Originally Posted by
The Situation
Biggest surprise to me, unless I missed something in my quick read through the fine print for KL, AF and AM is that ticketing carrier does not matter anymore for MQD earning! MQD arbitrage will become much easier.
I wouldn't be 100% confident in that. They still have the following disclaimer at the top of the page --
"With SkyMiles, partner-marketed flights that are ticketed by Delta will earn miles toward Award Travel based on ticket price, instead of distance flown. So when you pay a higher price, you will be rewarded with more miles — up to 75,000 per ticket.
Partner-marketed flights that are not ticketed by Delta will continue to earn miles based on a percentage of distance flown* as determined by the fare class paid."
Could be they just decided not to re-iterate these conditions on every partner page.