No miles after bump
May 5, 2010, 10:12 am
#16
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: MN
Programs: Lots of programs, dirt on all of them!
Posts: 11,938
Consider yourself lucky. Delta North did not give me miles for my original routing when I didn't fly the segment.
May 5, 2010, 10:19 am
#17
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Somewhere in the sky or a Marriott
Programs: 7mm DM, FC, Marriott PM (lifetime), HH Diamond
Posts: 749
The problem is FF miles should be for MILES FLOWN....but that is a whole other issue. It is my take on part of what is wrong with FF programs in general.
May 5, 2010, 10:56 am
#18
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: milwaukee
Programs: DL Diamond, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 241
I generally agree that MQM should only be give for flying. However Delta overbooked the flight. I volunteered to give up my seat for $400. If I hadnt, (and no one else seemed interested in staying in DTW overnight) someone else may have been kept off involuntarily. Since Delta overbooked the flight, I dont believe it is unreasonable for Delta to give the miles for the flight, since an IDB can make for an very unhappy customer.
Also, it was nice to get the same treatment that I have gotten in the past from Delta North.^
Also, it was nice to get the same treatment that I have gotten in the past from Delta North.^
Apr 9, 2012, 9:06 am
#19
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: MSP
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They didn't for me when I was booked LAN-DTW-MSP; the first flight was way overbooked, I took VDB, got a $400 voucher and a bus ride to DTW (which arrived 10 minutes before my flight was scheduled to, so I caught the connection). I did not get mileage for the bus ride. (Though, I didn't know to ask about ORC, so it might have been possible.)