Originally Posted by
califlyer8
1. You said my BF will have better seat options due to his priority? If I make the reservation on Air France but include his skymiles #, will we both get those better seat options?
If you are both booked on the same reservation, then in theory his status will get you both "better" seats. In W class, however, there usually aren't too many "better" seats (the cabins are pretty small) so much as seats reserved for elites (usually the forward rows). IME, both DL and AF will recognize the status and make these seats available at booking.
(If it looks like the cabin is fully booked for long haul segments, try tweeting Air France after you book to get seats assigned. AF short haul seats aren't assigned until check-in.)
2. I admit I'm a bit of a mileage newbie, just always been a big traveler, so when you say "MQDs and RMDs are a different story. If you want those based on ticket price (MQD) and the medallion multiplier (RDM) you will need to purchase through a Delta channel"-- between MQDs and RMDs, is one preferable over the other?
MQM and MQD is for earning status, RDM is for award tickets, etc. It's a bit confusing because if you book via Delta, MQD and RDM are both based on the ticket price (not including taxes), but if you book via Air France MQD and RDM are both based on distance flown. For W class tickets, they often come out similar but not the same. Unfortunately, you need to calculate it both ways to see which is better.
That said, if you're getting much better prices via Air France, I'd just go that route. The differences in earnings are likely to be relatively small, and not worth tho price difference.
3. No matter which booking class I try on the delta.com site, I can't seem to even remotely match the AirFrance fare for this trip--I will go ahead and call Delta to see if they are able to book it over the phone. If not I will book via the Air France site, I guess.
If you tell us the routing and rough dates we might be able to provide some more insight.