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Nov 22, 2008 | 9:43 pm

#37

thepointsguy

Join Date: Nov 2005

Location: NYC

Programs: Delta DM, SPG Plat, Hyatt Diamond, MTA Rust, Hertz Five Star something or other

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Originally Posted by skchin

I see you haven't been flying much lately. For example, DL has FC on sale announcements as 20 elites waits for 6 open seats. You can buy the FC upgrade at the gate until GA clears the upgrade list. So if you are a FO with K fare and you are upgrade list #10 on a 5 hour flight. You might just go ahead and purchase the first class upgrade for $150. It's a cold day in hell indeed.

I fly DL every week and I've never seen that. Once in a while I've seen them sell FC, but only after all Medallions cleared.

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