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Old Jan 22, 2013, 8:34 am
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Loss of MQM data on booking page?
I mentioned this in the DL MQD topic, but there wasn't much discussion. Is this a permanent change, or are they just fixing something on the website and the loss is temporary? Now the only way of finding out how much MQM is by adding up the mileage manually, but then there are this disclaimer, "Miles shown are between the origin and final destination city and are not used for the calculation of total miles earned."
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 8:35 am
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You caan click on the flight number easily enough to find the MQMs for each segment, but AFAIK one must call DL for the number if a direct flight is involved.
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 8:43 am
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I've never used DL.com to determine the distance flown.

http://www.milecalc.com
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 8:43 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
You caan click on the flight number easily enough to find the MQMs for each segment, but AFAIK one must call DL for the number if a direct flight is involved.
Or use a site like http://www.gcmap.com
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 8:46 am
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Another good option: http://fly.qux.us/smcalc/

You can use class of service to calculate any bonus MQM earnings. Just enter like this for a Y fare JFK-ATL-GRU.

JFK-Y-ATL-Y-GRU

You can also follow each segment with the cost of the ticket to get CPM calculations.
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 8:47 am
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Was reported in another thread and in the massive one... most likely its gone, as part of the implementation of the new program.
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 8:49 am
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Originally Posted by javabytes
I've never used DL.com to determine the distance flown.

http://www.milecalc.com
But I am looking for mileage earned, not flown. It used to be available, now it's not.
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 8:57 am
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They want you to get used to it not being shown, so its less of a shown when the MQM metric totally goes away in favor of pure revenue based earning and qualification...
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 9:19 am
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Originally Posted by bsagator
But I am looking for mileage earned, not flown. It used to be available, now it's not.
Milecalc does all that for you too.
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 9:46 am
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Originally Posted by rylan
They want you to get used to it not being shown, so its less of a shown when the MQM metric totally goes away in favor of pure revenue based earning and qualification...
I concur.

The next step is to eliminate MQM/MQS completely (2016?) and solely use MQDs to determine Medallion status.
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 10:23 am
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I like to use mileage from delta.dumb because I know carriers have minor variations in how they calculate mileage; individual airlines don't necessarily follow any standard reference "great circle" distances.
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 10:25 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
I like to use mileage from delta.dumb because I know carriers have minor variations in how they calculate mileage; individual airlines don't necessarily follow any standard reference "great circle" distances.
http://fly.qux.us/smcalc/, mentioned by TTT above, is pretty accurate. Since it's aimed at SkyMiles, if you find a discrepancy in what posts to your account, send him a PM here and he'll fix it. I've reported a number of bugs over the years, all fixed within a week.
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 10:43 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
I like to use mileage from delta.dumb because I know carriers have minor variations in how they calculate mileage; individual airlines don't necessarily follow any standard reference "great circle" distances.
It's also much easier to simply have DL tell you, instead of having to go to a 3rd party website and input the data.
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 11:36 am
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Originally Posted by Flyer339
I concur.

The next step is to eliminate MQM/MQS completely (2016?) and solely use MQDs to determine Medallion status.

you people need to relax. 2016 medallion program changes. This is not MSNBC. we don't have to jump the gun on everything. my bf brought up the 2016 presidential race at brunch on sunday and I might nearly smacked the SH*T out of him.

can we just deal with the new MQD program and asses how that will affect our Medallion status before we start unfounded rumors on the next change in the program.

Seriously people. relax.
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Old Jan 22, 2013, 1:05 pm
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Originally Posted by rylan
Was reported in another thread and in the massive one... most likely its gone, as part of the implementation of the new program.
This is exactly what I was thinking. I do find it quite annoying because I always liked seeing this tally on the page before purchasing a ticket. Ie: does one routing give me more MQMs than another.

MQMs are still important so why not show us a total?
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