Originally Posted by
emcampbe
I'm guessing the chances are slim to nil. The rules are very clear on codeshare flights - you only earn miles when both the marketing carrier and operating carrier are UA partners. Personally, I see your case and would be fairly annoyed in your situation since you were supposed to be on a flight that earned EQM's - but I doubt that they will be sympathetic to your cause.
True, but if I read the OP's post correctly, they were reaccomodated off their scheduled BMI flight onto the non *A carrier. In that case, I do think they would have grounds to ask for the "original routing credit" that they would have received from BMI.