Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Can't you just call DL to get the same itineraries pieced together?
Sure, but that requires calling and getting a competent agent and feeding him or her flights. There was also one time that it was a KLM fare that DL wasn't matching (I thought prices were the same under the JV, but maybe some cities are excluded), and booking on 074 stock by phone from the US is probably not an easy task.