had already been credited to my AA rewards account and BA couldn't award me because that would be "double credit"...
I don't want to make too much of the issue if this will hurt me with my AA rewards. But is this correct? Any one else have this issue or could you help me ?
loyalty-programs british-airways american-airlines
edited Apr 29 '16 at 18:38
blackbird
13.8k742107
asked Apr 29 '16 at 17:47
ddrufnekddrufnek
111
marked as duplicate by choster, Willeke♦, Karlson, mts, JonathanReez♦ Apr 30 '16 at 9:29
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Pick one program or the other. Make sure the account number for that program is each ticket you fly (you can always ask an agent at the airport to put your frequent flyer number in if needed). You can't earn double miles for the same flight in two different programs.
– Zach Lipton
Apr 29 '16 at 17:59
IF your company is receiving credit, it is in a program separate from the ordinary Executive Club, which is for individuals. Likely, your company is not a member of any equivalent AA program, thus you can seemingly double-accrue in one direction but not the other. Generally speaking, you can only accrue miles from any flight to a single individual frequent flyer account.
– choster
Apr 29 '16 at 18:53
Yes, choster is almost certainly right about what's going on here. Many airlines have separate loyalty programs for companies that are in addition to, not in lieu of, their loyalty programs for individuals. Both the company and the individual can earn points for a flight (even from the same airline,) but neither the company nor the individual can earn credit for the flight on more than one airline. You should not have earned BA points to your personal account for the flights that you credited to your AA account, though your company may have earned BA credit for it.
– reirab
Aug 31 '16 at 18:06
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This question already has an answer here:
Can you earn miles with different airlines for the same one flight, if they are part of the same loyalty program?
2 answers
I am an awards member with both American Airlines and British Airlines. I work in the Middle East and every month I'm either flying to the Middle East or flying home.
My company only has an account with BA and for the last 3 years after my flights are over I request miles to my AA account and have received them. So in fact I'm actually earning double miles. I don't know why but I have never requested miles for flights I fly with AA on my BA account.
This week I tried to add miles from my recent flights with AA to BA and they were rejected. When I called BA to find out why they had been rejected they told me they had already been credited to my AA rewards account and BA couldn't award me because that would be "double credit"...
I don't want to make too much of the issue if this will hurt me with my AA rewards. But is this correct? Any one else have this issue or could you help me ?
loyalty-programs british-airways american-airlines
edited Apr 29 '16 at 18:38
blackbird
13.8k742107
asked Apr 29 '16 at 17:47
ddrufnekddrufnek
111
This question already has an answer here:
Can you earn miles with different airlines for the same one flight, if they are part of the same loyalty program?
2 answers
I am an awards member with both American Airlines and British Airlines. I work in the Middle East and every month I'm either flying to the Middle East or flying home.
My company only has an account with BA and for the last 3 years after my flights are over I request miles to my AA account and have received them. So in fact I'm actually earning double miles. I don't know why but I have never requested miles for flights I fly with AA on my BA account.
This week I tried to add miles from my recent flights with AA to BA and they were rejected. When I called BA to find out why they had been rejected they told me they had already been credited to my AA rewards account and BA couldn't award me because that would be "double credit"...
I don't want to make too much of the issue if this will hurt me with my AA rewards. But is this correct? Any one else have this issue or could you help me ?
This question already has an answer here:
Can you earn miles with different airlines for the same one flight, if they are part of the same loyalty program?
2 answers
loyalty-programs british-airways american-airlines
loyalty-programs british-airways american-airlines
edited Apr 29 '16 at 18:38
blackbird
13.8k742107
asked Apr 29 '16 at 17:47
ddrufnekddrufnek
111
edited Apr 29 '16 at 18:38
blackbird
13.8k742107
asked Apr 29 '16 at 17:47
ddrufnekddrufnek
111
edited Apr 29 '16 at 18:38
blackbird
13.8k742107
edited Apr 29 '16 at 18:38
blackbird
13.8k742107
edited Apr 29 '16 at 18:38
blackbird
13.8k742107
13.8k742107
asked Apr 29 '16 at 17:47
ddrufnekddrufnek
111
asked Apr 29 '16 at 17:47
ddrufnekddrufnek
111
asked Apr 29 '16 at 17:47
ddrufnekddrufnek
111
111
marked as duplicate by choster, Willeke♦, Karlson, mts, JonathanReez♦ Apr 30 '16 at 9:29
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
marked as duplicate by choster, Willeke♦, Karlson, mts, JonathanReez♦ Apr 30 '16 at 9:29
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
2
Pick one program or the other. Make sure the account number for that program is each ticket you fly (you can always ask an agent at the airport to put your frequent flyer number in if needed). You can't earn double miles for the same flight in two different programs.
– Zach Lipton
Apr 29 '16 at 17:59
IF your company is receiving credit, it is in a program separate from the ordinary Executive Club, which is for individuals. Likely, your company is not a member of any equivalent AA program, thus you can seemingly double-accrue in one direction but not the other. Generally speaking, you can only accrue miles from any flight to a single individual frequent flyer account.
– choster
Apr 29 '16 at 18:53
Yes, choster is almost certainly right about what's going on here. Many airlines have separate loyalty programs for companies that are in addition to, not in lieu of, their loyalty programs for individuals. Both the company and the individual can earn points for a flight (even from the same airline,) but neither the company nor the individual can earn credit for the flight on more than one airline. You should not have earned BA points to your personal account for the flights that you credited to your AA account, though your company may have earned BA credit for it.
– reirab
Aug 31 '16 at 18:06
add a comment |
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Pick one program or the other. Make sure the account number for that program is each ticket you fly (you can always ask an agent at the airport to put your frequent flyer number in if needed). You can't earn double miles for the same flight in two different programs.
– Zach Lipton
Apr 29 '16 at 17:59
IF your company is receiving credit, it is in a program separate from the ordinary Executive Club, which is for individuals. Likely, your company is not a member of any equivalent AA program, thus you can seemingly double-accrue in one direction but not the other. Generally speaking, you can only accrue miles from any flight to a single individual frequent flyer account.
– choster
Apr 29 '16 at 18:53
Yes, choster is almost certainly right about what's going on here. Many airlines have separate loyalty programs for companies that are in addition to, not in lieu of, their loyalty programs for individuals. Both the company and the individual can earn points for a flight (even from the same airline,) but neither the company nor the individual can earn credit for the flight on more than one airline. You should not have earned BA points to your personal account for the flights that you credited to your AA account, though your company may have earned BA credit for it.
– reirab
Aug 31 '16 at 18:06
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Pick one program or the other. Make sure the account number for that program is each ticket you fly (you can always ask an agent at the airport to put your frequent flyer number in if needed). You can't earn double miles for the same flight in two different programs.
– Zach Lipton
Apr 29 '16 at 17:59
Pick one program or the other. Make sure the account number for that program is each ticket you fly (you can always ask an agent at the airport to put your frequent flyer number in if needed). You can't earn double miles for the same flight in two different programs.
– Zach Lipton
Apr 29 '16 at 17:59
IF your company is receiving credit, it is in a program separate from the ordinary Executive Club, which is for individuals. Likely, your company is not a member of any equivalent AA program, thus you can seemingly double-accrue in one direction but not the other. Generally speaking, you can only accrue miles from any flight to a single individual frequent flyer account.
– choster
Apr 29 '16 at 18:53
IF your company is receiving credit, it is in a program separate from the ordinary Executive Club, which is for individuals. Likely, your company is not a member of any equivalent AA program, thus you can seemingly double-accrue in one direction but not the other. Generally speaking, you can only accrue miles from any flight to a single individual frequent flyer account.
– choster
Apr 29 '16 at 18:53
Yes, choster is almost certainly right about what's going on here. Many airlines have separate loyalty programs for companies that are in addition to, not in lieu of, their loyalty programs for individuals. Both the company and the individual can earn points for a flight (even from the same airline,) but neither the company nor the individual can earn credit for the flight on more than one airline. You should not have earned BA points to your personal account for the flights that you credited to your AA account, though your company may have earned BA credit for it.
– reirab
Aug 31 '16 at 18:06
Yes, choster is almost certainly right about what's going on here. Many airlines have separate loyalty programs for companies that are in addition to, not in lieu of, their loyalty programs for individuals. Both the company and the individual can earn points for a flight (even from the same airline,) but neither the company nor the individual can earn credit for the flight on more than one airline. You should not have earned BA points to your personal account for the flights that you credited to your AA account, though your company may have earned BA credit for it.
– reirab
Aug 31 '16 at 18:06
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Yes, it is correct. Airline partnership arrangements include this restriction as a matter of course. The point is to achieve reciprocity; allowing people to double collect (or more) would alter the economics of frequent flyer rewards, fundamentally changing their value.
answered Apr 29 '16 at 17:55
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Especially since there are often a dozen or more members of the alliance. Can you imagine crediting a flight to 15 different loyalty programs?
– reirab
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Yes, it is correct. Airline partnership arrangements include this restriction as a matter of course. The point is to achieve reciprocity; allowing people to double collect (or more) would alter the economics of frequent flyer rewards, fundamentally changing their value.
answered Apr 29 '16 at 17:55
phoogphoog
74.9k12162244
Especially since there are often a dozen or more members of the alliance. Can you imagine crediting a flight to 15 different loyalty programs?
– reirab
Aug 31 '16 at 17:59
add a comment |
Yes, it is correct. Airline partnership arrangements include this restriction as a matter of course. The point is to achieve reciprocity; allowing people to double collect (or more) would alter the economics of frequent flyer rewards, fundamentally changing their value.
answered Apr 29 '16 at 17:55
phoogphoog
74.9k12162244
Especially since there are often a dozen or more members of the alliance. Can you imagine crediting a flight to 15 different loyalty programs?
– reirab
Aug 31 '16 at 17:59
add a comment |
Yes, it is correct. Airline partnership arrangements include this restriction as a matter of course. The point is to achieve reciprocity; allowing people to double collect (or more) would alter the economics of frequent flyer rewards, fundamentally changing their value.
answered Apr 29 '16 at 17:55
phoogphoog
74.9k12162244
Yes, it is correct. Airline partnership arrangements include this restriction as a matter of course. The point is to achieve reciprocity; allowing people to double collect (or more) would alter the economics of frequent flyer rewards, fundamentally changing their value.
answered Apr 29 '16 at 17:55
phoogphoog
74.9k12162244
answered Apr 29 '16 at 17:55
phoogphoog
74.9k12162244
answered Apr 29 '16 at 17:55
phoogphoog
74.9k12162244
answered Apr 29 '16 at 17:55
phoogphoog
74.9k12162244
74.9k12162244
Especially since there are often a dozen or more members of the alliance. Can you imagine crediting a flight to 15 different loyalty programs?
– reirab
Aug 31 '16 at 17:59
add a comment |
Especially since there are often a dozen or more members of the alliance. Can you imagine crediting a flight to 15 different loyalty programs?
– reirab
Aug 31 '16 at 17:59
Especially since there are often a dozen or more members of the alliance. Can you imagine crediting a flight to 15 different loyalty programs?
– reirab
Aug 31 '16 at 17:59
Especially since there are often a dozen or more members of the alliance. Can you imagine crediting a flight to 15 different loyalty programs?
– reirab
Aug 31 '16 at 17:59
add a comment |
2
Pick one program or the other. Make sure the account number for that program is each ticket you fly (you can always ask an agent at the airport to put your frequent flyer number in if needed). You can't earn double miles for the same flight in two different programs.
– Zach Lipton
Apr 29 '16 at 17:59
IF your company is receiving credit, it is in a program separate from the ordinary Executive Club, which is for individuals. Likely, your company is not a member of any equivalent AA program, thus you can seemingly double-accrue in one direction but not the other. Generally speaking, you can only accrue miles from any flight to a single individual frequent flyer account.
– choster
Apr 29 '16 at 18:53
Yes, choster is almost certainly right about what's going on here. Many airlines have separate loyalty programs for companies that are in addition to, not in lieu of, their loyalty programs for individuals. Both the company and the individual can earn points for a flight (even from the same airline,) but neither the company nor the individual can earn credit for the flight on more than one airline. You should not have earned BA points to your personal account for the flights that you credited to your AA account, though your company may have earned BA credit for it.
– reirab
Aug 31 '16 at 18:06