Zorak

MQMs are credited to the year in which the activity occurred, even if they don't post until later. This includes flights departing on Dec 31 (the scheduled departure time is what matters, in the event of delays), and MQM bonuses related to AMEX spend for the calendar year even if your statement does not close until January.

ianmanka

I think ATL-JNB is your winner there.

andydtwnwa7

Sorry if this is a rookie question: what are the parameters that trigger the “Seat Upgrade: 50% MQM Bonus”? Last week I flew PHL-ATL-MCO-ATL-PHL, upgraded to first on both PHL/ATL legs. Bonus only appeared for the ATL-PHL leg. Similarly, flew last night PHL-BOS, was upgraded to F two days prior, but didn’t get the seat upgrade bonus. Am I doing something wrong?

Beckles

You only get the bonus if you 'pay' for the upgrade (including paying with miles), if it's a complimentary Medallion upgrade you do not get the bonus.

andydtwnwa7

Thanks for the info! My ATL-PHL upgrade was complimentary, so I’ll chalk that up as a fluke and hope the bonus sticks.

WillBarrett_68

You shouldn't get the class of service bonus at all if you were upgraded. Were you rebooked due to IROPs? Often agents will just book you into whatever class is open, so you can end up getting the bonus when you technically aren't entitled to it.

grizzles

Ugh restricted fares don’t qualify…had a mostly economy flight (ZRH-AMS-ATL rt) earn more MQMs than a full Delta One trip to the west coast from ZRH bc it was in Z…pretty crazy

rylan

Discounted business class Z fares certainly do qualify. Was that ZRH-AMS-ATL on a codeshare? What kind of fare were you on to west coast?

grizzles

Ok - I read this page differently - Medallion Status Accelerators

It says:
Are there any flights that aren't eligible for bonus MQMs, MQSs, MQDs?

• The bonus applies to most Delta flights. The bonus will not apply to travel on Partner Airlines, mileage upgrade awards, exception fares (not including flights that are a part of a Delta Vacations package), upgrades purchased at check-in or at the gate, or purchases/mileage redemptions of non-air products or fees or SkyBonus Award Certificates.

And then when I go down further there is a link to an exception fares page: Exception Fares. Then my understanding was everything in that table is an exception fare - is that not the case?

The ZRH-AMS-ATL-AVL flight was mostly on Delta outside of ZRH-AMS and AMS-ATL was Delta One with paid upgrade (Z). CVG-DTW-AMS-ZRH was again mostly DL except for last leg with DTW-AMS in Premium Select via miles upgrade. As gold I received ~25k MQMs with the accelerator on all the applicable legs

The ZRH-CDG-SFO flight was on AF so nothing expected there, on the way back I flew LAX-SLC-AMS-ZRH all on DL except last leg, all in Business (Z). Only ~18k MQMs on that one with no accelerators...I expected it on the way back for sure, and of course as you can imagine this ticket was about 2x as much

Zorak

It is not the case. Read the section above the table, "What is an Exception Fare?" Unless one of those situations describes how you bought your ticket, it's unlikely it applies in your case.

grizzles

Ok thx then I read it wrong - I’ll call and see if they can fix or explain it

Zorak

Apologies, in my previous reply I was responding narrowly to your question about exception fares, but on rereading I see:

Note that to be eligible for the accelerator bonus, flights must be both operated and *marketed* by DL. You mention your outbound was on AF; presuming that you bought a ticket from a European location and with the first segments being on AF causes me to ask whether your return flight, though mostly operated on DL, was ticketed using AFxxx or KLxxx codeshare flight numbers, because in that case it is correct and expected for those not to receive the accelerator.

grizzles

Yeah on further investigation the tickets all started with 057 so that’s AF. Since there were 2 conf #s (neither of which worked in the others app or website) and all the return flights on DL flights (not codeshare except for last one) I assumed they booked me on 2 one ways but I guess not. Oh well, thx for the help

Zorak

What matters is not the ticket stock 057 vs 006 but whether the flights were coded as AF123 or DL456.

Jay00848

So I did an upgrade with miles and then realized the connection was a little tight so did a same day confirmed (stayed in first) got all the miles for the ticket cost but zero for the miles used. Delta customer service says that you forfeit the miles used because I same day confirmed. I did confirm with agent before same day confirmed that I would still get the MQD’s on the mileage portion. Any other people had experience with this? Seems stupid that you wouldn’t allow SDC, I understand changing days or something.