Originally Posted by
FlyingUnderTheRadar
In talking to GA they do not like such flights. I did not get a specific reason. As a medallion PAX they suck because one can not automatically be put on the UG list, get credit for a single flight (rather than two), and get less miles. Also when waiting for the continuing flight it appears that the flight is already closed when it plainly is still a the gate.
Had this only once and called delta and they split up the flight into two segments. Fixes all of the issues you cite.
That said, can someone really confirm these are real?
- not on the UG list for the second flight?
- get less miles? so you get a non existing mileage based on point to point that is less than the sum of the two segments?
- delta app not working properly and thus showing as closed instead of boarding etc?
seems ridiculous to me, though again, I split up my ticket in that case so there is a workaround.
And the reasons why the airlines do it have been explained above already.