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Old Feb 26, 2015, 7:06 pm
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Talking FCM FTW!!
Just scored a $107 (All in per passenger round trip) post-purchase upgrade to First Class, on a V fare!! MSP to FLL round trip.
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 7:11 pm
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 7:13 pm
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 7:42 pm
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Originally Posted by MSP_Monopoly
Just scored a $107 (All in per passenger round trip) post-purchase upgrade to First Class, on a V fare!! MSP to FLL round trip.
Good for you. I generally pass on these "opportunities", but I would have grabbed this one in a heartbeat.
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 9:06 pm
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Congratulations you just paid 107 dollars for 30 dollars worth of service and product. You must be proud.
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 9:10 pm
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Originally Posted by BusTrav8yrs
Congratulations you just paid 107 dollars for 30 dollars worth of service and product. You must be proud.
YMMV. For me, $107 to avoid 7 hours in a Y seat is money well spent.
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 9:17 pm
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Originally Posted by BusTrav8yrs
Congratulations you just paid 107 dollars for 30 dollars worth of service and product. You must be proud.
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 9:18 pm
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Originally Posted by will2288
YMMV. For me, $107 to avoid 7 hours in a Y seat is money well spent.
This.

Back in the day I bought lots of paid F on DL and NW, and still do when I find a decent A or G fare. For me, $107 RT for that flight would be a no-brainer.
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 9:22 pm
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Originally Posted by will2288
YMMV. For me, $107 to avoid 7 hours in a Y seat is money well spent.

as a kettle it would seem a good deal but seeing it is a 757 with 7 rows and even March break has lots of seats it looks like an easy UG even for FO
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 9:32 pm
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No upgrades are easy ever for FO ex-MSP, especially on popular leisure routes. We do this route frequently and my travel companion is FO and he is almost always like #18 or higher on the UG list. Never once gotten an upgrade to or from FLL, LAS, DTW.
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 9:41 pm
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Originally Posted by BusTrav8yrs
Congratulations you just paid 107 dollars for 30 dollars worth of service and product. You must be proud.
Who p!ssed in your cheerios? The guy is happy with the deal he scored, if you don't have anything nice to say.....
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 9:46 pm
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Originally Posted by BusTrav8yrs
Congratulations you just paid 107 dollars for 30 dollars worth of service and product. You must be proud.
Who p!ssed in your cheerios? The guy is happy with the deal he scored, if you don't have anything nice to say.....
+1. Folks here are rather grumpy these days.
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 10:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Denolloyd
+1. Folks here are rather grumpy these days.
Of course, how dare Delta sell first class seats for $54 each way rather than to give it to a DM for free??

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Old Feb 26, 2015, 10:12 pm
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Glad for the OP, but how does this make DL $$, given that the OP has no status and may have bags to check? I fail to see how this is so lucrative...
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Old Feb 26, 2015, 10:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Crazyhotelguy
Glad for the OP, but how does this make DL $$, given that the OP has no status and may have bags to check? I fail to see how this is so lucrative...
Maybe a bait and switch approach? Give them First for very cheap, so that the customer will come back and book more tickets in the hope of snagging more cheap FCM. Invest a little to create future revenue.
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