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2015 Korean Air Blackout dates for DL Skymiles redemptions

2015 Korean Air Blackout dates for DL Skymiles redemptions

Old Feb 25, 2014, 2:54 pm
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2015 Korean Air Blackout dates for DL Skymiles redemptions

I haven't seen it posted yet by RealHJ, so I figured I'd help everybody out.

2015 KE Blackout dates, inclusive:
  • Jan 1 - Jan 4
  • Feb 17 - Feb 23
  • May 1 - May 5
  • May 15 - June 30
  • July 17 - Aug 23
  • Sep 25 - Sep 30
  • Oct 9 - Oct 11
  • Dec 10 - Dec 31
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Old Feb 25, 2014, 4:54 pm
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I think that you mean 2014 dates, as so far the DL fare rules do not list any blackout dates for 2015.

I just pulled up the DL fare rules, and this is what it says:

FARE RULES TEXT UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED NOTE - RULE EFSM IN IPRG APPLIES GENERAL RULES TEXT UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY KE FLIGHT OR IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY KE FLIGHT IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AE FLIGHT ANY AF FLIGHT ANY AM FLIGHT ANY AS FLIGHT ANY AZ FLIGHT ANY CI FLIGHT ANY CZ FLIGHT ANY DL FLIGHT ANY G3 FLIGHT ANY HA FLIGHT ANY KE FLIGHT ANY KL FLIGHT ANY KQ FLIGHT ANY MH FLIGHT ANY MU FLIGHT ANY OK FLIGHT ANY RO FLIGHT ANY SU FLIGHT ANY TN FLIGHT ANY UX FLIGHT ANY VA FLIGHT ANY VN FLIGHT ANY AR FLIGHT ANY FM FLIGHT ANY MF FLIGHT ANY ME FLIGHT ANY SV FLIGHT ANY VS FLIGHT TRAVEL IS NOT PERMITTED 29JAN 14 THROUGH 03FEB 14 OR 03MAY 14 THROUGH 06MAY 14 OR 16MAY 14 THROUGH 01JUL 14 OR 18JUL 14 THROUGH 24AUG 14 OR 05SEP 14 THROUGH 10SEP 14 OR 03OCT 14 THROUGH 05OCT 14 OR ON 09OCT 14 OR 11OCT 14 THROUGH 12OCT 14 OR 10DEC 14 THROUGH 31DEC 14. IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY CI FLIGHT OR IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY CI FLIGHT IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AE FLIGHT ANY AF FLIGHT ANY AM FLIGHT ANY AS FLIGHT ANY AZ FLIGHT ANY CI FLIGHT ANY CZ FLIGHT ANY DL FLIGHT ANY G3 FLIGHT ANY HA FLIGHT ANY KE FLIGHT ANY KL FLIGHT ANY KQ FLIGHT ANY MH FLIGHT ANY MU FLIGHT ANY OK FLIGHT ANY RO FLIGHT ANY SU FLIGHT ANY TN FLIGHT ANY UX FLIGHT ANY VA FLIGHT ANY VN FLIGHT ANY AR FLIGHT ANY FM FLIGHT ANY MF FLIGHT ANY ME FLIGHT ANY SV FLIGHT ANY VS FLIGHT TRAVEL IS NOT PERMITTED 24JAN 14 THROUGH 03FEB 14 OR 01JUN 14 THROUGH 31AUG 14 OR 10DEC 14 THROUGH 31DEC 14.
Note that it is only thorugh the end of 2014. It seems that you can book (at least it's displayed online, not sure will it ticket) any KE flight Jan 1, 2015 and onwards, as it's not (yet?) blacked out. (I am sure that if that is so in error, that our friends and DL will very soon correct that. Or could it be that there will be no more blackout dates as of 2015? But that seems highly unlikely, as it's not the type of "enhancement" that DL is known for.)
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Old Feb 25, 2014, 4:58 pm
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I pulled the dates from the KE website. I'm preemptively posting them just in case (read: when) the blackout dates are enforced.
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Old Feb 25, 2014, 5:19 pm
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Originally Posted by Spicy B
I pulled the dates from the KE website. I'm preemptively posting them just in case (read: when) the blackout dates are enforced.
I see. Makes sense. As long as DL also believes that it is so, there's no reason for DL to bother with updating their award fare rules.
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Old Mar 6, 2014, 7:13 am
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Still KE award booking is possible by website after this year. But, here in Asia desk cannot book it. So, i am confused what policy exactly.

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Old Mar 6, 2014, 2:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Kwang su
Still KE award booking is possible by website after this year. But, here in Asia desk cannot book it. So, i am cimfused what policy exactly.
Did you actually ticket it online? DL often shows KE availability (accurately) during its imposed blackout dates for KE, but then if you try to actually ticket it, it'll fail and won't be able to complete your reservation (and neither will the phone agents).
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Old Mar 6, 2014, 5:53 pm
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Originally Posted by RealHJ
Did you actually ticket it online? DL often shows KE availability (accurately) during its imposed blackout dates for KE, but then if you try to actually ticket it, it'll fail and won't be able to complete your reservation (and neither will the phone agents).
No, I cannot do it. However, the schedule is on hold, then called to other country agent. Fortunately, I got eticket. If you want to make a reservation, you need to call them. Just in case.
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Old Jun 1, 2014, 12:34 pm
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This differs somewhat to what I found on China Airlines' website for KE redemptions. See here: http://www.china-airlines.com/en/club/club_mi_42b.htm
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Old Jun 1, 2014, 2:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Richard1148
This differs somewhat to what I found on China Airlines' website for KE redemptions. See here: http://www.china-airlines.com/en/club/club_mi_42b.htm
DL has, in the past, always taken the KE blackout dates to be the such that any regional blackout kills ALL DL award inventory for the dates.

From a quick glance, the OP correctly took the various dates that you posted, and "or'd" them all together to get what DL is expected to post.
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Old Jun 1, 2014, 2:21 pm
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Originally Posted by exwannabe
DL has, in the past, always taken the KE blackout dates to be the such that any regional blackout kills ALL DL award inventory for the dates.
Now I remember reading that a while back. That is going to severely affect my May 2015 travel plans where I was hoping to fly KE.
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Old Jun 6, 2014, 4:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Richard1148
Now I remember reading that a while back. That is going to severely affect my May 2015 travel plans where I was hoping to fly KE.
You can always confirm the DL blackout dates for KE on delta.com by going to the fare rules. That is also where the blackout dates posted here are coming from (directly from DL fare rules, not some third party source), I would think.

Note that it does not kill the inventory - the inventory is still there, just DL blocks it from ticketing, but often you can still select the flights during DL's blackout dates from KE - just then it can't be ticketed and will error out.
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Old Oct 22, 2014, 5:45 am
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Giving this thread a bump. Are these dates confirmed as correct for 2015 awards?
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Old Oct 22, 2014, 7:37 am
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One can find the current blackout dates with the hyperlink 'view fare rules' when booking a USA-Asia award. It scores poorly for readability.

GENERAL RULES TEXT UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY KE FLIGHT OR IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY KE FLIGHT IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AE FLIGHT ANY AF FLIGHT ANY AM FLIGHT ANY AR FLIGHT ANY AS FLIGHT ANY AZ FLIGHT ANY CI FLIGHT ANY CZ FLIGHT ANY DL FLIGHT ANY FM FLIGHT ANY G3 FLIGHT ANY GA FLIGHT ANY KE FLIGHT ANY KL FLIGHT ANY KQ FLIGHT ANY ME FLIGHT ANY MF FLIGHT ANY MU FLIGHT ANY OK FLIGHT ANY RO FLIGHT ANY SU FLIGHT ANY SV FLIGHT ANY TN FLIGHT ANY UX FLIGHT ANY VA FLIGHT ANY VN FLIGHT ANY VS FLIGHT ANY ZK FLIGHT TRAVEL IS NOT PERMITTED 03OCT 14 THROUGH 05OCT 14 OR ON 09OCT 14 OR 11OCT 14 THROUGH 12OCT 14 OR 10DEC 14 THROUGH 31DEC 14 OR 01JAN 15 THROUGH 04JAN 15 OR 17FEB 15 THROUGH 23FEB 15 OR 01MAY 15 THROUGH 05MAY 15 OR 15MAY 15 THROUGH 30JUN 15 OR 17JUL 15 THROUGH 23AUG 15 OR 25SEP 15 THROUGH 30SEP 15 OR 09OCT 15 THROUGH 11OCT 15 OR 10DEC 15 THROUGH 31DEC 15. IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY CI FLIGHT OR IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY CI FLIGHT IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AE FLIGHT ANY AF FLIGHT ANY AM FLIGHT ANY AR FLIGHT ANY AS FLIGHT ANY AZ FLIGHT ANY CI FLIGHT ANY CZ FLIGHT ANY DL FLIGHT ANY FM FLIGHT ANY G3 FLIGHT ANY GA FLIGHT ANY KE FLIGHT ANY KL FLIGHT ANY KQ FLIGHT ANY ME FLIGHT ANY MF FLIGHT ANY MU FLIGHT ANY OK FLIGHT ANY RO FLIGHT ANY SU FLIGHT ANY SV FLIGHT ANY TN FLIGHT ANY UX FLIGHT ANY VA FLIGHT ANY VN FLIGHT ANY VS FLIGHT ANY ZK FLIGHT TRAVEL IS NOT PERMITTED 10DEC 14 THROUGH 31DEC 14 OR 01JAN 15 THROUGH 04JAN 15 OR 12FEB 15 THROUGH 22FEB 15 OR 01JUN 15 THROUGH 31AUG 15 OR 10DEC 15 THROUGH 31DEC 15.
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Old Oct 22, 2014, 10:28 am
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Originally Posted by 3Cforme
One can find the current blackout dates with the hyperlink 'view fare rules' when booking a USA-Asia award. It scores poorly for readability.

GENERAL RULES TEXT UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY KE FLIGHT OR IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY KE FLIGHT IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AE FLIGHT ANY AF FLIGHT ANY AM FLIGHT ANY AR FLIGHT ANY AS FLIGHT ANY AZ FLIGHT ANY CI FLIGHT ANY CZ FLIGHT ANY DL FLIGHT ANY FM FLIGHT ANY G3 FLIGHT ANY GA FLIGHT ANY KE FLIGHT ANY KL FLIGHT ANY KQ FLIGHT ANY ME FLIGHT ANY MF FLIGHT ANY MU FLIGHT ANY OK FLIGHT ANY RO FLIGHT ANY SU FLIGHT ANY SV FLIGHT ANY TN FLIGHT ANY UX FLIGHT ANY VA FLIGHT ANY VN FLIGHT ANY VS FLIGHT ANY ZK FLIGHT TRAVEL IS NOT PERMITTED 03OCT 14 THROUGH 05OCT 14 OR ON 09OCT 14 OR 11OCT 14 THROUGH 12OCT 14 OR 10DEC 14 THROUGH 31DEC 14 OR 01JAN 15 THROUGH 04JAN 15 OR 17FEB 15 THROUGH 23FEB 15 OR 01MAY 15 THROUGH 05MAY 15 OR 15MAY 15 THROUGH 30JUN 15 OR 17JUL 15 THROUGH 23AUG 15 OR 25SEP 15 THROUGH 30SEP 15 OR 09OCT 15 THROUGH 11OCT 15 OR 10DEC 15 THROUGH 31DEC 15. IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY CI FLIGHT OR IF THE FARE COMPONENT IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY CI FLIGHT IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AE FLIGHT ANY AF FLIGHT ANY AM FLIGHT ANY AR FLIGHT ANY AS FLIGHT ANY AZ FLIGHT ANY CI FLIGHT ANY CZ FLIGHT ANY DL FLIGHT ANY FM FLIGHT ANY G3 FLIGHT ANY GA FLIGHT ANY KE FLIGHT ANY KL FLIGHT ANY KQ FLIGHT ANY ME FLIGHT ANY MF FLIGHT ANY MU FLIGHT ANY OK FLIGHT ANY RO FLIGHT ANY SU FLIGHT ANY SV FLIGHT ANY TN FLIGHT ANY UX FLIGHT ANY VA FLIGHT ANY VN FLIGHT ANY VS FLIGHT ANY ZK FLIGHT TRAVEL IS NOT PERMITTED 10DEC 14 THROUGH 31DEC 14 OR 01JAN 15 THROUGH 04JAN 15 OR 12FEB 15 THROUGH 22FEB 15 OR 01JUN 15 THROUGH 31AUG 15 OR 10DEC 15 THROUGH 31DEC 15.


01JAN 15 THROUGH 04JAN 15
17FEB 15 THROUGH 23FEB 15
01MAY 15 THROUGH 05MAY 15
15MAY 15 THROUGH 30JUN 15
17JUL 15 THROUGH 23AUG 15
25SEP 15 THROUGH 30SEP 15
09OCT 15 THROUGH 11OCT 15
10DEC 15 THROUGH 31DEC 15
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Old Oct 22, 2014, 7:12 pm
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Originally Posted by dieuwer2


01JAN 15 THROUGH 04JAN 15
17FEB 15 THROUGH 23FEB 15
01MAY 15 THROUGH 05MAY 15
15MAY 15 THROUGH 30JUN 15
17JUL 15 THROUGH 23AUG 15
25SEP 15 THROUGH 30SEP 15
09OCT 15 THROUGH 11OCT 15
10DEC 15 THROUGH 31DEC 15
Thank you. ^^
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