Delta SkyMiles to stop paying Bonus Miles for Korean Airlines and Other Partners
Apr 16, 2013, 9:05 am
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Delta SkyMiles to stop paying Bonus Miles for Korean Airlines and Other Partners
This may be a first. The whole point of an "Alliance" is to have the ability to earn points and status from "alliance partner airlines." Is this the beginning of the end? Effective June 1 Delta will STOP paying Bonus miles on KE flights.
see: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxDd...ZmSC1Zc00/edit
see: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxDd...ZmSC1Zc00/edit
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Apr 16, 2013, 9:20 am
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New Partner Mileage Earning Continuing Updates
Is it just me, or are there more columns that continue to get added to the right of the partner mileage earning?
For example, Korean Air:
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...t-diamond.html
Now, for tickets flown on or after June 1st, 2013 the medallion mileage bonus no longer is received.
This is in addition to the halved MQM that are received after March 1st, 2013...
Also, China Southern, for tickets flown on or after May 1st, 2013 the medallion mileage bonus no longer is received
In summary, it seems like additional changes are being made to this mileage earning chart without any pre-notification, or other way to clearly see when the changes were made.
For example, Korean Air:
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...t-diamond.html
Now, for tickets flown on or after June 1st, 2013 the medallion mileage bonus no longer is received.
This is in addition to the halved MQM that are received after March 1st, 2013...
Also, China Southern, for tickets flown on or after May 1st, 2013 the medallion mileage bonus no longer is received
In summary, it seems like additional changes are being made to this mileage earning chart without any pre-notification, or other way to clearly see when the changes were made.
Apr 16, 2013, 10:12 am
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Here's another recent post that I believe is related. There doesn't seem to be a huge amount of interest, unfortunately.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ghlight=korean
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ghlight=korean
Apr 16, 2013, 11:40 am
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It seems to me that the key is Delta Marketed flights still earn all the goodies. So, if Delta gets it's money, and you fly on a different carrier, such as Korean, you still get the points.
Can someone confirm this?
Can someone confirm this?
Apr 16, 2013, 11:50 am
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Yes, SkyTeam operates under a marketing carrier scheme for earning, subject to if you fly a SkyTeam-coded flight (other than the program you're trying to earn in) it must be operated by a SkyTeam carrier to earn miles. The problem is that it can often be much more expensive to get DL-coded flights to Asia than KE-coded flights. Also, you usually can't buy a DL-coded ICN-PVG operated by KE all by itself. It has to be part of a larger ticket coming from the US.
Once again no warning from Delta; makes me wonder what is coming next 
Apr 16, 2013, 2:35 pm
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This may be a first. The whole point of an "Alliance" is to have the ability to earn points and status from "alliance partner airlines." Is this the beginning of the end? Effective June 1 Delta will STOP paying Bonus miles on KE flights.
see: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxDd...ZmSC1Zc00/edit
see: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxDd...ZmSC1Zc00/edit
Originally Posted by squatch
all other alliances will follow this lead, i guarantee it.
Right now, it looks like DL is still offering elite bonuses on some non-JV partners such as SV or ME or SU, for example...
Apr 16, 2013, 2:42 pm
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This is Delta, so it certainly shouldn't be a surprise.
I have a few things I think they're going to implement in the next year. I'll refrain from posting them, as I don't want to give DL any ideas.
I have a few things I think they're going to implement in the next year. I'll refrain from posting them, as I don't want to give DL any ideas.
Apr 16, 2013, 7:10 pm
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This is making the decision of whether to ticket a partner flight as a DL codeshare or not so very complicated. For some privileges, such as picking certain seats in advance or using miles for a SkyTeam upgrade award (from full fares), the flight must be ticketed under the flight number of the operating carrier, but for other stuff--such as elite bonus miles we're now discovering--one must use the DL codeshare.
Again, the typical DL customer is completely unaware of these subtleties, let alone the rule changes that we're discovering without them being announced by DL.
Again, the typical DL customer is completely unaware of these subtleties, let alone the rule changes that we're discovering without them being announced by DL.