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Mar 15, 2011 | 12:29 pm

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Originally Posted by MNAudiS4

i took the bait from Delta on two upcoming trips to LAS. i wanted two tickets and it was only 138 more RT per person. 79 each way. 22 out of 24 seats were already taken before EUA ran. I took the last two seats. RT was 847.20 Pay 709 or 847. That was an easy decision for a leisure trip. They get enough people to keep doing it you will see this program in every market. I think it is only time before we all see our upgrades decline.

With the razor thin margins in the airline business, if you could get 5 people to do the F buy-up, DL would increase the profit per flight by upwards of 30%. The also assumes you do not lose any medallions over the reduced upgrade availability.

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