I'm in flight right now, on DL 1781, MSP-ATL. I was supposed to connect to DL429, ATL-SJU, but we left MSP late are are now in a holding pattern over STL, as best as I can determine from Flight Tracker.

My flight to SJU (DL 429) is scheduled to leave at 1855.

Now, a lot can happen between now and then, but if I don't get to SJU tonight, for a morning meeting, there is no point in going.

I can work around the missed meeting with the client (hopefully), but as I paid for the ticket ( (A) to ATL, (I) to SJU, I hate to drop the MQM's. NW used to have something to cover a situation like this; let you return home but you still got the miles. I wonder if that still exists with the merger.

Everything tomorrow to SJU is full. DL.com is giving me a rebook option for an afternoon flight to SJU, but there is no way to get back to SEA that same day. Which means I miss a trip booked to leave SEA on Thrs morning.

Just trying to figure out how to retain the most MQMs from what is turning into a problem.

This is short notice, so I appreciate any thoughts while still in flight.

I have checked the inbound equip for my flight, which is DL 1136 from FMY into A-12, running late, but not as late as my flight. We will see how it works out.

Perhaps the real question, when I sort all of this out, is can I get the MQM's on a flight disruption such as this, without having to fly to SJU.

Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks