Originally Posted by
BuildingMyBento
Searching DL for NYC-SIN regularly brings up J options at ~350k R/T. Gross.
But, with UA "taking a page" out of DL's playbook (somewhat; one can do UA all the way NYC-SIN, but why?), comparing mileage costs will be sobering starting 02/2014.
Don't rely on delta.com, and don't take Delta metal (well, you can, partner airlines ONLY offer saver inventory so there's no chance of seeing numbers like that when using them).
Those sky high rewards bait the suckers out there, but anybody who reads the DL forum here knows how to avoid them.