Continental miles and tier points

A few months ago I posted asking whether I would get miles and tier points for flying in VS metal on a CO flight number. The general consensus was that I would not. However, today I checked my flying club account for the first time since my flights at the beginning of april, and a total of 7916 miles (LHR-JFK and JFK-LHR) and 2 tier points per sector (I was flying economy) had been put into my flying club account
:D:D
