I’ve written about how Alaska Mileage Plan awards elite qualifying miles for award flights, including for travel on all partner airlines. I think it’s only fair to give Delta SkyMiles a shoutout, as this is an area where Alaska actually followed Delta’s lead.
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There we go. Posted on the very same day someone gave feedback on another post. And yet people accuse you of being anti-Delta? Can't win.
Although I don't have imminent plans, this is still helpful to know- wasn't totally sure if I could earn MQDs if any part of an award ticket wasn't on Delta metal but still sold by them (i.e. Aeromexico or AF/KLM).
Just to be clear though, there's no way to book SkyTeam flights with AF or VS miles and then earn MQD on those bookings, right? That would be too good to be true.
Most programs don't allow you to earn elite metrics with award bookings in the first place. Let alone on another airline's program.
VS is already unique in that it lets you earn tier points on VS metal, you will not earn MQDs by redeeming VS Flying Club miles. That would be absurd.
At best, VS would let you earn VS tier points on partner bookings with Flying Club in the same way Delta and Alaska do.
Imagine being so delusional and obsessed with some internet stranger that you make up an entire fake account and personality to troll them, even when they haven't showed up on an article. It's so tired and uninteresting at this point.
If we aspire to travel in premium cabins booked with points, tier status provides what benefits that a premium cabin ticket does not? Aside from irrops support. With Delta, I'm left unconvinced.
FWIW, my experience has been that MQDs on DL award tickets are posted in the same timeframe as on revenue tickets - almost always within hours on DL metal [sometimes before the plane even lands!], and within a couple of weeks on non-DL metal. And since it's ticketed on 006 stock, if for some reason a post doesn't hit, you can use the request credit form & they'll post it in a day or two.
Earning with awards flights was much better when Delta still had MQMs. If you could find a relatively cheap Delta One JFK to LAX flight, or even better, book a sale Delta One international flight, you earned a lot of MQM when redeeming SkyMiles. Now, with everything pegged to dollars, it is less exciting IMO.
Still waiting for either MQM or MQD’s on the $8000 from my Delta American Express. 2024.‼️
If I redeem my miles for a trip for both my wife and myself, do I get MQDs based on all miles redeemed or are MQDs split between my and my wife's SkyMiles accounts?