FCM head scratcher..
Jul 28, 2015, 5:38 pm
#1
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FCM head scratcher..
Booked a ticket, X fare, LAS-JFK (Y) for $169. An I fare (F) was for sale at $1,324. Go to choose seats on Delta.dumb and I have an offer to upgrade to F for $149. Purchase upgrade; Seated up front for a net of $318.
Brilliance by DL's revenue dept! ^:-:
Jul 28, 2015, 5:42 pm
#2
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Absolutely it is. You are a DM...you just paid $149 for something SOME DM would expect for free. DL nets $318 OW to JFK....636 RT is compatible with many similar RT in F.
Jul 28, 2015, 5:48 pm
#3
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You weren't willing to pay $1324 but you were wiling to pay $318. DL gained $169 more than the cost of your coach ticket. The only issue is whether enough people would have paid more for the number of FC seats on your flight.
Jul 28, 2015, 6:06 pm
#5
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Jul 28, 2015, 6:16 pm
#6
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who said anything about a "serious business person"? you know as well as I do that there are a bunch of DL FTers who want nothing more than to ride in D1 on the TCONs ...
Jul 28, 2015, 6:41 pm
#7
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Enough to warrant flying an hour out of the way? Seriously? I'd love to fly an SQ suite, but I don't want to fly to SIN to get to HKG.
Jul 28, 2015, 6:51 pm
#8
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again, there are a bunch of DL FTers who delight in telling (if not preaching to) others how to value their time, and in criticizing (if not outright ridiculing) others for describing or or choosing to do something that doesn't make sense/cents to them
Jul 28, 2015, 6:57 pm
#9
Join Date: Sep 2003
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I seriously knew upgrades to D1 were an issue....I could never envision flying so far out of my way on such a relatively short flight for a product like D1 I value my time at $XXX per hour. Every hour I take out of my time is worth that amount. Fascinating.
Jul 28, 2015, 7:00 pm
#10
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Jul 28, 2015, 7:06 pm
#11
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My job (sales with a fair number of RFP's) and a lot of conferences, allows for me to work just about anywhere. Have laptop, will travel. I get 6 hours of peace and the ability to work on an rfp/rfi/rfq/questionnaire/proposal, in comfort.
Jul 28, 2015, 7:15 pm
#12
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Have actually done this a few times in the day buf-jfk-lax-las.
My job (sales with a fair number of RFP's) and a lot of conferences, allows for me to work just about anywhere. Have laptop, will travel. I get 6 hours of peace and the ability to work on an rfp/rfi/rfq/questionnaire/proposal, in comfort.
My job (sales with a fair number of RFP's) and a lot of conferences, allows for me to work just about anywhere. Have laptop, will travel. I get 6 hours of peace and the ability to work on an rfp/rfi/rfq/questionnaire/proposal, in comfort.
Jul 28, 2015, 7:21 pm
#13
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Yeah - not really able to work without interruptions at the office. On the low end its around 3 or 4 times an hour, on the upper end I lose a whole day. Just not feasible to buckle down at my own desk. Hotel room - I'm at Marriott's 99% of the time except when I'm in Vegas, and even then I'm out at the JW most of the time. I'll actually take the D1 seat.
Jul 28, 2015, 7:28 pm
#14
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Quite frankly, if one is a proud member of the WFBF crowd, with no need for any special benefits (like GASP an upgrade earned through status), it would seem that spending so much time on this forum would be the big waste of time.
It amazes me that with all the time you have spent on FT, all the posts, all the threads, you don't seem to get that there are a lot of folks on here that genuinely enjoy the strategizing; and more importantly, the flying.