Delta Status Accelerator - 2021/2022 Skymiles Year
Jun 20, 2021, 7:30 am
#736
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: ATL
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 113
your mistake is assuming that they took time and effort to make it harder for your case, rather than realize you're doing something that essentially zero other people want to do and getting mad that they didn't take time and effort to make their website work the way you want it to in this one particular edge case that nobody else runs into, particularly when you were able to figure out a way to get it done anyway.
Where did I say they created this hurdle just to irritate me?
Chill out, dude. Happy Father's Day.
Jun 20, 2021, 9:30 am
#737
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 3,097
You said it's "unnecessary." It's implied in the wording of your posts. I mean you could say that when I was born the doctors unnecessarily left my appendix in but everyone would agree that's an extremely weird way to word it considering it's the default and requires effort to remove. You talk about "simplicity," it's literally a million times simpler for them to leave it this way and have you, the only person this effects, take a one-time action to get what you want.
Jun 20, 2021, 2:03 pm
#738
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: CMH
Programs: Delta SkyMiles (Silver), AAdvantage, Sun Country, FmrUS Airways Dividend Miles, Northwest WorldPerks
Posts: 353
Based on your projected flying and already flown, you'll meet both the MQMs and MQSs for FO and your projection of hitting $25K spend on your DL Platinum will get you the AMEX waiver so MQDs are immaterial.
You have 12 MQS. You're projecting 3 or 4 trips that have a connection which means 12 or 16 base MQS multiplied by 1.5 equals 18 to 24 additional which gives you 30 to 36 MQS with 30 required.
You have 6000 MQMs. Each of your 3 or 4 trips will get you at least 6000 MQM for another 18,000 to 24,000. In addition, you'll get 12,500 MQM when you hit the $25,000 spend on the DL Platinum card. That means you'll have well over thMQM for FO and will roll over at least 11,000 MQM to next year.You're in a no sweat situation as long as you make your flights as projected - 3 R/T minimum.
You have 12 MQS. You're projecting 3 or 4 trips that have a connection which means 12 or 16 base MQS multiplied by 1.5 equals 18 to 24 additional which gives you 30 to 36 MQS with 30 required.
You have 6000 MQMs. Each of your 3 or 4 trips will get you at least 6000 MQM for another 18,000 to 24,000. In addition, you'll get 12,500 MQM when you hit the $25,000 spend on the DL Platinum card. That means you'll have well over thMQM for FO and will roll over at least 11,000 MQM to next year.You're in a no sweat situation as long as you make your flights as projected - 3 R/T minimum.
edit- Never mind, I forgot about the MQM bonus for the spend. 6000 current balance+12500 bonus=18500MQM+any 6500MQM=Silver.
Any two R/Ts plus a little extra will do it.
Last edited by JSprague24; Jun 20, 2021 at 2:09 pm
Jun 20, 2021, 4:05 pm
#739
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NYC, MSY
Programs: DL DM, 1.5MM, NEXUS, Sky Club Lifetime, Admirals Club Lifetime, LowValueCustomer everywhere
Posts: 6,447
It looks like I've gotten 3000 MQM for the two trips so far, which makes 6000 total. If that's the case, it looks like MQS may be the easier box to check and could be done with a minimum of six segments (unless I'm missing something).
edit- Never mind, I forgot about the MQM bonus for the spend. 6000 current balance+12500 bonus=18500MQM+any 6500MQM=Silver.
Any two R/Ts plus a little extra will do it.
edit- Never mind, I forgot about the MQM bonus for the spend. 6000 current balance+12500 bonus=18500MQM+any 6500MQM=Silver.
Any two R/Ts plus a little extra will do it.
I don't know which routing you'll take for CMH-XXX-SAN-XXX-CMH but it looks like almost all the flights are mainline and C+ is about a 20% additional cost. If it's a business trip paid by your employer I'd offer to reimburse for the fare difference in order to get the significantly higher MQM's and MQD's. You'd also get 7 MQS's for each trip instead of 6.
CMH-DTW-SAN = 2454 MQM
CMH-MSP-SAN = 2141 MQM
CMH-ATL-SAN = 2398 MQM
Mix and match for your R/T which is between 4282 and 4908 plus the Accelerator Bonus of 1.5 or 1.75.
Jun 21, 2021, 2:47 pm
#741
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: NYC
Programs: Delta DM, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 53
Here's my understanding. I'd hope that someone like flyerCO, with greater first hand experience, would chime in.
OP for this question booked with DL on DL metal. He was changed to another carrier which entitles him to change/cancellation per FAA rules/regs.
If they only offer to change him to another non-original (in this case DL) carrier it's still a change of carrier and can be rejected by the passenger. As an aside, a DL codeshare on another carrier is still another carrier. If DL continues to service either the origin or destination on their metal they should accommodate him. If they no longer served the destination they should allow him to change to an acceptable alternative. Example - they're not serving BRU right now so one should be able to fly to AMS or CDG as an alternative.
Now for some reality. Understaffed and overloaded call centers with many calls being handled by less experienced CSR's means that you're not necessarily speaking with a CSR who's experienced in many aspects of the rules and procedures. In a case like this, I'd politely HUCA and probably call Singapore.
I realize that the following is domestic and that as a DM I've always had co-terminal changes given to me. I've had 6 or 7 domestic carrier changes since October 2020 from mainline to regional direct flights (JFK-MSY and MSY-JFK) with no mainline alternative and in every case, I've switched to a connection through LGA which is more convenient. My wife, a GM, has had 2 of these where she's travelling without me and they made the same changes for her. Admittedly, I did call the DM line for the requests for her.
As always, YMMV, but as a 360 I'd expect that they'd bend over backwards to accommodate you.
Addition:
A JV is still a carrier change.
OP for this question booked with DL on DL metal. He was changed to another carrier which entitles him to change/cancellation per FAA rules/regs.
If they only offer to change him to another non-original (in this case DL) carrier it's still a change of carrier and can be rejected by the passenger. As an aside, a DL codeshare on another carrier is still another carrier. If DL continues to service either the origin or destination on their metal they should accommodate him. If they no longer served the destination they should allow him to change to an acceptable alternative. Example - they're not serving BRU right now so one should be able to fly to AMS or CDG as an alternative.
Now for some reality. Understaffed and overloaded call centers with many calls being handled by less experienced CSR's means that you're not necessarily speaking with a CSR who's experienced in many aspects of the rules and procedures. In a case like this, I'd politely HUCA and probably call Singapore.
I realize that the following is domestic and that as a DM I've always had co-terminal changes given to me. I've had 6 or 7 domestic carrier changes since October 2020 from mainline to regional direct flights (JFK-MSY and MSY-JFK) with no mainline alternative and in every case, I've switched to a connection through LGA which is more convenient. My wife, a GM, has had 2 of these where she's travelling without me and they made the same changes for her. Admittedly, I did call the DM line for the requests for her.
As always, YMMV, but as a 360 I'd expect that they'd bend over backwards to accommodate you.
Addition:
A JV is still a carrier change.
I called the Diamond desk and they said that they can see the original ticket, they will credit the 50/75% bonus based on the original delta metal ticket even though you are flying KLM metal for example. It is because the change is on the Delta side, not your side.
Jun 21, 2021, 2:55 pm
#742
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,417
It might (as always) be YMMV, but this seems to indicate that DL is applying the accelerator to ORC requests. This is good to know.
Jun 23, 2021, 1:42 pm
#744
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: AS 75K, DL Silver, UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Platinum + LT Gold
Posts: 10,515
Jun 23, 2021, 2:58 pm
#745
Join Date: Mar 2021
Programs: Marriott Ambassador - Delta Diamond - United Silver - Frontier 100k - Sixt Plat
Posts: 581
So far all of my flights (Around 10-11) have posted correctly in the C+ and FC amounts. Even the upgrades as well have posted correctly. At first I didn't think I'd make Silver even with it, but looks like I'll hit gold no problem. Delta needs to sell their software to Marriott to solve their points woes lol.
Jun 24, 2021, 7:17 am
#746
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 100
Perfect, that is what I thought! Seems obvious but they didn't outline this in any of the scenarios on their website, which is a bit odd to me. Thanks. I bought the C+ outright for $75 more than MC, seems worth it for the extra 25% which should keep me at Silver...
Jun 25, 2021, 8:02 am
#747
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: New York City
Programs: UA: 1K, Hyatt: Explorist and Marriott: LF Titanium Elite
Posts: 1,268
My wife just checked her Skymiles account and it seems for Delta Flight: LGA - DCA which she booked using my AF miles seem to have received 500MQM...... this probably shouldn't happen right....
Jun 25, 2021, 8:09 am
#748
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 218
Jun 25, 2021, 8:25 am
#749
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 23,066
Flights need to be both DL marketed and operated to qualify for program. I believe all award flights carry marketing code of operating carrier even when issued by another program which is why it probably qualified. If it had been an AF marketed flight, it likely wouldn't have qualified for program and earned miles.
Jun 25, 2021, 8:30 am
#750
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Smyrna, GA, USA
Programs: DL FO 1MM
Posts: 1,761
Don't think I saw one here, but does anyone have a concrete example of how MQD credited on mixed carrier award travel including partners?
As an example, I have some 95K SFO-JFK (Delta One), JFK-GRU (Latam Business) awards coming up in the forthcoming months and am curious how the calculation might work out MQD-wise--even just a guesstimate. (Delta support couldn't come up with a good answer.)
As an example, I have some 95K SFO-JFK (Delta One), JFK-GRU (Latam Business) awards coming up in the forthcoming months and am curious how the calculation might work out MQD-wise--even just a guesstimate. (Delta support couldn't come up with a good answer.)
Has anyone taken a paid, mixed-carrier trip under this promotion and determined how the MQD are divided among the segments?