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Old Nov 5, 2009, 7:40 pm
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Evan!
 
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Originally Posted by dollerman73
Wow, they're calling for the kill already...

This was actually very helpful, essentially if I hold the plat reserve and am PM, I will leapfrog other PMs who don't have the card in the same fare class as me?

Does anyone have a link to documentation on this from AMEX and/or DL?
No Amex doc link but go here: http://cwsi.net/mupc.aspx

Originally Posted by dollerman73
Is this documented by either company or purely anecdotal?
It is NOT anecdotal at all. It is a published benefit that is meant to attract Delta Platinum Amex holders ($150/year) to upgrade the card to the Reserve card ($450/year). You also get SC access IIRC.

The tie-breaker for two pax at the same exact level below would be the time of ticketing. If you ticketed before the other pax at the same exact level then you win, otherwise you lose.

EP = Executive partner
DM = Diamond, PM = Platinum, GM = Gold, FO = Silver
AxR = Amex Reserve card holder
Fares: Y, B, M, H, Q, K, L, U, T

Note: When award travel is upgradeable (coming soon?) this could change. I believe (CMIIR) that award holders will be tacked on to the end of this list after FOs on a T fare with no AxR.
  1. EP Y AxR
  2. EP Y
  3. EP B AxR
  4. EP B
  5. EP M AxR
  6. EP M
  7. EP H AxR
  8. EP H
  9. EP Q AxR
  10. EP Q
  11. EP K AxR
  12. EP K
  13. EP L AxR
  14. EP L
  15. EP U AxR
  16. EP U
  17. EP T AxR
  18. EP T
    ---------------------- The Y-fare exception kicks in here.
    ---- Spring 2010 DM Y AxR
    ---- Spring 2010 DM Y
  19. PM Y Axr
  20. PM Y
  21. GM Y AxR
  22. GM Y
  23. FO Y AxR
  24. FO Y
    ----------------------- end Y-fare exception
    ---- Spring 2010 DM B AxR
    ---- Spring 2010 DM B
    ---- Spring 2010 DM M AxR
    ---- Spring 2010 DM M
    ---- Spring 2010 DM H AxR
    ---- Spring 2010 DM H
    ---- Spring 2010 DM Q AxR
    ---- Spring 2010 DM Q
    ---- Spring 2010 DM K AxR
    ---- Spring 2010 DM K
    ---- Spring 2010 DM L AxR
    ---- Spring 2010 DM L
    ---- Spring 2010 DM U AxR
    ---- Spring 2010 DM U
    ---- Spring 2010 DM T AxR
    ---- Spring 2010 DM T
  25. PM B AxR
  26. PM B
  27. PM M AxR
  28. PM M
  29. PM H AxR
  30. PM H
  31. PM Q AxR
  32. PM Q
  33. PM K AxR
  34. PM K
  35. PM L AxR
  36. PM L
  37. PM U AxR
  38. PM U
  39. PM T AxR
  40. PM T
  41. GM B AxR
  42. GM B
  43. GM M AxR
  44. GM M
  45. GM H AxR
  46. GM H
  47. GM Q AxR
  48. GM Q
  49. GM K AxR
  50. GM K
  51. GM L AxR
  52. GM L
  53. GM U AxR
  54. GM U
  55. GM T AxR
  56. GM T
  57. FO B AxR
  58. FO B
  59. FO M AxR
  60. FO M
  61. FO H AxR
  62. FO H
  63. FO Q AxR
  64. FO Q
  65. FO K AxR
  66. FO K
  67. FO L AxR
  68. FO L
  69. FO U AxR
  70. FO U
  71. FO T AxR
  72. FO T

Okay. If I am right... can we be done with this? If not, I will edit appropriately.

Edit: As soon as I submitted I saw my error. Gheesh can be mind numbing.
Last edited by Evan!; Nov 5, 2009 at 7:48 pm
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