Pay with Miles...EQMS??
Feb 16, 2010, 9:12 am
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Pay with Miles...EQMS??
Do you recieve your EQMs if you use pay with Miles?
I was prompted when booking yesterday to use 25,000 miles for my RT ticket yesterday for a $0 cost at checkout. If you do get EQMs, this seems like a no brainer and a better way to book "award travel"
thanks in advance
I was prompted when booking yesterday to use 25,000 miles for my RT ticket yesterday for a $0 cost at checkout. If you do get EQMs, this seems like a no brainer and a better way to book "award travel"
thanks in advance
Feb 16, 2010, 9:18 am
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No. (At least you're not supposed to earn mileage on these tickets.)
"Pay with Miles tickets are not eligible for mileage accrual, Medallion Complimentary Upgrades, Medallion Segment Qualification, Medallion Qualification Miles, or Best Fare Guarantee."
from T&C at: http://www.delta.com/skymiles/use_mi...iles/index.jsp
"Pay with Miles tickets are not eligible for mileage accrual, Medallion Complimentary Upgrades, Medallion Segment Qualification, Medallion Qualification Miles, or Best Fare Guarantee."
from T&C at: http://www.delta.com/skymiles/use_mi...iles/index.jsp
Feb 16, 2010, 9:32 am
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Same source, T&C, under "Restrictions":
"Tickets purchased with full or partial Pay with Miles redemptions are not eligible for mileage accrual, mileage upgrades, Platinum Systemwide Upgrade Certificates, or Medallion Complimentary upgrades."
"Tickets purchased with full or partial Pay with Miles redemptions are not eligible for mileage accrual, mileage upgrades, Platinum Systemwide Upgrade Certificates, or Medallion Complimentary upgrades."
Feb 16, 2010, 9:38 am
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Feb 16, 2010, 1:25 pm
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pay with miles is a total rip off if you ask me, lets say tix cost 500.00 usd, and you pay with miles & cash 25k miles = 250.00 discount, and then you use 250.00 cash to pay for the rest, and still dont get MQM screw that you hippie. lol
Feb 16, 2010, 2:09 pm
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Lots of people would rather keep the cash rather than miles. Many will forego a trip instead of buying $500 plane tickets. I don't criticize their judgment by implication, or Delta's offering.
Feb 16, 2010, 2:20 pm
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Just bought a ticket using PWM for a friend. DL award was showing 35,000 miles + $10, ticket was $270 (25,000 miles + $20). I don't need the miles, didn't want to spend the $.
Feb 16, 2010, 2:28 pm
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Fair enough, but similarly, lots of people would prefer to accrue points or miles on a program like US Bank Flexperks where you get a similar or better redemption value AND EQMs and RDMs. I think the latter group is getting a better deal.
Apr 17, 2019, 6:10 am
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Apr 17, 2019, 7:57 am
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I recently (April 7) completed a trip where I used 10k miles to reduce flight cost by $100. I received MQD on the cash portion and full MQMs and MQSs.
