Originally Posted by xliioper

So you are saying that while the airline ticket would have cost $6000 retail, that's not actually what you paid? I'm not really seeing the basis for a complaint if so. If they were to credit based on fare paid, most would expect that to be on the price actually paid for the fare, not the "retail" price. Note the 20% of miles as MQD is calculated on the mileage earning (not including status bonus) which would be 150% of miles flown on a Z fare.