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Qantas Airways

Earn Miles

Earn miles when flying on Qantas Airways marketed and operated flights for travel on an eligible published fare ticket. Miles are also earned on Qantas Airways codeshare flights*.

Travel on Qantas and affiliate airlines counts toward qualifying for AAdvantage elite status membership.

*Travel on codeshare flights marketed by Qantas Airways (booked under a QF flight number) and operated by Jetstar Airways only earn miles when the customer is traveling on oneworld Explorer Fare.

What is an eligible published fare ticket?

Eligible published fare tickets must be:

  1. Booked in a eligible booking code — find the fare booking code by looking for a single letter which immediately follows the flight number on your ticket. Next, compare this booking code against the airline's "Earn Miles" chart below to determine whether or not it is eligible to earn base miles and, at what percentage base miles will be accrued.
  2. On an eligible routing — check the airline's "Earn Miles" chart below to determine if any origin and destinations are excluded from earning base miles.
Class of Service Purchased Fares Booked in:* Base Miles (elite status qualifying) Class of Service Bonus Miles Elite Qualifying Points per Mile Earned
First Class A, F 100% 50% 1.50
Business Class C, D, I, J 100% 25% 1.50
Premium Economy Class R, T, W 100% 10% 1.50
Full Fare Economy Class Y, B 100%   1.50
Economy Class H, K 100%   1.00
Discount Economy Class L, M, V 50%   1.00
Discount Economy Class G, O, S 50%   .50
No Mileage Credit* N, Q 0%   n/a

*Note - Travel ticketed as an AA marketed flight (booked as an AA flight number) and operated by Qantas Airways will earn AAdvantage base miles and elite qualifying miles, points and segments according to the AA mileage accrual chart.

Redeem AAdvantage Miles

Use AAdvantage miles to book award travel on Qantas Airways flights with one of the following award options:

  • AAdvantage Participating Airline Awards - Awards that allow you to travel to and from your desired destination using any combination of our airline participants.
  • oneworld® Awards - Awards that allow you to travel to multiple destinations on a single award, including around-the-world journeys, using a combination of our oneworld alliance airlines and their affiliate airlines.

All awards are valid for one-way travel — unless otherwise specified — and may be combined to create round-trip or multi-city travel. These awards are MileSAAver type awards and as such are subject to special seating limitations and to certain travel embargo dates.

There are no Travel Embargo Dates on Qantas Airways in 2011.

To book award travel on one of our AAdvantage participating carriers or oneworld airlines, contact Reservations at 1-800-882-8880 (or your local American Airlines office). An award service charge applies to AAdvantage award reservations ticketed by our reservations office, Travel Centers or airport agents. View complete details on making award reservations.

View AAdvantage All Airline Chart

View oneworld Award Chart

AAdvantage Elite Status Member Benefits

The following benefits apply to AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Gold members when flying on Qantas Airways or their affiliate airlines:

Contact Information

Qantas Airways — online at www.qantas.com.†

†By following this link, you will be taken to a partner or information site. Use the back button on your browser or the AA.com button to return.

Missing Mileage Credit

Please allow up to thirty (30) days for AAdvantage mileage to automatically post to your account.

To request missing mileage credit for flights flown on Qantas, complete an online mileage request form. When completing this form, choose Qantas from the "Select Airline Flown" drop-down menu.

View AAdvantage Program Terms and Conditions

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Qantas has service eligible for AAdvantage mileage accrual and redemption within and between Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific and between the South Pacific and the U.S., Asia, Africa, Europe. Qantas is a member of the oneworld® alliance.

oneworld Affiliate Airlines

QantasLink
Jetconnect