Originally Posted by
rylan
If true, that is effectively the death of SDC and any kind of same day travel flexibility.
We all know by now that with planes flying full, you're only likely to find Y or B fares available within a few hours of departure. Trying to find an A- or K- fare isn't going to happen.
If this is true, this is a huge dimunition of what I consider one of the "soft" benefits of DM. For me, aside from upgrades, there isn't much value in DM, but these other benefits (including unpublished co-terminal SDC changes, bending certain rules now and then) have been much of what's want to keep my loyalty high enough with Delta to maintain DM. Seems like more MBAs gone wild...