Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
I wonder whether DL has been getting some complaints from major corporate contract potential customers about issues with DL incentivizing employees to purchase tickets that are more expensive than necessary in order to be eligible for upgrades.
Originally Posted by
5khours
Why any company would pay for YBM fares is beyond me. DL was basically scamming the system by creating an incentive for employees to book over-priced fares in order to use their SWUs. This wasted company money and created a system where there were no international UG benefits for people working for companies with rationale travel policies or those who were weren't profligate or irresponsible with their employer's money.
Sorry you have to sit in the back of the bus now, but this is a much better system.
There are many "secret" contracts that have specially negotiated Y fares between markets. People are just assuming that things are very linear.
I've seen US-Asia BusinessElite (and equivalent on United) discounted as much as 40%++.
I've seen Y fares from Europe to the States, that are close in price to V fares.
There is a LOT we don't see, since these contracts (on purpose) are not disclosed. But, believe me, if you company has the volume, you are getting pretty amazing discounts. It's just no publicized by Delta.
The only people who have issues, are small business owners that need to travel internationally. They are "basically" screwed.