Originally Posted by
mike101
No, this is not at all stretching. First and foremost, DL already is much more expensive on r/t tickets. We all know how 'Low' is a false advertisement on many routes.
In this case, DL is now trying to compete by offering their over and full priced award tickets versus AA and United's half priced tickets.. like I said earlier one way to Europe could be as low as 20K on AA versus 60K on Delta if you're lucky to find "Low". I would hardly call this stretching.. maybe DL is stretching to rip off their customers and mislead us to think that their one-way is about the same as what airlines are beginning to offer. Well I've got news for you, it's not even close... which also explains why this new "One-way" feature has not been advertised whatsoever, and it's launching was basically kept a secret.. it just popped up on their website one day. So how can you explain that? If I were in your shoes, I couldn't.. I would just think that they are running a shady and misleading company, for offering one way for r/t prices
Apparently I wasn't clear. The only stretch would be to say that DL is the worst
because AA and UA offer one-way redemptions. UP until last week UA, US, CO, and DL all offered 1-way awards for the price of a r/t. UA just joined AA in offering a reduced amount for travel that is only 1-way. Perhaps the other three will folllow.
I agree wholeheartedly that DL's LOW, MED, and HIGH model is the worst.
What "launching secret" are you talking about? As long as I can remember DL has never offered a one-way option. When asked about one-ways they have always replied "it's the same price (in miles) as a r/t". There was no "launching", no "secret", and no advertising. What exactly "popped up" on their web site? Are you talking about the One-Way tab when searching for award tickets? Nowhere in the program rules has Delta denied that one-ways are just as costly (in miles) as round-trips.
I think it would behoove DL to remove the One-Way tab when one searches for travel. But on the other hand, at CO.com if I want a one-way and just throw away the return leg I would have to find a saver pass going out
and a saver pass coming back because they don't have a radio button to choose 1-way award searching. With delta.com I can find a LOW one-way and not have to worry about finding a LOW on the way back (which I would intend to throw away).
Bottom line... CO, DL, and US should all three offer 1-way award tickets.