Originally Posted by NHFL9

Kind of ironic that you get next to nothing for a long mechanical delay; but, you can receive $200 for DBC arriving at your final destination minutes later than scheduled.

I think a miles for mechanical delay option would be a fair compensation approach and a good way to tout the SkyMiles program to people who may be unaware. If we figure an hour of flight is about 500 miles, how about 500 miles and MQMs for every hour of mechanical delay? (Of course the elite and class of service bonus would apply to this figure )