NOLAnwGOLD

For VS marketed/VS operated, both outbound and inbound posted in 5 days after our November flights (LAX LHR HKG LHR LAX)

ijgordon

I know this post is old, but NO, Deltas systems are not smart enough to figure all that out. They don't bump your status up until one day after an eligible flight POSTS to your account. Nothing happens retroactively, unlike AA where you will get the bonus for any flights FLOWN after the qualifying flight, regardless of when the qualifying flight posts. DL will tell you to pound sand - happened to me on an AF flight/ticket, my return was nearly a week later, the outbound Gold qualifying flight posted the same day as my return, but because of the 1-day delay in status recognition, I didn't get the higher bonus. I argued with them for long enough that they just gave me 2,500 courtesy miles, when the Silver-Gold difference was only like 1,500 (but I was arguing on principle!!!).
Would have been a bigger deal if I was, say, relying on Gold status for lounge access on the return, but this was a J ticket anyway. Even AA couldn't help with that, but at least they'll retroactively post bonus miles.

qisu

Delta marketed codeshare, Virgin Atlantic operated LHR-SEA flight friday 9/13. posted to skymiles Wed 9/18.

ND76

I flew Sunday 9/8 VS MAN-ATL, and the miles showed up on Thursday 9/12.

kyushuman

Was looking at this because I had an interesting experience that will add some data points:
VS- coded VS metal flight MAN-ATL 10/21 hasn't posted yet (just 48 hours so I'll wait a few more days)
VS-coded DL metal connecting flight ATL-MSP 10/21 posted within a few hours (same day).

flyerCO

DL metal will always post quickly regardless of how it was marketed.

audidudi

So I’m flying on Virgin Atlantic today from SFO>LHR>JNB>LHR>SFO, marketed and booked through VS, and with only their flight #s and my SkyMiles # on the reservation. Does anyone have any experience about how many days after flying that the RDMs/MQDs/MQMs will post to DL? Thanks!

Cory6188

From past experience, usually just a few days, My guess would be 3-4, maybe a week tops.

audidudi

Thanks! Ironically, and coincidentally, if I’ve done my calculations correctly, I’ll be requalifying both for DM again, and crossing over 2 Million Miles, on either the JNB>LHR or the LHR>SFO flight, and not on a DL flight! And this isn’t a mileage run either…business trip!

Night Flyer

I did this in September and it was 5 days to posting, each direction.

doubleA

Ya I crossed in 2019 on VS from LHR-SEA and it didn't post until a week later, so obviously no fan fare

Slow learner

5 working days is normal.

Keith2004

I have noticed that when I fly Delta ticketed Virgin Atlantic metal flights I have to call in to get the skymiles desk to push it. And even after that it takes quite a while to post.

I have a flight from 11/3 I had the Skymiles desk push on 11/5 and it still says "still processing should complete within 24 hrs".

I had this same issue in October (that one took a week to post after they pushed it).

I called today for a 11/12 flight to get it at least to "processing".

Anyone else having this issue with Delta Ticketed Virgin Atlantic flights?

audidudi

I spoke with a very knowledgeable agent today about a different issue, and then asked her how the posting for my flights will happen, ie one sector at a time, the outbound sectors together or all four sectors simultaneously, and she said probably each sector separately! Anyone have any feedback as to this? Thanks!

jjskis

I recently flew VS JFK-LHR-JNB roundtrip, to maintain my DL Diamond status. The ticket was booked through the VS website, only using VS flight numbers, on VS metal, with my DL SkyMiles account number attached to the reservation. It has now been 10 days since I completed my trip on November 8 and no MQD/MQM credit has posted to my DL account. In the meantime I have called VS twice, and sent 2 emails. All responses have informed me that they do not have access to the DL program and that I must contact DL directly. Separately, I do see on the DL website under the Airline Partner section that there is a Mileage Request Form that I could complete. However, I want to get advice from the forum regarding the best next steps before I resort to submitting the DL form. I made this run in December 2019 and had no issues, and have read a recent post where VS flyers are getting their MQD/MQM's posted to DL within 3-5 days. Please advise if you have had any experience with this issue and/or how best I should proceed. In the meantime, I am trying to remain calm....