Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
As I understand the Delta feature, it shows upcoming flights‘ earnings as pending. From the OP:
“…but also how many pending miles/segments/dollars you have, based on current bookings for future flights.”
So your Delta flight to visit grandma for Thanksgiving would appear today as pending.
Exactly. Note that it gets a bit unreliably quirky when there are partner flights as part of the same reservation.