Combo DL and NW flights : BEWARE
I probably booked the last August one on nwa.com yesterday DTW-MSP-SMF-ATL-DTW for $207
(overnight in SMF)
the only complaint is the DL codeshare flight to ATL I got stuck with, zero chance of upgrade (thats 0.00%) and reduced elite bonus miles for us NWA elites too. Thats why I hate flying DL, they never give me UG's even if I booked on NWA.com and the flight has a NW Flight# and there are empty seats in FC and I am NW elite. Thanks. And then I always get shaved on the elite bonus miles to add injury to insult. Great partnership guys. NW and DL cant even coordinate check-in and seating on flights they already "share". I've already done this MR once, and let me tell you check-in for the codeshare flight on DL is a nightmare (2 hours on phone and net). The nwa.com sends you to DL.com to checkin, and DL wont let you check in, since you booked on NWA, (CATCH 22 noone takes responsibility). Passenger next to me had same problems.
As far as the MR goes, I couldnt find much else. July and August all sold out.