FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Y Class Upgrades Discontinued April 30th

Apr 28, 2016, 11:24 am

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cestmoi123

Join Date: Jul 2006

Location: NYC

Programs: DL PM, Marriott Gold, Hertz PC, National Exec

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Originally Posted by gDolan

Very disappointed by this news--my company (~100,000 employees) purchases Y fares by default. I got the bump to F >40% of the time as an FO under this system. That's high, but the average ticket we bought cost ~60 CPM (before rebates)--we've been very profitable for DL and I hope their new system is still able to reward our extraordinary levels of DL spend.

Buying Y by default? That's got to be massively expensive! Given the spread between Y and cheapest non-refundable, you'd have to have the large majority of your trips changing or being cancelled between booking and travel for that to pay off...

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