Originally Posted by
FirstInFlight
I've booked 3 domestic flights and one international for others this week. For the 3 domestic I found flights at 25K when I was logged in but they cost 40K when I bought them for others. I didn't find a difference on the international flight - but was pretty constrained for dates, times and locations so I didn't have much to work with.
I almost exclusively use miles for international flights. Priced flights this week for Sydney in August, Hong Kong in September and Scotland in October from ATL. For the dates I need, they price out exactly the same logged in or not. This has historically been the trend I have seen. I have never once observed a pricing difference despite my 'status' with DL. They know that outstanding SMs on their books are a financial hit and I'm sure they want us to burn as many as possible on each redemption.