No more MQM's for award travel?
May 1, 2016, 2:37 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 12
No more MQM's for award travel?
I saw threads on here last year about getting MQM's for travelling and paying with miles. I did the pay with miles + cash and my boarding passes say "no ff credit". It's been 4 days since my last flight and I haven't received any MQM's.
Did this policy change and does Delta no longer give credit on award travel?
Did this policy change and does Delta no longer give credit on award travel?
May 1, 2016, 3:01 pm
#4
Join Date: Nov 2013
Programs: DL PM
Posts: 1,089
Mileage award reservations do NOT give you any MQM. They never have.
If an award ticket, for example, costs 10,000 miles and you use some $ to offset that cost so it only costs 5k, you still buy an award ticket at the end of the day and do not get MQM.
If, however, you buy a normal ticket, that costs, let's say $450... And you use some miles to offset that cost. Then you've purchased a normal ticket and accrue miles just like you would if you paid all cash.
The redemption rates for the former tend to be much better, so this makes sense ;-)
If an award ticket, for example, costs 10,000 miles and you use some $ to offset that cost so it only costs 5k, you still buy an award ticket at the end of the day and do not get MQM.
If, however, you buy a normal ticket, that costs, let's say $450... And you use some miles to offset that cost. Then you've purchased a normal ticket and accrue miles just like you would if you paid all cash.
The redemption rates for the former tend to be much better, so this makes sense ;-)
May 1, 2016, 3:01 pm
#5
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 1,880
"Pay With Miles" is a special feature of holding an Delta AmEx card that allows you to use points to cover the cost of a revenue fare.
"Cash + Miles" is a feature available to all SkyMiles members on certain award fares that allows you to effectively purchase points to apply to your award ticket instead of drawing down your existing SkyMiles balance.