<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by TomBascom:
That's not what it says. There is no link between refundable/non-refundable, preferred miles or discountness.
The preferred miles thing is solely by fare class -- regardless of (non)refundability, discount or dollars paid.</font>
From the website:
Effective January 1, 2003, Dividend Miles members will not receive miles or segment credit toward Preferred status for tickets purchased in H, K, V, Q and L nonrefundable fare classes.
http://www.usairways.com/dividendmil...guidelines.htm