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Old Jul 5, 2019 | 7:29 pm
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Originally Posted by stevek0202
I don’t have Delta membership, but used its app to see that I’m Silver medallion. I am FB silver as I fly for leisure only and mostly international.
I did “light” which allows carry-on only, but I got 1 free checked baggage through Silver status. I don’t see the same for Virgin.
But you know that you are not Delta Medallion. You should be able to interpret this as a "flaw" in the Delta systems that misreports your SKYTEAM status as the equivalent Delta status.

And that's what's crucial. On a Delta operated flight (which is a SKYTEAM flight), then your status means something and you receive the perks.

On a Virgin operated flight (which is NOT SKYTEAM - nor yet a Flying Blue partner airline), then your status means nothing and you won't receive any perks that would be due to you on a Skyteam flight.

As your Virgin operated flight has a KL flight number, you will receive miles and XPs for this flight. However, you will not receive any frequent flyer benefits, as the relationship is not yet anything more than a simple codeshare.
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