Originally Posted by
tuamater
Tried booking Detroit to Tokyo yesterday using my 3 SWU's received as a Delta Platinum. $3500 per ticket, regardless if booking during peak season or off season! Perhaps, as a family of three, we should sell our second car so we can enjoy the SWU's we worked so hard to get. M fares, which are double or even triple the cheapest coach seats, are a joke.
This isn't a reward for my loyalty, or a "perk" -- this is a Delta revenue maker. I too will be leaving Delta.
DELTA = Driving Every Loyal Traveler Away.
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When I fares (actual BE seats) cost less than a restricted coach seat (that might permit you to upgraded using a PMU), you know the coach seat is priced too high.