since i can't find the definition of a flight segment anywhere on delta i can only speculate, looking for some help...

need two segments for next status and am worried that i possibly screwed myself. i booked a flight out of minneapolis to milwaukee on dec. 31st. the msp outgoing flight is the same flight # as the return flight from milwaukee back to minneapolis, i.e. it's the same plane making the flight right back to minneapolis. has a 40 min. layover pretty much to empty the plane and re-board. will delta consider this a 'direct' flight since there is no plane change and the flight number is the same (but departure and arrival destinations are different)? thoughts or advice appreciated...

this is a bit different than all other scenarios ive found other threads on because it's a different origin and final destination, not segments, i.e. connecting flights among a trip with only one origin and final destination.

It's going to count as two segments.

If it were like other so called "direct" flights, it would simply post as MSP-MSP with a mileage of zero.

I suppose there could be a computer problem with automatic posting on such issues but it ought to be able to be corrected easy enough.

you need two different boarding passes so two segments

I actually had two different boarding passes once and still didn't get credit on a "direct" flight.

On all the direct flights I have had with 1 stop I only had one boarding pass didn't even need to get off the plane

all good thoughts, thanks. i also think i'll be okay considering i'll need to check in again and get a new boarding pass. i do appreciate delta's quality customer service in that their stupid message is still playing when i try to call them that they can't answer due to extreme weather conditions.