United Rebooked me on DL - Will I earn Skymiles !?
Mar 11, 2017, 2:47 am
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Mar 11, 2017, 4:59 am
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I am a UA GS who flys over 250K BIS miles a year on UA, I'm also a diamond on DL and I can def say that I have gotten miles (MQM, MQDs and RDMs) on multiple different times being offlined to DL on UA 016 tickets. In fact I have was offlined to DL twice in the past 3 weeks and I got DL miles after I put in my skymiles # into the ticket once reissued on DL. Never have a problem "double dipping"
Mar 11, 2017, 6:59 am
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OP - You will, of course, have no problems claiming ORC from UA. But, please report back what you actually receive from DL. The miles are easy. The dollars are not. That is because interlined tickets are not paid for at any published fare and those do not earn in any program.
If you do see any dollar-based credit, it will be interesting to see how much and how it was calculated.
If you do see any dollar-based credit, it will be interesting to see how much and how it was calculated.
Mar 11, 2017, 7:22 am
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i will report back. ORC credit on United would be peanuts compared to how much I could earn from DL on a flight booked in Full fare F . We will see tomorrow.
Mar 11, 2017, 9:25 am
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There was also this beautiful moment when during IRROPS you could just go online and switch to any first class flight. I loved that transcon.
Mar 11, 2017, 10:09 am
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OP - You will, of course, have no problems claiming ORC from UA. But, please report back what you actually receive from DL. The miles are easy. The dollars are not. That is because interlined tickets are not paid for at any published fare and those do not earn in any program.
If you do see any dollar-based credit, it will be interesting to see how much and how it was calculated.
If you do see any dollar-based credit, it will be interesting to see how much and how it was calculated.
Mar 11, 2017, 11:01 am
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Someone posted that they recently got miles for a United ticket booked on Delta (starting in 016). That had to be a lie. My flights already posted as reason code N (not eligible for accrual) when I called Delta the skymiles dept assured me that NO ONE has gotten credit for a ticket starting 016 in years. There is no way to earn credit for it. This is very bad on Deltas part since I'm sure they made money on me
Mar 11, 2017, 1:19 pm
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United rebooked us on American for our Chicago to LAX portion of the flight couple of years ago. You have to call into Mileage Plus, but you will get PQD and PQM and usable miles as if it was a United flight.
Mar 11, 2017, 1:45 pm
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I was rebooked from DL to LAN last year and got miles on both. To OP, what you should do if u can't get DL miles is save ur boarding pass, apply for a Alaska mileagplan account, and email in a copy of your boarding pass. You will get milage on AS. Full fare F will earn a nice chunk.
Mar 11, 2017, 2:03 pm
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Then you also got some sort of voucher for volunteering, so you are ahead of the game
Mar 11, 2017, 3:07 pm
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Someone posted that they recently got miles for a United ticket booked on Delta (starting in 016). That had to be a lie. My flights already posted as reason code N (not eligible for accrual) when I called Delta the skymiles dept assured me that NO ONE has gotten credit for a ticket starting 016 in years. There is no way to earn credit for it. This is very bad on Deltas part since I'm sure they made money on me
As for your comment, Not sure how it's bad. You're still going to get ORC on UA. Getting credit on DL would be double dipping. Great if it happens, but not bad if it doesn't.