In April, we posted that fare alignment between Delta, Air France and KLM’s meant that Air France and KLM’s cheapest fares were not mileage earning. These fares were in the V and X bucket.
Here are the screenshots from Delta’s mileage earning charts from April:
Air France:
KLM:
Now:
Looks like Delta’s mileage earning charts were updated in the last few days and now V class fares are 100% MILEAGE earning!
Air France:
KLM:
This is the first positive news from Delta in a very long time! It is also been a while since we actually see positive enhancement to mileage earning via airline partners. Couple with Delta earning 100% with its new partner Virgin Atlantic, we are seeing significant positive enhancements with Delta’s tier 1 partners (tier 1 = those partners that Delta has an equity or joint venture relationship).
The downside? X fares continues to be non-mileage earning.
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Any advice for those of us who flew on V-fares in between April and today? I just got back from a trip 2 weeks ago and was denied mileage due to the V-fares. Unfortunately at the time I booked, I had no idea, so I found out after the fact upon my return and the flights posted but without mileage.
@Kevin, you can always email customer service and ask. The chart does not have a start or end date.
Thanks! I will give them a try and see what happens.
@Kevin – I have had readers reporting success that Delta is willing to submit flights like yours for Skymiles credit. If they say no, email again or try @DeltaAssist and mention others are getting credit for this time period when they were aligning fare classes with the partners.
@Rene – good to hear that Delta is making good on the V class flights.
As a follow up, I emailed, cited the new partner airline accrual rules and was credited for the flights. Thank you all for the advice!
@Kevin, that’s fantastic!