BE (instead of F) on MD-88?

Old Feb 23, 2011, 9:17 pm
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BE (instead of F) on MD-88?

Just got my UG on ATL-MIA 5 days out. And I'm confirmed into BE (X)... on a MD-88! This is a new one to me. Did I sleep through an "enhancement" announcement recently?

My guess is dot com is jacked up again (highly plausible) or this flight continues on down south on a bigger bird and the cabin is tied to that for yield mgmt purposes (somewhat plausible).

Anyone has the explanation?
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Old Feb 23, 2011, 9:20 pm
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Without flt #, hard to tell, but I'd guess it's a change of gauge flt, with the mad dog doing the 1st leg of the flt #, then something with a real BE config continuing on with the same flt #.
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Old Feb 23, 2011, 9:25 pm
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You're on the continuation of an international flight. Whenever you are upgraded on a flight with an international flight number (which means a flight number that contains a segment with Business Elite service) the system will upgrade you into "X" class.

Don't worry, it will be just regular domestic F with the regular old snack basket.
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Old Feb 23, 2011, 9:36 pm
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Originally Posted by PowerFlyer

Don't worry, it will be just regular domestic F with the regular old snack basket.
Woohoo. And I was getting excited about a possible enhancement.
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Old Feb 23, 2011, 9:37 pm
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Standard domestic F, only a name change due to a connecting international flight.
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Old Feb 24, 2011, 11:36 am
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Wonder if that BP would get the OP into the SC?
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Old Feb 24, 2011, 12:19 pm
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DL241 is FCO-ATL-MIA with an eqp change in ATL.

[KVS Availability Tool 6.0.9/Diamond - WSpan Operational Info: DL 241/17 Mar 2011]
Code:
FLT INFO  241/17MAR                                             
LOF     ARR     DEP ETA ON IN ETD OUT OFF ACF  ELPD ACCUM MILES 
FCO             845A                      767                   
ATL     315P    510P                      M88 11.30        5035 
MIA     705P                                   1.55 15.20   595 
FACTS-                                                          
MEALS/CPT   C    Y                                              
  FCOATL    B    B                                              
  ATLMIA   NO MEALS                                             
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Old Feb 24, 2011, 1:42 pm
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Originally Posted by edweird
Wonder if that BP would get the OP into the SC?
Not unless something major has changed. I haven't been on one of the flights in question for a long time, but in the past, DL called the front cabin on domestic legs of flights with int'l connections "Business", not "Business Elite". The terms are similar enough that if you don't know the difference, you might get fooled, but DL knows the difference--if you aren't in Business Elite you don't get the perks.
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Old Feb 24, 2011, 2:07 pm
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Originally Posted by edweird
Wonder if that BP would get the OP into the SC?
Won't the OP have access by making an int'l connection as a ranking DL elite?
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Old Feb 24, 2011, 3:29 pm
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Originally Posted by JumboD
Won't the OP have access by making an int'l connection as a ranking DL elite?
OP isn't making an int'l connection. OP is getting on a flight to MIA in ATL that is a continuation of FCO-ATL and thus has the front cabin coded as Business instead of Coach.
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