steveholt

Quick question as I try and figure out an MQM issue. Let's say I fly JFK-LAX on a paid ticket that leaves on 12/29 and returns on 1/2.

How does the MQM get credited for the flight? Since it begins before the new year, do all of the MQM get assigned to my account for 2015? Or, since the actual return flight is flown in 2016, are the outbound MQM credited to my ledger for 2015 and return MQM credited for 2016?

SATXFlyer

The 12/29 flights will count towards 2016 (2015 calendar year) status and the 1/2 flight will count towards your 2017 (2016 calendar year) status. If you've flown any revenue flights this year you can check your skymiles posting to see that they break up MQD's for every flight based on cost for that segment.

UpgradeMe

Medallion qualification is based on travel during the calendar year. Period.

thoiboi

You'll get ~2500 for 2015 and ~2500 for 2016.

sethb

Calendar year travel is defined by the time the flight is scheduled to take off. If a flight is scheduled for 12/31/15 11:45 PM and is delayed half an hour, it still counts for this year.

If it's canceled and you get rebooked for next year, you might be able to get ORC.

Felixishim

+1 OP can be trying to get all his/her travel before end of year for DM qualification or other Medallion qualification?

hershyork

MQM's will indeed count in the year in which they were flown, BUT if the OP is above any particular status threshold yet not close enough to the next threshold for the trip to put him over, the miles would actually count toward the next year's status. For example, if he has already passed the 75K mark for PM, but not yet within 2.5K of DM, then all 5K would actually count toward next year's qualification because they roll over.

mattp1987

This is true, but only the MQDs earned on or after Jan 1st would count for the next year's status since MQDs do not roll over (and neither to MQSs for that matter).

jrl767

once more, with feeling --
MQeverything (Ds, Ms, Ss) calculate on the basis of scheduled departure date

sethb

Now, what happens if I'm scheduled to depart late on 12/31, but that flight gets canceled and I'm rebooked on a flight leaving 1/1?

MSPeconomist

This is exactly where I would be reluctant to assume that the MQMs can count for the previous year. You can get ORC and not lose any MQMs due to being rebooked involuntarily on a different carrier or different routing, but I'm not sure that MQMs can be backdated from the date flown to the earlier date that was originally ticketed.

FlyingWithers

When you fly in 2015 those miles are credited to your 2015 account. When you fly in 2016 those miles are credited to your 2016 account.

CabinCaptive

MQD are actually prorated for the distance of the flights.

In other words for a ticket that goes from NYC - MSP - SLC in 2015 and a return that goes from SLC - SEA - NYC in 2016, the MQD will be allocated based on the length of the flights, NOT the amount of fare paid for ticket or the appropriate dates.

I have run into significant trouble trying to get the proper crediting due to IROPS that coincided with the end of a calendar year. Be wary of this.

From the Delta FAQs on their website:

The MQDs posted for each segment of your itinerary will be prorated based on distance flown. For example, if you booked a ticket from Orlando (MCO) to Atlanta (ATL) to Boston (BOS), a greater number of MQDs would post after you fly the ATL–BOS segment since the ATL-BOS total distance flown is greater than MCO-ATL distance flown.

sethb

That's the segments of a one-way. I don't think they mean that if a round trip prices in Y one way and X the other, that both segments earn the same MQD.

But I could be wrong.

MSPeconomist

It's not that simple. For starters, it depends on the flight's *scheduled* *departure* time, not when the flight (or individual miles) are actually flown.