Mixed Cabin Award Tickets - No Longer Allowed
Jun 8, 2015, 12:01 am
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Mixed Cabin Award Tickets - No Longer Allowed
I know it is not possible to combine cabins on the website anymore, but it appears to now be a matter of policy that cabins cannot be combined on a single award ticket...
http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...cket-faqs.html
CAN I COMBINE CABIN TYPES AND/OR AWARD LEVELS IN A SINGLE AWARD TICKET?
No. SkyMiles members do not have the ability to combine Main Cabin, First, Business and Delta One™ Class into one round-trip Award Ticket.
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, 12:06 am
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I know it is not possible to combine cabins on the website anymore, but it appears to now be a matter of policy that cabins cannot be combined on a single award ticket...
http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...cket-faqs.html
http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...cket-faqs.html
Jun 8, 2015, 12:13 am
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This is absolute LUNACY! What, exactly, is DL to gain from this?!?
I'll often fly nonstop PIT/CDG in Y. It goes quick in 19C, and J is usually never available at whatever "LOW" is, these days - - BUT - - If I book a Y one-way eastbound to Europe, and a J separately for the return, I'd be hit with the unnecessary/nasty/unfair/outrageous/over-the-top International Origination Fee for the return!
Do we hava thread titled - - -
"WILL IT EVER STOP?!?!?"
I'll often fly nonstop PIT/CDG in Y. It goes quick in 19C, and J is usually never available at whatever "LOW" is, these days - - BUT - - If I book a Y one-way eastbound to Europe, and a J separately for the return, I'd be hit with the unnecessary/nasty/unfair/outrageous/over-the-top International Origination Fee for the return!
Do we hava thread titled - - -
"WILL IT EVER STOP?!?!?"
Jun 8, 2015, 12:37 am
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Read the rule carefully. Note that it says,
Dullta often has their foot in their mouth. This is just probably poorly worded (and if past is any guide, this will be reworded several times over the next few days, each time more confusing and wordy than the last), but what I suspect it means is that can't be one way priced at J and other way priced at Y. It would be sheer lunacy not to allow Y seats if one is already paying for J...then again, sheer lunacy seems to be the guiding principle of Dullta these days, so it could be also true as it sounds, though I think more likely than not it's just lazy, poor wording - as has been quite common coming from DL as of late (DL truly and intensely hates QA of any kind, be it technical/functionality or reading over the site content before posting it live).
into one round-trip Award Ticket.
Jun 8, 2015, 1:27 am
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Read the rule carefully. Note that it says,
Dullta often has their foot in their mouth. This is just probably poorly worded (and if past is any guide, this will be reworded several times over the next few days, each time more confusing and wordy than the last), but what I suspect it means is that can't be one way priced at J and other way priced at Y. It would be sheer lunacy not to allow Y seats if one is already paying for J...then again, sheer lunacy seems to be the guiding principle of Dullta these days, so it could be also true as it sounds, though I think more likely than not it's just lazy, poor wording - as has been quite common coming from DL as of late (DL truly and intensely hates QA of any kind, be it technical/functionality or reading over the site content before posting it live).
Dullta often has their foot in their mouth. This is just probably poorly worded (and if past is any guide, this will be reworded several times over the next few days, each time more confusing and wordy than the last), but what I suspect it means is that can't be one way priced at J and other way priced at Y. It would be sheer lunacy not to allow Y seats if one is already paying for J...then again, sheer lunacy seems to be the guiding principle of Dullta these days, so it could be also true as it sounds, though I think more likely than not it's just lazy, poor wording - as has been quite common coming from DL as of late (DL truly and intensely hates QA of any kind, be it technical/functionality or reading over the site content before posting it live).
Jun 8, 2015, 1:38 am
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Read the rule carefully. Note that it says,
Dullta often has their foot in their mouth. This is just probably poorly worded (and if past is any guide, this will be reworded several times over the next few days, each time more confusing and wordy than the last), but what I suspect it means is that can't be one way priced at J and other way priced at Y. It would be sheer lunacy not to allow Y seats if one is already paying for J...then again, sheer lunacy seems to be the guiding principle of Dullta these days, so it could be also true as it sounds, though I think more likely than not it's just lazy, poor wording - as has been quite common coming from DL as of late (DL truly and intensely hates QA of any kind, be it technical/functionality or reading over the site content before posting it live).
Dullta often has their foot in their mouth. This is just probably poorly worded (and if past is any guide, this will be reworded several times over the next few days, each time more confusing and wordy than the last), but what I suspect it means is that can't be one way priced at J and other way priced at Y. It would be sheer lunacy not to allow Y seats if one is already paying for J...then again, sheer lunacy seems to be the guiding principle of Dullta these days, so it could be also true as it sounds, though I think more likely than not it's just lazy, poor wording - as has been quite common coming from DL as of late (DL truly and intensely hates QA of any kind, be it technical/functionality or reading over the site content before posting it live).
Jun 8, 2015, 5:49 am
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This change would be catastropical for the usual low "C" TATL bussines tickets with one or two onward connections in europe ( which are usually in Y ). It's nearly impossible to find an low C seat with an onward connection within europe in "C" too ( sometimes they offer you an connection in "C" with an 18 hour layover in AMS/CDG ). I'm fine with the short european hops in beeing in Y while paying the "C" price but if that announcment is true good luck for future "C" bookings....
Jun 8, 2015, 5:52 am
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Let's hope this is just a wording error. My experience in recent years is having to book far out to get international biz seats requires you get the connector flight in coach as first is rarely available until later in the schedule if at all for domestic flights. If you have to book separate tickets for the connector flight what happens when the schedule changes or a delay causes a misconnect? What if you have regional jets with no first at your home airport? If anyone books a mixed cabin award please update this thread, I cannot believe Delta would make this change it makes no sense.
Jun 8, 2015, 9:07 am
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Jun 8, 2015, 1:14 pm
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I think you all are taking this too literally. Of course you can still book F/J+Y each direction for the same F/J price. I'm sure they just mean that the return can't priced as a Y award (or vice versa).