Originally Posted by
FlyDeltaJets87
My suggestion: either 1) just buy the cheapest Economy fare available and upgrade to Economy Comfort or 2) if you really want to go in Business Elite, hold off on the trip and save up enough miles to get a Business Elite ticket (or still take this trip but buy this ticket with cash, earn the redeemable miles for the trip, and continue saving the miles for a future trip in BE).
Sorry for all the newbie questions, but:
How many miles do I need for 3 tickets in Business Elite? I found the Awards chart at Delta here:
http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...-s-canada.html
For Asia it says BE costs 70k miles on a "Saver" date.. is that each way, or for a round trip ticket? For 3 tickets to Tokyo, would I need 210k miles, or 420k? I understand that finding THREE awards fares on ONE trans-Pacific flight might be "impossible", but maybe it could happen!!? Delta's site leads me to believe that it's "easy".
Regarding the Platinum card -- would the "companion" ticket be at the same fare class? Could I get one BE ticket with miles, and the 2nd companion ticket would be in BE too?
Right now I am learning towards just sticking with using Economy Comfort... I have flown to Asia several times (including in First Class), and in comparison Economy Comfort wasn't so bad.... I'm thinking it might not be worth the extra hassle to try to use SkyMiles for overseas travel.... just save my SkyMiles for domestic flights.
Thanks again, you guys have been great!
Originally Posted by
flymanbeast
Much easier to get an award ticket then to upgrade
according to the Delta web site... on a "Saver" day, a BE ticket from US to Asia is 70k miles? Is that one-way or round-trip? for 3 tickets, would I need 210k miles or 420k?