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Old Dec 31, 2015 | 12:27 pm
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miraclebear2003
 
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Originally Posted by woodphantom
Looking to book 2 FC Skymiles tickets to Europe for Nov 2016 at 125K level. The only tickets available are with multiple connections on multiple airlines. A single connection ticket on Delta metal requires 50% or more miles. The kicker is that all of the single connection flights first class cabins are EMPTY.

Thanks Delta for the poor availability!
You may see the cabins as empty, but you're talking about next November. DL looks, in part, at what they expect based on history and decides what they want to charge now.
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