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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 8:02 pm
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Originally Posted by fansvodka
do any of these fares below earn MQM's using the new rules of paying for a first class ticket and getting MQM's. Or is it technically not paying with miles so you don't earn mqms?

R= First class award ticket/low miles
RD= First class award ticket/medium miles
RK = First class award ticket/high miles
These are award tickets so they don't earn any miles.

I believe you're thinking of using pay with miles, which means purchasing a normal FC ticket, for instance, and then using some miles to reduce the price at a rate of approximately one cent per mile with some rounding. To do this you must have DL AmEx caredit card IIRC.
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