As luck would have it I got last minute confirmation call that i do indeed have to be in Nice on Monday for a meeting.

Scrambling, i was able to get a reservation (Y class) but not a seat on the very much oversold DL 82 ( direct service JFK-NCE) on 4/9, allowing me to get into NCE on 4/10 and sleep off some jetlag before having to work.

My question is this : Since my flight DL82 is oversold and (according to Delta ticketing) the front of the bus is full of paid VIPs, what would be my best course of action to a) get to NCE on the 10th and less important but always nice, get an operational upgrade for routing thru another city (maybe CDG)?


As is now, im planning on getting to the airport nice and early to make sure I have some levearge with getting bumped if possible


thanks,

-Fish


P.S. Im a NW silver so i guess that makes me skyteam elite-ish
P.P.S not that it should matter too much but this is a delta ticket on NW stock