Say what????
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We are happy to announce that DL Low Level/Partner Award searching is now available on ExpertFlyer for the first time. With a Basic or Premium subscription, you can now search for DL R/O/N award classes via the Award & Upgrade search tool, listed under airline "DAL - DL".
Are all DL award levels able to be shown?
No, just the lowest level award classes R (First), O (Business), N (Economy). The low level awards are also the awards that DL airline partners have access to and use when redeeming partner miles for DL operated flights.
What flights will be shown for the DL award search?
DL operated flights only that have award availability in at least 1 cabin will be returned.
Can we set Flight Alerts and be alerted for inventory for those classes?
Yes! For Premium subscribers, Flight Alerts can be set either from the Award & Upgrade results for shown DL flights, or via the Create New Flight Alert page for any DL flight.
Does this mean that DL upgrade availability is being shown again?
No, the R and O classes being shown represent awards, not upgrades. Upgrade inventory was only available via the global reservation systems (GDS) which DL is preventing us from using for accessing their data. Feel free to express your opinion about that here:
http://www.delta.com/contactus/pages...aint/index.jsp
Does this mean that the other non-award DL data (fare classes, seat maps, etc) will be returning to ExpertFlyer?
Not at this time, DL is still preventing us from accessing any reservation system (GDS) data.