Originally Posted by
BER Flyer
As expected. MM is now your actual BIS miles meter and yes, you flew with DL on these award tickets so you had your butt in the seat...they should count. There is no " * " in the T&C's saying that the MM miles have to be from $ paid tickets only.
And this only makes sense. Award tickets can be any fare class, and the cost in SM is commensurate with the cash price. So, an award ticket in BE (I assume that can be done? I've never tried it.) would not count toward MM, but an award ticket in any normal fare class would count toward MM.