Originally Posted by wishIwasflyin
L, U , and T classes of service will receive 50% of the actual miles posted towards the Alliance Miles.
Example: 1000 miles posted to the account
500 miles accrued in Alliance Bucket (Miles towards AS status)
All other classes of service will receive 100% of their actual miles posted toward the Alliance Miles.
Example: 1000 miles posted to the account
1000 miles accrued in Alliance Bucket
Class of Service bonus miles NEVER accrue towards Alliance Miles.
So far the only complication was whether an AS partner would accrue status miles or not....I've never flown CO as a result. Now we get to spend more time squinting at the screen to figure out class of service amongst status miles partners and their other pros and cons of prices/schedules etc.
I can't see how it can work too well for Delta to be uncompetitive with AA & NW to attract AS flyers.
Maybe on some routes Delta is the only status mile partner, but on most routes there are bound to be AA or NW flights that are competitively priced that brainlessly provide a full ride.
Oh well.....