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Old Mar 21, 2023 | 12:27 am
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Originally Posted by GagaPilot
The less 7K miles is because of an itinerary that has DL9*** operated by KE. It has nothing to do with the intra Asia DL7*** flights. Those earn miles. There is an exclusion on DL9*** flights where they will not earn miles per the “Flying With Partners” page. The website doesn’t do a good job of making it obvious when booking.

And while I’d say book whichever, I wouldn’t necessarily say KE has better food and service. At least since Covid.
But how about for the flights with the DL 196/ 197 flight numbers: miles is 27K but MQM is only 20K - all the same as the flights with DL 9*** (operated by KE)?
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