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Old Oct 29, 2023 | 2:19 pm
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Originally Posted by xliioper
Earning miles is absolutely based on marketing, not operating, carrier. The DL website will almost always sell both DL and partner metal as DL marketed flights (unlike AF/KL websites which sells DL metal non-stops as DL marketed). If they are DL E class marketed flights, they will earn no miles no matter who operates flight or how the class is labeled (KL/AF flights will be labeled as "Economy Light" on delta.com with BE fares, but will earn no miles due to DL coded flight number with E booking class).

I've wondered why DL labels those fares "Economy Light", when they seem identical to Basic Economy. It's kind of misleading as it could lead a purchaser to conclude that it is the same as KLM or AF Economy Light.
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