I apologize in advance if this question has been asked. I am traveling to Cancun in June for a one week vacation and the NWA package is not only expensive, but flight schedule simply endless (seven hours to travel 1300 miles)given no direct flights (oddly direct CUN-DTW: but nothing the other direction). I have package deal [another company NOT an airline] that uses CO out of DTW (DTW-IAH-CUN) so it not a non-stop flight, but overall $ amount for the same package is substantially less the NWA's leasure travel deal.

Question:

If fly CO do I still get the EQM's transferred. Or must I use NWA and then if it is codeshared *only* with CO metal I get the miles (which I would bet is the case, but I am checking).

On the other hand, USA 3000 has 99.00 fares (total cost and it is non-stop DTW-CUN) and I save 500+ bucks on the airfare and I could just book a hotel package....I kinda want the miles though, the wife does not understand the obsession

Thanks