Mixed Cabin Award Tickets - No Longer Allowed
Jun 8, 2015, 1:22 pm
#16
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I would think the same thing. Since DL now allows o/w bookings, you don't have to buy a mixed class outbound and return. I have never booked a DL TATL award, do they add a fuel charge ex-Europe? I know BA does, but wasn't aware of it for Delta.
Jun 8, 2015, 1:43 pm
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DL does for itineraries originating exEurope. If you book an award ticket as two one ways rather than a RT, you would be subject to these international origination fees as well as having to pay two cancel/refund fees (unless it's a DM/PM FF account) to get your miles back if the trip iis cancelled.
Jun 8, 2015, 1:58 pm
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Jun 8, 2015, 2:23 pm
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No. SkyMiles members do not have the ability to combine Main Cabin, First, Business and Delta One™ Class into one round-trip Award Ticket.
Jun 8, 2015, 3:18 pm
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DL does for itineraries originating exEurope. If you book an award ticket as two one ways rather than a RT, you would be subject to these international origination fees as well as having to pay two cancel/refund fees (unless it's a DM/PM FF account) to get your miles back if the trip iis cancelled.
Jun 8, 2015, 3:41 pm
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Jun 8, 2015, 8:12 pm
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agree. pretty sure the same concept applies when you try to book a RT ticket and want to do Y over and J back. System automatically changes the Y selection into J.
Oct 24, 2016, 9:22 am
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I want to bring this back to life - what is the current stance on this? I was considering booking a RT award ticket from DTW to EDI, going out in Main Cabin and returning in D1, for (ideally) 100k miles total + fees at the lowest award level (assuming it existed). Is this possible? It certainly isn't online (well, it is, but for 140k - the same as D1 both ways).
Thanks!
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Oct 24, 2016, 11:02 am
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You can always do this as two one way award tickets, but for international travel, it can make a difference in the fees. Also, if the traveler isn't DM/PM, one pays change/redeposit/cancel fees on each ticket separately, currently $150.
Oct 24, 2016, 11:32 am
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Thanks!
Oct 24, 2016, 2:07 pm
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I was about to whine about your response when I did it and noticed it seemed to work just fine. After recovering from my confusion, I discovered that my problems arose when trying to do this with Miles + Cash bookings, which force me into First/D1 both directions when trying to do what I asked.
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Just last week i was looking at ATL-CDG around the holidays with a return from LHR. The return flights were outrageous so I booked the ATL-CDG in low when I wanted online. Waited a few days and eventually found cheap availability on the LHR-Philly in D1. Told the agent to make sure to book the return as an addition to the original ticket instead of a new OW and it priced correctly (without the EU origination surcharge).
Long story short, find the flights you want and call to book. Or book one way online and call to have the return added.