[FARE GONE] DL: JFK-CPT 19.6k mile RT $710ai 3.98cpm 1/16-1/20 +BNA add-on
Jan 9, 2012, 8:57 pm
#91
Join Date: May 2011
Location: DFW
Programs: DL-PM/SC; UA-1K; HH Diamond
Posts: 303
Does anyone know if there is a SkyTeam lounge in CPT? I checked on DL.com and there is nothing mentioned. I am just trying to figure out if I should get a cheap room ($50 at the Road Lodge) right next to the airport the afternoon/evening before my 00:20 departure, or if the airport is comfortable enough to hang out in before departure.
Jan 9, 2012, 9:12 pm
#92
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: MSP
Programs: DL GM, AMEX Business Platinum, AMEX Delta Reserve, DL SkyClub Member, Choice PM
Posts: 2,218
Does anyone know if there is a SkyTeam lounge in CPT? I checked on DL.com and there is nothing mentioned. I am just trying to figure out if I should get a cheap room ($50 at the Road Lodge) right next to the airport the afternoon/evening before my 00:20 departure, or if the airport is comfortable enough to hang out in before departure.
Rennies Premier Lounge Terminal 2, International departure area, 1st floor.
http://www.klm.com/travel/us_en/prep..._locations.htm
A cheap room near the airport will be of great help in getting some good lie-flat sleep on a bed before the flight.
Jan 10, 2012, 2:52 pm
#93
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: New Orleans, LA
Programs: DL PM, AA Gold, A3 Gold, WN CP, and lots of points everywhere.
Posts: 344
Booked mine a few days ago, fitting it into a work trip that I could use to position to DC.
Outbound
Fri Mar 2nd 6:10pm. IAD-AMS-CPT on KL652 and KL597. Arrive Mar 3 10:30pm.
Return
Fri Mar 5th 12:20am. CPT-AMS-IAD on KL598 and KL651. Arrive Mar 5 3:20pm.
Could have done an immediate turn but a day in Cape Town was hard to turn down. Not sure what I'll do with my day there but there are a few things we didn't get to during our November visit. Great mileage run.
Outbound
Fri Mar 2nd 6:10pm. IAD-AMS-CPT on KL652 and KL597. Arrive Mar 3 10:30pm.
Return
Fri Mar 5th 12:20am. CPT-AMS-IAD on KL598 and KL651. Arrive Mar 5 3:20pm.
Could have done an immediate turn but a day in Cape Town was hard to turn down. Not sure what I'll do with my day there but there are a few things we didn't get to during our November visit. Great mileage run.
Jan 11, 2012, 6:50 am
#95
Join Date: May 2011
Location: DFW
Programs: DL-PM/SC; UA-1K; HH Diamond
Posts: 303
I never could get it to pull up correctly on DL.com. The DL site was always about $200 more. There have been reports of it working on DL, but after a long time messing with it, I gave up and went to the KLM site and booked there. I would select the same flights, made sure they were KL flight numbers, but it would still come back higher.
Jan 11, 2012, 7:12 am
#97
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: New Orleans, LA
Programs: DL PM, AA Gold, A3 Gold, WN CP, and lots of points everywhere.
Posts: 344
I was able to book at Delta.com using vouchers. Here are my observations.
Find your itinerary using ITA. Go to delta.com and get to the multi-city page. Make sure to choose Schedule as "What's more imporrtant to you?" Fill in your flights. During the selection process, make sure to choose the KLM numbered flights even if the Delta numbered flights are presented.
In my case, I didn't even include the AMS as a connection in the multi-city page. I just did IAD-CPT and CPT-IAD. To confirm that I remembered correctly, I just double checked the same dates I booked vs. ITA and the KLM flights (via Delta.com) are $996 while Delta's are $2020. Obviously the price went up a bit but the technique appeared to work.
That said, there were two things I recalled:
1) No matter how many times I tried I couldn't get an immediate turn (arrive 10:30pm, depart 12:20am) to price at Delta.com. Fine with me as a day in CPT is a nice break from the plane.
2) After my initial search, it would often return and say the class selected was invalid (presumably related to my selecting "Schedule"). Then I'd just hit search again it it would work.
So, not perfect but it definitely worked for me.
Hope this helps.
Find your itinerary using ITA. Go to delta.com and get to the multi-city page. Make sure to choose Schedule as "What's more imporrtant to you?" Fill in your flights. During the selection process, make sure to choose the KLM numbered flights even if the Delta numbered flights are presented.
In my case, I didn't even include the AMS as a connection in the multi-city page. I just did IAD-CPT and CPT-IAD. To confirm that I remembered correctly, I just double checked the same dates I booked vs. ITA and the KLM flights (via Delta.com) are $996 while Delta's are $2020. Obviously the price went up a bit but the technique appeared to work.
That said, there were two things I recalled:
1) No matter how many times I tried I couldn't get an immediate turn (arrive 10:30pm, depart 12:20am) to price at Delta.com. Fine with me as a day in CPT is a nice break from the plane.
2) After my initial search, it would often return and say the class selected was invalid (presumably related to my selecting "Schedule"). Then I'd just hit search again it it would work.
So, not perfect but it definitely worked for me.
Hope this helps.
Jan 11, 2012, 10:02 am
#98
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 22,778
I was able to book at Delta.com using vouchers. Here are my observations.
Find your itinerary using ITA. Go to delta.com and get to the multi-city page. Make sure to choose Schedule as "What's more imporrtant to you?" Fill in your flights. During the selection process, make sure to choose the KLM numbered flights even if the Delta numbered flights are presented.
In my case, I didn't even include the AMS as a connection in the multi-city page. I just did IAD-CPT and CPT-IAD. To confirm that I remembered correctly, I just double checked the same dates I booked vs. ITA and the KLM flights (via Delta.com) are $996 while Delta's are $2020. Obviously the price went up a bit but the technique appeared to work.
That said, there were two things I recalled:
1) No matter how many times I tried I couldn't get an immediate turn (arrive 10:30pm, depart 12:20am) to price at Delta.com. Fine with me as a day in CPT is a nice break from the plane.
2) After my initial search, it would often return and say the class selected was invalid (presumably related to my selecting "Schedule"). Then I'd just hit search again it it would work.
So, not perfect but it definitely worked for me.
Hope this helps.
Find your itinerary using ITA. Go to delta.com and get to the multi-city page. Make sure to choose Schedule as "What's more imporrtant to you?" Fill in your flights. During the selection process, make sure to choose the KLM numbered flights even if the Delta numbered flights are presented.
In my case, I didn't even include the AMS as a connection in the multi-city page. I just did IAD-CPT and CPT-IAD. To confirm that I remembered correctly, I just double checked the same dates I booked vs. ITA and the KLM flights (via Delta.com) are $996 while Delta's are $2020. Obviously the price went up a bit but the technique appeared to work.
That said, there were two things I recalled:
1) No matter how many times I tried I couldn't get an immediate turn (arrive 10:30pm, depart 12:20am) to price at Delta.com. Fine with me as a day in CPT is a nice break from the plane.
2) After my initial search, it would often return and say the class selected was invalid (presumably related to my selecting "Schedule"). Then I'd just hit search again it it would work.
So, not perfect but it definitely worked for me.
Hope this helps.
Jan 11, 2012, 11:07 am
#99
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: New Orleans, LA
Programs: DL PM, AA Gold, A3 Gold, WN CP, and lots of points everywhere.
Posts: 344
My final purchase, using the technique I described and acknowleding that an immediate turn wouldn't price, was for the low $800 range before vouchers. 2 vouchers applied to the purchase and all looks good. It also happened to fit nicely into a positioning I could make to IAD in conjunction with a work trip and I had very few weekends available to work with.
That was quite close to the lowest fares mentioned in this thread. In fact, if I was willing to do the CPT-JNB comair leg, I was very, very close to duplicating the lowest cost I saw recently of ~$754 but it didn't fit my schedule.
The $996 price I mentioned here was just an example that I was duplicating KLM pricing that was purchasable via delta.com and just happened to be the current price for my exact itinerary (if purchased today). As I said, it's risen. I shouldn't have confused matters with that price. I was just lazy and illustrating the method.
I just took a moment to search for a lower cost mileage run to CPT and see it's fallen a bit... E.g.:
IAD-AMS-CPT on 1/29/12. 6:10pm-10:30pm (arrive Jan 30).
CPT-AMS-IAD on 1/31/12. 12:20am-3:20pm (arrive Jan 31).
Prices at $740.60 on ITA. Just confirmed that I can price it on delta.com and get to the "Review and Purchase" screen. Interestingly, this contradicts my prior experience that I couldn't get an immediate turn to price as the above includes all of 1:50 in CPT and did pull up.
Anyway, I'm happy with the deal I've locked in given my constraints and thought I'd reconfirm to those here that you CAN price this on delta.com and use vouchers. I did and it looks like I still can. I hope others that need vouchers are encouraged to keep trying. I know I would not be taking this run without the ability to have used vouchers.
Jan 11, 2012, 12:07 pm
#100
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 22,778
One of us isn't following each other...
My final purchase, using the technique I described and acknowleding that an immediate turn wouldn't price, was for the low $800 range before vouchers. 2 vouchers applied to the purchase and all looks good. It also happened to fit nicely into a positioning I could make to IAD in conjunction with a work trip and I had very few weekends available to work with.
That was quite close to the lowest fares mentioned in this thread. In fact, if I was willing to do the CPT-JNB comair leg, I was very, very close to duplicating the lowest cost I saw recently of ~$754 but it didn't fit my schedule.
The $996 price I mentioned here was just an example that I was duplicating KLM pricing that was purchasable via delta.com and just happened to be the current price for my exact itinerary (if purchased today). As I said, it's risen. I shouldn't have confused matters with that price. I was just lazy and illustrating the method.
My final purchase, using the technique I described and acknowleding that an immediate turn wouldn't price, was for the low $800 range before vouchers. 2 vouchers applied to the purchase and all looks good. It also happened to fit nicely into a positioning I could make to IAD in conjunction with a work trip and I had very few weekends available to work with.
That was quite close to the lowest fares mentioned in this thread. In fact, if I was willing to do the CPT-JNB comair leg, I was very, very close to duplicating the lowest cost I saw recently of ~$754 but it didn't fit my schedule.
The $996 price I mentioned here was just an example that I was duplicating KLM pricing that was purchasable via delta.com and just happened to be the current price for my exact itinerary (if purchased today). As I said, it's risen. I shouldn't have confused matters with that price. I was just lazy and illustrating the method.
If you can go and return through MSP, you get over 22000 miles.
Last edited by Yaatri; Jan 11, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Jan 11, 2012, 12:11 pm
#101
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: PDX|AKL|AMS|GVA|AGP|CPT - or somewhere in between
Programs: DL DM; 2MM
Posts: 2,418
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I myself have been holding onto my 120+K Flexperks points for the opportune moment and this is one of them, me think !!!
Only 40K needed - airfare for free plus accrual - and stay with friends.
What more can one wish for ???
This will be my second trip to CPT within a 2-month period, but this time will make a stopover in Jo'burg for a couple of days to hook up with old friends in Pretoria ... it's gonna be epic
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Jan 11, 2012, 1:06 pm
#102
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: LHR / BHX / MAN / ATL
Programs: DL DM 2MM - IHG Diamond
Posts: 4,053
I have been reading the comments in this thread regarding safety, etc in Capetown. It was a total non-issue during my stop on a tour 5 years ago. I walked all over Capetown from the V&A Waterfront thru downtown and to the train station. I even walked back to my hotel (Holiday Inn) from my gig at a club on Somerset Road at 4am and didn't feel the least bit threatened. As in any city, use common sense and don't flash your Rolex around, but I felt VERY safe in Capetown.
Now Joburg is another issue....
BTW, for those looking for things to do, I highly recommend driving SOUTH on Chapman's Peak Drive along the Atlantic coast. It is some of the most spectacular scenery anywhere. Since there are few guardrails, driving southbound (on the left) is much easier for those that are skittish about driving off of a cliff. Photos and info can be found here.
Now Joburg is another issue....
BTW, for those looking for things to do, I highly recommend driving SOUTH on Chapman's Peak Drive along the Atlantic coast. It is some of the most spectacular scenery anywhere. Since there are few guardrails, driving southbound (on the left) is much easier for those that are skittish about driving off of a cliff.
Photos and info can be found here.
Jan 11, 2012, 6:15 pm
#103
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: PDX|AKL|AMS|GVA|AGP|CPT - or somewhere in between
Programs: DL DM; 2MM
Posts: 2,418
My flight search ended repeatedly and frustratingly with: Travel for the date you selected is not offered or not available. Check our worldwide timetable to see dates that this service operates. ... while I was able to book the same itin thru the big T
Jan 12, 2012, 10:42 am
#104
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Orlando
Programs: UA, DL, Hilton etc.
Posts: 167
Couldn't resist these sub $800 fares....Excited to fly on a MD-11 for the last time and an A380 for the first time on the same itinerary, IAD-ATL-YUL-AMS-CPT-JNB-CDG-JFK 1/27-31.
Booked on the O and could have added CDG-CMN/MAD/BCN/FCO/MAN-CDG stopover for an extra $50 or so.
StivStivSteve
Booked on the O and could have added CDG-CMN/MAD/BCN/FCO/MAN-CDG stopover for an extra $50 or so.
StivStivSteve