This is assuming that one can find the same (or similar) fare. We have SJC-BOS, SFO-JFK, SJC-MSY and SJC-DCA all booked within that period. It works out to about 20K miles each. Assuming we could find the same fares (and were OK possibly reducing upgrade priority) it would cost $600 each to change all of these. That works out to .03/EQM. That's not too bad, but we would be spending $1200 to take no actual trips and visit no actual places. As we only need 30K more EQM for the rest of the year, and would actually get to visit places, it may not be worth it. Also, since they don't seem to have the bonuses for exceeding the mileage by certain limits like they did with AADER, no reason to go "above and beyond."
Have to further consider this tomorrow. Maybe reprice the same itins and see if it's somewhat cheaper...that will eat some of the $150 change fee.
Cheers.
Well, i think
ByeByeDelta's concern is about changing the existing ticket vs making a new reservation. It is clearly a personal choice if you want to re-ticket or not. And I agree, with you flown 70k EQM already, it absolutely makes no sense without any bonus incentives. You will still be treated the same as an EXP with 50k EQM during the period
