Kenneth Kerr

Wife and I decided on a whim to head to Rome from Buffalo NY for 10 to 14 days at the end of this April. For about a week I have been trying to get Delta to give me something similar to the 25,000 mile promo business awards that Flying Blue members are enjoying..or a tleast the 25,000 mile classic economy wards tickets available on delta jets to flying blue ( I am a member just no Flynig Blue miles)
I fully own the fact that I am not helping myself with the short window..so I come to you hat in hand..can anyone work a little magic and show me someting I cannot find ..I only have 120,000 miles...I have an award ticket held right now that will use up all 120,000 to fly economy..with a 17 hour layover in ATL.
We have a wide open schedule can leave anytime and want to stay 12-15 days.

thanks for your time and consideration!
Ken

MSPeconomist

Sometimes low award space opens up close to the travel dates.

If the problem is finding low availability between BUF and JFK/ATL, consider either purchasing a separate domestic ticket or look for space using nearby upstate NY airports such as SYR, ITH, ELM, ROC, etc.

howtofreetravel

If you use it to fly business you might be suprised to find it could cost less

nissan720

If you can fly out of Toronto I am seeing lots of open skyteam Business tickets for 100K miles.

A KLM flight departing through AMS 4/16 and a Alitalia direct back to YYZ on 4/29

Jaimito Cartero

All roads lead to Rome.

slidergirl

You do realize that, even if you find low availability for all flights, it's going to cost you 60,000 each for coach, right?

Try breaking it up into a multi-city trip instead of round trip. Do BUF-JFK-FCO-JFK-BUF and pick pairs that way. It might show you low ranges in all segments.

I tried all of January and part of February to find availability SLC to FCO the first week of May. It was the return that was killing me. I found a connection FCO-CDG-SLC with a 23 hour layover in CDG that got me the low business rate in that direction. I couldn't get any low availability going SLC to FCO.

Definitely look at going out via Canada. Or look at any city in Europe that Delta flies to and check connections. Good luck.

Thomas Hudson

Also try Milan or possibly even Munich. Both seem to have more availability and are easy, fun train rides to Rome.... You could break it up by seeing Venice and Florence as well on the way depending on where you land.

sorka

Not if you depart from the USA

FlyingUnderTheRadar

OT but there are at least three towns in the USA called Rome. So even in the USA there are roads that lead to Rome.

As for the OP. Search other cities is your best bet, another one to toss is JFK-> NCE.

Thomas Hudson

That is another good suggestion...

emrdoc

What exactly are you wanting? Two economy seats? Two business seats?

Dalat767

OP only have 120K in his account. It appears that OP would like to have two economy seats. Here is one of the options:
BUF-JFK DL3319 on April 22nd
JFK-FCO DL246 on April 22nd
FCO-JFK DL245 on May 8th
Purchase one-way ticket for JFK-BUF
Total miles for 2 passengers: 120K
Total taxes/fees for 2 passengers: $121.40

StayingHomeIsBetter

Unfortunately, Virginia Ave's idea of how to thank you for your business is an award ticket involving a 6:00 am departure, a double connection, and at a 16 to 23 hour layover somewhere en route.

Perhaps they hope you'll get discouraged and hold onto your miles until you die... then they will expire them.

Thomas Hudson

We do not call them layovers any more. They are called Skyrests and they are exciting trip enhancements....

jrl767

well played sir