Originally Posted by
jdrtravel
It's not the UG issue that makes the tickets so bad. The bigger issues are:
-you can't select a seat until check in, so you are probably in a middle seat
-You can't make any changes to the ticket at all, so no SDC.
- I would not expect the redeposit benefit to extend to BE award tickets, because they can't be redeposited. standard tickets can, with a fee. In this case, my guess is that DL will say that there is no fee to be waived because the option just does not exist.
Agree with the latter two issues, but the first point has to be balanced against reports of people getting C+ or other preferred seats from BE, so GAs may lookout for elites, who knows.
If I ever bought BE* I'd certainly mentally prepare for a middle seat but hope to be pleasantly surprised.
*Probably only on a short haul regional jet where the odds are better and/or the penalty less, depending how you want to look at it
