I noticed this today - hadn't seen it before, so apologies if ...
DL posted new award charts for SkyTeam awards from 16 March 2004.
Highlights (lowlights?):
- business class between Europe and US (50 states), Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Bermuda and Central America increase by 12.5% from 80,000 to 90,000
- business class awards within Europe increase by 50% from 30,000 to 45,000;
- business class between Europ and the Indian sub-continent increase by 33.3% from 60,000 to 80,000
- new First award from Europe to the Indian sub-continent at 140,000
others unchanged.
Thoughts:
- presumably miles awarded on these routes will also be increased by 12.5%/33.3%/50% ?
- the intra-Europe rates are ludicrous - an economy award already costs more than 2 BA awards to many European destinations and a new business class award award to those destinations will cost almost as much as 2 BA biz awards
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- the biz and first awards from Europe to North America will still be lower than equivalent BA Miles awards.
European chart at
https://www.delta.com/skymiles/use/s...rope/index.jsp
Others at
https://www.delta.com/skymiles/use/skyteam/index.jsp
[edited to clarify comparison with BA]
[This message has been edited by Roger (edited Jan 01, 2004).]