Originally Posted by
majik
Not anymore. As I have said before, since the revenue management system change in September upgrades for AF/KL FF are being charged at rates equivalent to the Y/J fare difference, so now exactly the same as Delta does.
However DL still has regional & global upgrade certs as a perk for Diamond/Plat medallion and complimentary upgrades on NA flights. So out of the gates DL has better upgrades offerings for FF.
Complimentary upgrades on US domestic flights, however:
1) Domestic first class has actually better seats and is not a moving curtain.
2) All airlines in US do that, not just Delta.
3) They are actually moving off from that slowly (paid upgrades, etc.)
Good luck getting an upgrade on one of the main routes though, because many times domestic first class is sold out anyway. Just because you don't get the upgrades as you did before doesn't mean airline has bad PR
(not defending the exorbitant upgrade pricing here with the new system).