Originally Posted by
tanktronic
Your only longshot option is to call Delta and see if that flight has availability to upgrade using miles... I checked Thursday DL248 and you might be in luck, it shows 3 seats available for certificate upgrades. If they say yes, you can buy 15,000 or so miles from Delta [$200 maybe?] and then upgrade on the flight over.
Thanks for the tip! Ironically, I just dropped a call with them - didn't want to be on hold for an hour. Should have waited
. Guess I'll call them back.