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Old Aug 7, 2015 | 6:54 am
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Originally Posted by RealHJ
Sound a lot like delta.com, ever since nwa.com (where you could do everything you needed online) was taken down and the res. system was downgraded. Now just over last few months, more airlines have been added to delta.com, but still it's of limited use for anything but simple direct flights, given the broken (on purpose) multi-city functionality and the award pricing bugs of the past now having been made officially features (if you call a pig a duck, then it is a duck!, or so DL believes).
I agree - I was mostly calling out the contradiction previous posts about how one of the reasons DL miles are so terrible is because you have to call in to get any good redemptions. DL is not alone in that you often have to jump through hoops to get partner awards, where often the best value is to be found.

Originally Posted by cestmoi123
Now that the system allows one-ways, why not just book it as two one-ways?
European origin fees.
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