I have a 'special fare' ticket from Expedia for the end of March for Florida to IST with two of the three legs each way on United and on 016- stock. When the whole PQP vs PQM thing happened, I looked and it seemed that the PQP earnings were based upon a specific ticket price that United was using that Expedia must have paid them. I called United and asked if this was a 'bulk'/'exception' fare and they said no after checking with a different department.

So, do not trust that Expedia 'special fare' tickets will necessarily be 'bulk' and earn big PQP.

Going forward, when I do this, I will probably cancel the ticket within the 24 hours if the receipt does not explicitly say 'bulk' or 'wholesale'.