Originally Posted by
kyushuman
Looking for award tickets ex-MSP for Memorial Day weekend over the past 2 weeks, there are NONE at 25K. None.
And priced at 32,500 were, essentially, 100% connecting flights that depart at 6AM. Nearly every market is the same--as if (could it be, DL?) that the airline has a policy to A) Not offer 25K tickets over holidays and B) Not allow even 32,5K redemptions unless they involve both a connection and a 6AM departure? Looks like a DL plan to me. (Could it be that EVERY one of them has the same availability? Sure. Likely? No.)
Yes, it's a holiday weekend, and no, I'm not shocked. Yes, I should have booked ahead of time.
But the uniformity of it all--more miles required for nonstops from hubs, more miles required for non-6AM departures--all fits in perfectly with my experiences with DL in the last year or so. Inflight product improving; FFP fading.
Loyal no more.
Looks like a plan to me. I started looking for Memorial day weekend award travel a month and a half ago and could find nothing ex DTW for 25K. I gave up and booked 40K award and my return the following weekend is at 6 AM
