Do MQMs and MQDs Post Only After the Return Trip is Completed?
Sep 19, 2017, 2:57 pm
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Do MQMs and MQDs Post Only After the Return Trip is Completed?
If I fly to Europe today with a return ticket for February 2018, will I get the first half of my MQMs and MQDs right after the initial flight or will I have to wait until February to get the outgoing segment's MQMs / MQDs?
Sep 19, 2017, 3:00 pm
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My miles have always posted within a day or two of travel, regardless of the return trip.
Sep 19, 2017, 3:00 pm
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You earn the miles etc. after each flight, sometimes with the first segment posting before the next connecting flight does. However, the way DL lists the flights now emphasized the RT ticket and you eventually see the total for the entire ticket.
Sep 19, 2017, 3:11 pm
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Sep 19, 2017, 3:15 pm
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I recently flew a ticket on a Delta codeshare "006" ticket that did not involve Delta metal: eastbound, IAD-AMS-KRK on KLM; westbound, WAW-CDG-IAD, on AF. In both cases, my miles and MQMs posted within 72 hours.
I've been on Delta lately where some of my trips have posted within 4 hours of BP scanning at the departure airport; I can't remember the last time Delta miles and MQMs didn't post within 24 hours.
I've been on Delta lately where some of my trips have posted within 4 hours of BP scanning at the departure airport; I can't remember the last time Delta miles and MQMs didn't post within 24 hours.
Sep 19, 2017, 3:33 pm
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Note when the miles post in 2018, for a brief bit the other flights from 2017 may go to a pending status. This is due to calculations being done to make sure $ is correctly applied. Usually 24hrs later they go back to what thru were.
Sep 19, 2017, 4:00 pm
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I had a lot of MQMs post today for today's flight. By the time I got through customs etc. and to the lounge, they were in my account. It's possible that the miles even posted before the flight landed.