Originally Posted by fly747first

As we all know, DL has eliminated low-level BusinessElite inventory to most destinations. Well, I was planning a trip to EZE and DL wanted 350K for BusinessElite on an archaic 767-300. Knowing my airline route networks, I phoned the Gold Medallion desk. Though it took 8 calls to finally get an agent who could check for award availability on Avianca, I'm happy to report that I secured a MIA-BOG-EZE-BOG-MIA itinerary for only 100K (all legs confirmed in A--AV's award business class code). Thus, my advice to fellow flyers is the following: Whenever Delta (the not so premier airline) tries to screw you over, always remember that there are Skyteam and other DL airline partners that can deliver a better experience for 1/3 the amount of miles.