Originally Posted by rangerss75
Unfortunately, on Skyteam if you book in C on a RTW ticket, you fly in Y on US domestic flights, unless you pay $100 per sector (so $200 for something like MSY-ATL-IAD unless it happens to be a through flight) to upgrade to F.
It's the least attractive aspect of the ticket. So if you're flying CO or DL you get their international business class on long-haul flights - as you're booked in C - but then they try to pretend that F is a higher class of service than C for domestic flights, so either you have to pay to upgrade to it (from a non-existent domestic C) or sit in Y. Flying Blue Silver and Gold members are supposed to get free upgrades from Y to F on NW US domestic flghts, however.
So Skyteam, which has the best US coverage of any alliance, is actually the worst option if you want to travel in C and make several US trips. I'm surprised they haven't addressed this inconsistency.
It's worth checking all these details - they're posted early on in the RTW on Skyteam sticky. The booking classes are particularly useful - agents often don't know about them.
I looked at the stickie, and it doesn't show CO/KL. Assuming that they use similar codes to DL, it looks like a paid C travels in D, which is actually BF.
According to the
CO RTW reward chart, to get a F/BF seat, you have to book the F reward, not the C reward. Its an extra 60k miles, which pretty much stinks.
Anyone know if there is really this discrepancy in the RTW reward v. purchased tix? Also, anyone know what the CO/KL/NW fare classes actually are?