Originally Posted by
jetsfan92588
It's not always more expensive to just click upgrade. Sometimes it's less expensive and many here have gotten a great deal waiting for those upgrade prices to be much cheaper than the fare difference. And in that process, some, even the peasants, have also benefited from that cheaper price to upgrade, even if they didn't know about the other option.
I gathered, but I suspect that SEA-LHR in the middle of October isn't hot season as far as demand to both places goes. Given that AA just "noped" out of the market and DL just "peaced out" on LAX-LHR.
I'm fine waiting and seeing what turns up, sour taste at the initial upgrade pricing and all, Heck, I'm fine flying PS! If I wasn't I wouldn't have bought it!
I'll have a direct comparison with VS Y+ on the route, which I took last year going LHR-SEA. The fact that it's actually decently priced for a nonstop AND one way in Y+ at less than $800 seems pretty good. Not some amazeballs $2K EU-USA J fare but that usually means "position to EU + deal with some stops".
Originally Posted by
jetsfan92588
By the way, there are other consequences of these choices than just the price. And the only way you would know that is if you spent hours reading through fine print and linking to other terms throughout the Delta website. If someone wants to benefit from the time people have put in to understand all the intricacies, they need to pay someone like a travel agent to assist them. Or ask the collective wisdom of FT for even better information.
It's normal to need a travel agent to need to figure out the best way to apply or get a mileage upgrade on a PS fare?
(I get that we're talking SkyPesos here.)
Sure. Fine.
Originally Posted by
DiverDave
It is quite obvious by now that Delta is playing with the mouse seeking the cheese in the maze, as far as these upgrade offers go.....
Yeah, I get the industry (and DL's search for revenue) is a "
Who moved my cheese?" experience sometimes.