Miles On Aborted Flights?
#1
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Miles On Aborted Flights?
I was on flight 844 out of Atlanta yesterday. About 15 minutes into flight we had to return to Atlanta due to mechanical problems. Does ATL-ATL count as a segment? In all the years I have been flying, this is a first for me.
Does anyone know what happened to the plane? It smelled like hot wiring in the cabin or something electrical burning. No smoke though.
Does anyone know what happened to the plane? It smelled like hot wiring in the cabin or something electrical burning. No smoke though.
#2
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Miles On Aborted Flights?
Doesn't count, but when DL eventually gets you where you need to go you can either get credit for that flight or the flight you were going to take, whichever is longer. If the original flight, use the magic words "original routing credit."
I'm glad you and everyone else on the flight are ok.
I'm glad you and everyone else on the flight are ok.
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I was on flight 844 out of Atlanta yesterday. About 15 minutes into flight we had to return to Atlanta due to mechanical problems. Does ATL-ATL count as a segment? In all the years I have been flying, this is a first for me.
Does anyone know what happened to the plane? It smelled like hot wiring in the cabin or something electrical burning. No smoke though.
Does anyone know what happened to the plane? It smelled like hot wiring in the cabin or something electrical burning. No smoke though.
#4
Join Date: Sep 2012
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This happened to me several years ago when the volcano in Iceland was causing problems. 3-1/2hrs into a flight from ATL to Europe they turned us back. Mileage credit didn't post, but I complained vigorously yet politely that I had spent 7hrs in the air and should have something to show for it. I finally ended up with a mileage credit applied to my Skymiles account which ended up being almost twice what I would have earned for the trip itself. The caveat was that this mileage credit didn't count towards mediallion status, but considering the amount of flying I was doing at the time it didn't really matter.
For 15/30minutes, though, I think there is less of an argument for the inconvenience of it all.
For 15/30minutes, though, I think there is less of an argument for the inconvenience of it all.
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This happened to me several years ago when the volcano in Iceland was causing problems. 3-1/2hrs into a flight from ATL to Europe they turned us back. Mileage credit didn't post, but I complained vigorously yet politely that I had spent 7hrs in the air and should have something to show for it. I finally ended up with a mileage credit applied to my Skymiles account which ended up being almost twice what I would have earned for the trip itself. The caveat was that this mileage credit didn't count towards mediallion status, but considering the amount of flying I was doing at the time it didn't really matter.
For 15/30minutes, though, I think there is less of an argument for the inconvenience of it all.
For 15/30minutes, though, I think there is less of an argument for the inconvenience of it all.
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Weather is usually a tougher thing to ask for compensation on because it is out of their control. Now something mechanical I see an easier time getting them to give something up for the troubles.
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I once flew from LGA to MCI on a CR7. According to the pilot, there was a mechanical issue with the CR7s during this time frame which required a re-fueling stop in PIT. I looked at the flight history for the last week and all flights had done this. Upon landing in PIT to re-fuel, we were delayed for 3 hours due to weather. I would have SDC'ed onto another flight routing (through ATL, DTW, or MSP) if I would have known about the issue prior to take-off. In my complaint e-mail, I argued that I should get mileage credit for both segments. The agent in the response said that she couldn't program the route as LGA-PIT-MCI, but she would give me 500 MQMs for the trouble (which was in addition to the $150 e-voucher the FA gave on the plane).
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I once flew from LGA to MCI on a CR7. According to the pilot, there was a mechanical issue with the CR7s during this time frame which required a re-fueling stop in PIT. I looked at the flight history for the last week and all flights had done this. Upon landing in PIT to re-fuel, we were delayed for 3 hours due to weather. I would have SDC'ed onto another flight routing (through ATL, DTW, or MSP) if I would have known about the issue prior to take-off. In my complaint e-mail, I argued that I should get mileage credit for both segments. The agent in the response said that she couldn't program the route as LGA-PIT-MCI, but she would give me 500 MQMs for the trouble (which was in addition to the $150 e-voucher the FA gave on the plane).
I suspect one reason ATL-ATL doesn't earn miles is that the passenger was not ticketed and did not pay for this segment.
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Flew SLC to JAC and was not able to land due to weather this winter. We returned to SLC where I SDC'd to a flight to IDA. I ended up getting miles and MQM's for both the JAC & IDA segment.
I would give back the miles in place of the long, snow, and dark drive home from IDA.
I would give back the miles in place of the long, snow, and dark drive home from IDA.