understanding MQD earn on partners
Mar 18, 2022, 1:48 pm
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understanding MQD earn on partners
Hi all - I need a bit of help understanding how DL processes MQD on core partner airlines. It seems a bit too good to be true.
I recently paid $840 for a JFK-ICN-MNL r/t booked on KE flight numbers into Q class. According to DL's website, the MQD calculation when flying on partner-marketed flights (not a DL flight number) is a percentage of the mileage rather than having anything to do with the price. JFK-MNL r/t is slightly over 17,000 miles, and Q class on KE earns 10% MQD of mileage. Does that really mean then that my $840 ticket earns $1,700 MQD?
Seems pretty great! Thanks!
I recently paid $840 for a JFK-ICN-MNL r/t booked on KE flight numbers into Q class. According to DL's website, the MQD calculation when flying on partner-marketed flights (not a DL flight number) is a percentage of the mileage rather than having anything to do with the price. JFK-MNL r/t is slightly over 17,000 miles, and Q class on KE earns 10% MQD of mileage. Does that really mean then that my $840 ticket earns $1,700 MQD?
Seems pretty great! Thanks!
Mar 23, 2022, 2:11 am
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Two roundtrips SEA to DXB in business class (via CDG) bought through Air France has nearly netted me the $15k needed to maintain my diamond status. And they've been shockingly cheap - $2700 RT. Each trip earned me about $7000 MQDs.
Mar 23, 2022, 4:54 pm
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I just used airfrance.us to book AF/KL flights with my DL FFN attached, since I didn't think DL would sell the AF-numbered flights. Related, I have a AF/057 ticket and the KL-operated flights have KL and not AF flight numbers, DL will still recognize these flights for credit, right? This is my first time booking international flights on a non-DL ticket, since it should get me enough MQD to reach Gold Medallion for the first time.
Mar 23, 2022, 4:59 pm
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I just used airfrance.us to book AF/KL flights with my DL FFN attached, since I didn't think DL would sell the AF-numbered flights. Related, I have a AF/057 ticket and the KL-operated flights have KL and not AF flight numbers, DL will still recognize these flights for credit, right? This is my first time booking international flights on a non-DL ticket, since it should get me enough MQD to reach Gold Medallion for the first time.
I just used airfrance.us to book AF/KL flights with my DL FFN attached, since I didn't think DL would sell the AF-numbered flights. Related, I have a AF/057 ticket and the KL-operated flights have KL and not AF flight numbers, DL will still recognize these flights for credit, right? This is my first time booking international flights on a non-DL ticket, since it should get me enough MQD to reach Gold Medallion for the first time.
Mar 23, 2022, 10:28 pm
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May 5, 2022, 1:04 pm
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Thank you all! What if I book, via KE.com, a DL flight that's marketed with a DL flight number connecting to a transpac KE flight? Would that KE-marketed, DL-metal (and the associated KE-marketed and KE-metal transpac flight) earn MQD according to distance, or because part of it is on DL-metal, that leg would earn MQD like it was Delta (spend not distance)?
May 5, 2022, 3:09 pm
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Thank you all! What if I book, via KE.com, a DL flight that's marketed with a DL flight number connecting to a transpac KE flight? Would that KE-marketed, DL-metal (and the associated KE-marketed and KE-metal transpac flight) earn MQD according to distance, or because part of it is on DL-metal, that leg would earn MQD like it was Delta (spend not distance)?
May 5, 2022, 4:45 pm
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Jan 3, 2023, 9:08 pm
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Does anyone have a reliable way to estimate how DL calculates the miles flown on partner marketed flights? The earning notes so "as determined by DL in its sole discretion", so how do I know what's the figure to multiply by .4 when booking a J fare directly with AF, for instance, since those earn 40% MQDs.
As an example, BOS-CDG-BOM on DL.com (codeshare with AF) is $2700, with the MQDs being about $2K of that. Great Circle Mapper tells me that route is 7799 miles, so 40% MQDs would be just over $3100 - a neat trick. But is that an accurate way to estimate?
I'd be grateful for any insights.
As an example, BOS-CDG-BOM on DL.com (codeshare with AF) is $2700, with the MQDs being about $2K of that. Great Circle Mapper tells me that route is 7799 miles, so 40% MQDs would be just over $3100 - a neat trick. But is that an accurate way to estimate?
I'd be grateful for any insights.
Jan 3, 2023, 9:37 pm
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Does anyone have a reliable way to estimate how DL calculates the miles flown on partner marketed flights? The earning notes so "as determined by DL in its sole discretion", so how do I know what's the figure to multiply by .4 when booking a J fare directly with AF, for instance, since those earn 40% MQDs.
As an example, BOS-CDG-BOM on DL.com (codeshare with AF) is $2700, with the MQDs being about $2K of that. Great Circle Mapper tells me that route is 7799 miles, so 40% MQDs would be just over $3100 - a neat trick. But is that an accurate way to estimate?
I'd be grateful for any insights.
As an example, BOS-CDG-BOM on DL.com (codeshare with AF) is $2700, with the MQDs being about $2K of that. Great Circle Mapper tells me that route is 7799 miles, so 40% MQDs would be just over $3100 - a neat trick. But is that an accurate way to estimate?
I'd be grateful for any insights.