Flying ELAL thru Delta
 

1. A passenger that flew on an ELAL flight with a ticket that was issued thru Delta, on which frequent flier program can he claim the miles?

2. Are there any disadvantages by booking such a ticket (thru Delta that would be flying on an ELAL flight)?

1. Delta.

http://www.elal.co.il/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=1385

*member of El Al clubs will not be able to earn points on DL marked flights en route Tel Aviv - NYC - Tel Aviv.

2. That is the question for every codeshare flight. DL might offer better prices, or one-ticket connections that ElAl does not offer.
You will probably not get the perks of a Delta Elite (if you are an Elite) as it is another carrier. Not sure about ElAl perks if you are gold or Platinum.

[This message has been edited by apirchik (edited Nov 18, 2003).]

If yuo buy an El Al ticket you are allowed to get DL or AA mileage but the crummy thing is that on a discounted ticket you only get 50% of the mileage.

Better though than Iberia that only gives 30% mileage credit on AA program for discounted tickets.