Originally Posted by
diclemeg
agreed..... delta is the worst, by far...
Agreed! As a Diamond Medallion and SUCKER
...Delta is by FAR the hardest AIRLINE to redeem awards on. I don't care about your damn awards on AF...I'm in BOS and IAD so I have AF all day. I'm not trying to go to Europe every time so everyone needs to stop justifying that their is space because AF has space. What about to the Caribbean or Latin America or SE Asia...
Anyways, Delta will RIP you off for a 30% premium like another poster mentioned!
Oh and I did find a 25k R/T domestic award. Except it wants me to leave @ 6:15am in the morning and then layover for 9hours to catch the connecting flight in the evening...RUN N TELL DAT, HOME BOI!
I've been clear with colleagues who fly, that they should choose a Star Alliance Airline carrier, United or US or LH out of BOS or IAD and don't make the same mistake that I did
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Originally Posted by
amolkold
British Airways has some of the best award availability for any airline. I've seen 8 or 9 seats available per flight on multiple days (even on routes with multiple flights per day). Yeah, there are fees, but that should be known before you get BA miles ... there are no fees for some airlines, while certain routes, the miles are a great way to get into otherwise out-of-budget business & first class seats.
That is the reason why you see 8 or 9 seats per flight on multiple days! Read the BOLD! Fees are really only known within the Flyertalk community. My mom would be led to believe she could redeem a free ticket after flying so many miles, yes including paying taxes but she wouldn't expect there to be $500 in fuel surcharges!