Originally Posted by
GUWonder
I don't know if DL can now calculate revenue of non-DL flights credited to DL SkyMiles, but I doubt if this (i.e., what I said in this sentence) is factored into EP determination.
Like you, I do think EP determination definitely involves revenue scoring (or at least fare code-based scoring) for DL flights credited to SkyMiles (run predominantly by SkyMiles number). A MQM criteria based on DL-only flights wouldn't shock me either. However, with other airlines such programs aren't usually based on elite-qualifying miles, for it's revenue from own-airline flights tracked by own-airline frequent flyer numbers.
Yeah. My take on it is that you gotta spend the $$ with DL AND fly on DL metal to make the score count. Too much on other metal will skew the avg too low to make the cut. And, I'll add that I think it would even hurt if you bought the tix from DL but if they were on codeshared flts, that could put you "out of the money" for TEPM (Titanium-Executive-Platinum-Medallion). The reason being that they don't get to keep the rev (or at least not most of it).