Originally Posted by
uva185
I'm headed to MAD on Friday. Here's to hoping they don't recognize the booking date!
(Last year's double EQM didn't recognize the booking date) 
Actually, that was only true for the first week or two. After that, US got wise and cross-checked the booking dates. I know someone who flew to Europe and got double EQM on the departing flight but did not get double EQM on the return flight.
Good luck!!