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Need Help Understanding this ASAP
It's late and this is confusing, I need your help understanding how many miles this will earn, please trying to make Gold. They are listing this as 2 flights on the way there, (MSP-IND-DTW-MDW) when it's actually 3. I just want to make sure I get 2000 miles for this itenary. Please help...
Flight 1: Saturday, December 11, 2004 Northwest Airlines Flight #498 depart 10:14am Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP) arrive 12:47pm Indianapolis International Airport (IND) Total Duration: 1hr 33min Total Distance: 502 miles Flight 2: Saturday, December 11, 2004 Northwest Airlines Flight #1010 depart 1:28pm Indianapolis International Airport (IND) arrive 2:35pm Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport (DTW) Northwest Airlines Flight #1867 depart 3:26pm Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport (DTW) arrive 3:37pm Chicago Midway (MDW) Total Duration: 3hr 9min Total Distance: 458 miles Flight 3: Thursday, December 16, 2004 Northwest Airlines Flight #1293 depart 7:50pm Chicago Midway (MDW) arrive 9:20pm Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP) Total Duration: 1hr 30min Total Distance: 348 miles TIA, -travelnick |
That will be credited as a total of four flights. MSP-IND-DTW-MDW-MSP I would guess when you searched for it you put MSP-IND, IND-MDW, then MDW-MSP. IND-MDW is not a direct flight (with a stop) because it has two flight numbers.
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It will count for 2000 miles. Actually probably 2002 because of that first 502 mile leg.
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That's what I was thinking too, but I'm just toooooo tired to think straight. I've been looking at flgiths for hours until I found this combo, then I go to book it and it shows up like that and I'm like dazed because I see Flight 2 as IND-DTW DTW-MDW. I'm glad I kept looking and found this, because I saved $160 doing it this way. ^
Thanks for your input, that's what I was looking for. Yes, when I booked it I did MSP-IND IND-MDW and MDW-MSP. |
Beware, total flight miles don't always correlate with Worldperk miles, often a few miles less, But your iteneray should net at least 2,000.
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WP mileage differences
Originally Posted by NOLAnwGOLD
Beware, total flight miles don't always correlate with Worldperk miles, often a few miles less, But your iteneray should net at least 2,000.
Very true. I have been on several flights from SEA-MCO where a direct flight, stopping in MSP, earned fewer EQM than being on a flight making a connection in MSP, and then on to MCO. I have been told that if I book a direct flight, say SEA-MCO, I get SEA-MCO miles, even though routed SEA-MSP-MCO. If I book a connecting flight SEA-MSP-MCO, I get SEA-MSP miles plus MSP-MCO miles. It is not a big difference, but if you are close to a status upgrade at end of year, it might be worth considering. It seems crazy to me, especially if you have ever reached MSP and been told that the outbound segment of the direct flight leaves out of another gate. But I am told that is how the program works. |
Originally Posted by Donna49
I have been told that if I book a direct flight, say SEA-MCO, I get SEA-MCO miles, even though routed SEA-MSP-MCO. If I book a connecting flight SEA-MSP-MCO, I get SEA-MSP miles plus MSP-MCO miles. It is not a big difference, but if you are close to a status upgrade at end of year, it might be worth considering.
It seems crazy to me, especially if you have ever reached MSP and been told that the outbound segment of the direct flight leaves out of another gate. But I am told that is how the program works. |
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