Originally Posted by
peagreenid
That is an absolutely CRAZY Low Delta One Fare. I can't ever seem to find anything less than 350K when I want to book. I had to put in that date and see what I got and it was absolutely the same. I don't have a desire to go to NAS anytime soon, but I was even more shocked that I could get there one way from Tucson for $160 coach the day prior. I'm lucky if I can get to LAX for that price. Nothing like a cheap Delta One flight to Europe by way of NAS....
It's not just NAS that continues to have lower awards levels (starting at 75K miles for TATL business), it's anything to/from Mexico and Caribbean destinations. You can even get them out of TIJ, but you'll likely need to backtrack through MEX. MTY via DTW might make more sense and have less backtracking. Anything to/from the US/Canada will require a roundtrip booking to get the cheapest levels (just as revenue fares generally all have a roundtrip booking requirement for cheapest fares on TATL routes). The roundtrip booking requirements have been added in recent years so that award mileage amounts more closely correlate to the revenue fare prices.
The cheapest TATL D1 levels out of TUS right now look to be to Germany. You can get TUS to MUC, FRA, and BER for slightly less than 150K miles each way (148,700) with the 15% AMEX discount, but a roundtrip booking with 7 day minimum stay is required. You could book D1 in one direction and a lower class in the other to reduce total mileage requirements.
