Originally Posted by
andrew10412
I just tested this out with a MSP-CDG ticket for November. Could not find business inventory anywhere so booked coach to see what the system would do.
DL flight in coach (N class), on 057 (AF) ticket stock.
After ticket was issued I went into my reservation and was offered a buy-up in either skymiles (370,000) or cash ($3,700) to what I assume is the lowest one way business fare.
Needless to say, I cancelled the ticket and am waiting (fingers crossed) for something better to open up in a premium cabin.
I assume that it will be the same thing for a VS issued ticket
For MSP-CDG nonstop RT, until recently the cheapest D1 fare generally was about $4000, with about $5500 being common too. With this perspective, given how airfares have been rising and there isn't much capacity, $3700 plus a coach fare seems like a fairly normal fare difference even if it doesn't seem like a good deal.