Originally Posted by
Palal
Marketing gimmick. The unenlightened will think it's a non-stop (unless they look closely). Never buy such a flight as you'll only be credited direct miles AFAIK.
There was a thread somewhere on which airlines do it and DL is one of them.
I always thought that you were only credited direct miles if it was the same piece of equipment making a stop. Are you sure that this the case with 2 different pieces of equipment also?