Question about MQM on NWA
Jan 24, 2008, 3:26 pm
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Question about MQM on NWA
I am flying to Paris and I wanted to be sure I was clear on how my miles would work. The outgoing flight is Delta to ATL then from there it is Air France to CDG. From CDG coming back it is Northwest to Detroit and from Detroit it is also NWA returning home. After thinking about it, I deduce that I will get Skymiles for the whole trip, but will only get MQMs for the Delta and Air France legs...basically from the US to CDG, but nothing for the return. Am I right or will I get the MQM on the return on NWA also?
Jan 24, 2008, 3:50 pm
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Ahh so many acronyms....forgive my stupidity..what is PNR?
Jan 24, 2008, 3:55 pm
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It stands for "passenger name record". PNR is basically fancy-speak for the records the airline has associated with your ticket. If you entered your SM# when you bought the ticket, the number should be in your PNR. You can double check by making sure your SM# is printed on your BP (boarding pass).
Oh, and welcome to FT! If you get confused by abbreviations here, go to the top of the page and click "Help" on the main FT banner (right side of the screen). A pulldown menu will appear that includes a choice for "Glossary"--it has all kinds of abbreviations explained (including PNR).
Oh, and welcome to FT! If you get confused by abbreviations here, go to the top of the page and click "Help" on the main FT banner (right side of the screen). A pulldown menu will appear that includes a choice for "Glossary"--it has all kinds of abbreviations explained (including PNR).
Jan 24, 2008, 3:56 pm
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Passenger Name Record, which contains a lot more information than the name. Identified by a record locator, which on DL consists of 6 alphanumeric characters.
Last edited by vasantn; Jan 24, 2008 at 4:02 pm Reason: clarification
Jan 24, 2008, 4:01 pm
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Ahh got it. Thanks. Everyone here is so nice about welcoming new members. When I look on the Delta website, it shows my Delta and my Air France legs under My Itineraries...but does not show the NWA return flights. My DL number IS listed on the flights on the Delta website, and on the NWA website as well when I look up the flights though. The reason I did not think I would get MQMs for the NWA flights is because the Delta website says MQMs for "Delta code share" flights operated by NWA, so I took that to mean it had to have a DL code. The NWA flights on the return are NW49 and NW1189. Still getting the MQMs then?
Jan 24, 2008, 4:03 pm
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Jan 24, 2008, 4:33 pm
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Excelllllent. Here i was thinking I would be missing out. Now, with that and my flight to Madrid I will have to find a way to pick up the 900 or so MQMs I will be short of Silver status.
Jan 25, 2008, 7:18 am
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One thing I ran into a while back that you need to be aware of. If you are flying a NW codeshare on another airline, i.e. Skywest, you may not get miles for that leg. Check carefully in DLs website about which codeshare airlines will get you miles.
Jan 25, 2008, 9:11 am
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But everything that is part of NW Airlink counts, right?
Jan 25, 2008, 9:14 am
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