Originally Posted by
BenA
I'd jump at a $2000 downgrade to Premium Select on this route, myself. I can respect that others might not feel the same way, but it's not like you're going all the way back to economy - the food and beverage looks great in PS, and that $2000 bonus would spend pretty nicely. For folks on an award ticket or using an upgrade certificate, this amount of compensation would be roughly equivalent to getting the flight for free...
No one is flying a TPAC on an award or upgrade certificate leaving on a Sunday night (short of a gate upgrade which clearly didn't happen here) unless they paid an arm and a leg in miles or someone in revenue management screwed up.
The price of a PS ticket on this route is like 2.5K. I'm ignoring corp discounts here but try finding a flight departing DTW to PVG in D1 for less than 10K unless you're flying out of a competitive market with non-stops (like NYC) and connecting. Some are priced upwards of 15K. 2K seems like a ripoff to me - but obviously Delta is going to start cheap. My bet is the guy that took the 2K will kick himself when the next volunteer gets 5K.
I will admit that I'd rather jump on a TPAC in PS than a TATL given that this particular flight "lands" at night so you can go and get some sleep after... but still seems cheap to me.