Originally Posted by
ethernal
These are not business travel dates (Tuesday and Wednesday) and that is greater than a month out. Why are you trying to pick and choose discount fares when you said get rid of fare class restriction? You could already successfully use a GUC on most routes if you're willing to fly on non-business travel times, so why are you looking at these times?
As soon as you pick real travel dates (e.g., Sat->Thur) the prices go up to 8K. If closer in booking, it's higher. Do you know why those prices are high those dates? Because Delta will sell those seats at that price. Cherry picking dates in a market where Delta is non-competitive (no DL nonstop when nonstops exist) when b-class cabins are empty (Tuesday and Wednesday) is silly.
Maybe if you constrain your "super-GUCs" to Z fare availability I could see it as a not-so-crazy-option - although routes with heavy Z fare availability are likely to already be GUC-able today. But if you think for one second Delta is going to let you get unrestricted upgrades on seats that regularly go for 10K+, you are crazy.
I travel from Montreal to China (my actual travel date is 16 Fev to 24 Fev), NOT most peoples travel
YOUR "real travel date".
Even if I travel outside YOUR travel date, It is very difficult to use the GUC on DTW-PVG, (or most USA-China route).
I agree with you about some date are more "busy" or fare are more high. I am ready to departure a day before (and come back a day after) if I can have a good business class ticket and be able to use the actual GUC.
My point with the GUC+, is to OPEN MORE availability for many route. You have good points about Delta can not give to the GUC+ wide open (all class).
But I think it is a middle solution between the 2 extremes.
Why not doing same as the Skybonus ??? you can redeem your points with skybonus TPAC certificate (Z), you can also use MORE POINTS to have more class available (I). Why not doing the SAME with GUC+ ???
Originally Posted by
kop84
But no one is going to cash a x2 GUC in for a $3,500 flight.
Why not ???
If I can not use the GUC (Some PAX did not take the 4 x GUC, because they can not find availability on TPAC/TATL route).
What is better ... have 2 x GUC+ I can use easily or select 1 x 25K miles???