Originally Posted by
Boraxo
No the older system had 2 fixed prices - both lower than the award prices we are seeing in the new system. And sometimes the lower saver price was added back into the system < 30 days before departure. We have no idea yet if award prices will drop as ETD approaches, but we will see soon. I'm not betting on it.
I have no idea what DL does except what I read here. And most of that is pretty negative.
So I know dynamic pricing is not supposed to happen until November 15 but I am have been booking some flights with miles this month (October) and the miles for economy has varied significantly. It may be that this has always been the way but historically I only booked flights for long haul for others. I have met my PQD and FT has talked about mile devaluations.
SAN-LAS (via LAX) - Sunday: booked three days out: 10,000 miles
LAS-SAN (via SFO) - Tuesday: booked five days out: 10,000 miles
LAS-SAN (via SFO) - Sunday: booked 30 days out: 32,500 miles
LAS-SAN (via LAX) - Sunday: same date as flight above and booked 30 days out: 25,000 miles
SAN-LAS (via LAX) - Thursday: booked 25 days out 15,000 miles
LAS-SAN (via LAX) - Sunday: booked 30 days out: 17,000 miles
All October 2019 flights.
The 32.5k/25k flights hurt and am watching to see if the miles decrease for award travel. However, for the others all flight costs started above $178 so consider the miles good value compared to the cost of a ticket.