I’m embarrassed and ashamed

I’m embarrassed and ashamed

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Apparently you don’t get wiser with the years. I did something yesterday for the first time in my flying career. I’ll let my AAdvantage account summary do the talking:

How… how could I?

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  1. Kris Ziel Guest

    @Frank, if you hate him so much, why do you post some stupid comment on just about every single post? Jealous much?

  2. Despina Guest

    @Frank, you'll be disappointed to know that in the three years I've been reading Ben's blog, not once (seriously!) has he ever allowed himself to be baited by a reader. It's one of the reasons I love his blog and respect him as a person. You, on the other hand. . .

  3. Msp2msy Guest

    Just ran into the same issue on dl 621 msp-Sin direct today (aka msp-nrt-sin). Darn. Thankfully it's only about 250 base miles less. Still, I should've been more aware!

  4. Alex Member

    @Frank repressed much? It's ok, you can come out of the closet... Life's too short for you to be hiding your true self!

  5. hsw25 Guest

    @Michael, why not? Every mile counts!

  6. hsw25 Guest

    The last time I was on a through flight with AA, they credited it as two seperate segments. I took a bump off of a DFW-SFO flight, and I got booked on AA 1974 (SFO-LAX-BNA). I received credit for 500 miles for the SFO-LAX leg and then 1797 miles for the LAX-BNA leg. I wasn't able to procure the same seat for both legs, so I had to deplane in LAX and reboard. I don't know if that's the factor that worked in my favor.

  7. Michael New Member

    So what was he supposed to do? Just take another routing to get both segments' miles?

  8. Joseph M Guest

    OUCH... Failing Mileage Accumulation 101...

  9. Steve Guest

    Call Executive Platinum or Platinum desk and they will be more than happy to manually adjust your flight and give you two segments (instead of one). I do it all the time and it works.

  10. Josh G Guest

    AA flew LGA-TPA in years back, moved to JFK circa 2007 I believe. All AA segments post as their purchased cabin (unless the agent doesn't correctly or fully reissue the ticket once upgrade clears). Looks like lucky flew LGA-ORD-TPA

  11. Gary Guest

    As another Gary said - so obvious.

    No connection!!!

    (To lucky, all trips are mileage run opportunities.)

  12. Denise Member

    I thought you flew direct--family duty, correct? I did last week and it almost killed me, but my daughter was not interested in flying all over the country with me nor did she have the time... However, I see that it was that old "same flight number so you only get the direct miles credited trick".

  13. Ciaran Guest

    If this for your Amex junket I wouldn't get too upset...

  14. Gary Gold

    Was obvious just as soon as I saw it, folks got it above, ouch! :P

  15. BrewerSEA Gold

    Did you book this as a connection and just not notice the same flight numbers? Unless each segment is booked in a different inventory bucket, Sabre automatically combines individual segments of direct flights :(

  16. Murphy Guest

    Should have flown United! ;)

  17. Eric Guest

    You're getting soft, lucky. Welcome to your golden years.

  18. Chas Guest

    Booked a "direct" flight instead of booking separate segments for the nominal segment tax.

  19. Karen Guest

    I'm too new to get what he did wrong.

  20. Norm Guest

    You did just have another birthday. These things happen with age.

  21. Rohan Guest

    American doesn't fly TPA-LGA nonstop. I'm guessing this is a "direct" flight with a stop in MIA or ORD and you only get mileage credit for the originating and final city pair, so you lost out on the extra miles.

  22. Fern Guest

    Haha

    1011 2022

    Quite unique

  23. gomike Guest

    @Matt I think you got it!

  24. Richard Guest

    Matt's got it, I think - AA378 is a one-stop direct flight from TPA-ORD-LGA. Even though he connected, you only get the miles as if it were a non-stop flight.

  25. sage Guest

    hmm....was there a promo you didn't register for?

  26. Matt Guest

    Forgot to split tpa-ord-lga "direct" flight, even though there was a plane change?

  27. Carlos Guest

    Booked an incorrect flight because you were so high?

  28. mark Guest

    Didn't order one Diet Coke with lime the whole flight?

  29. JetsettingEric Guest

    Flying to the NY Frequent Traveler University? Taking the direct route vs a mileage run? Why not TPA-ORD-MIA-SJU-JFK-LAX-DFW-EWR?

  30. lucky OMAAT

    @ Thomas -- My upgrades cleared, it's not the coach part that's the issue. It's something more subtle.

  31. Florian Guest

    I guess it is taking a direct flight

  32. Thomas Guest

    feeling ashamed ? lol

    Try to fly long haul in Y you will never fly again...

    will we have a report ?

    Btw I snagged the seats with TG F.

    see u

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Kris Ziel Guest

@Frank, if you hate him so much, why do you post some stupid comment on just about every single post? Jealous much?

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Despina Guest

@Frank, you'll be disappointed to know that in the three years I've been reading Ben's blog, not once (seriously!) has he ever allowed himself to be baited by a reader. It's one of the reasons I love his blog and respect him as a person. You, on the other hand. . .

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Msp2msy Guest

Just ran into the same issue on dl 621 msp-Sin direct today (aka msp-nrt-sin). Darn. Thankfully it's only about 250 base miles less. Still, I should've been more aware!

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