Originally Posted by
PHLFlyer
DL has eliminated the availability of Z class on DL marketed/AF operated flights since December. Z was the fare class used for Skymiles upgrades. This was done without advance notice to AF or Skymiles members. The passengers are accepted in economy as that is what DL remits to AF since suppressing the miles upgrades.
Skymiles awards are booked in O (business) and X (economy) under the AF flight numbers and are not affected.
There have been some posts about this but couldn't locate anything with a quick search.
Alright, so, you can't use Miles to upgrade an international flight using SkyMiles, but done on AF metal, right? Ok.
1. That is good to know. Wish we'd hear about these things BEFORE they happened.
2. Are you SURE the O and X (award seats booked on AF using DL SkyMiles) are not affected? I have heard stories of people with O (biz award) getting downgraded. I'd be LIVID! Use 100k (or god-forbid 250k) and then get moved to coach for possibly an 8-10 hour flight?!!? How can this be "ok"? Shouldn't AF just accept the fact that if they open a certain amount of seats in Biz to be used my DL as award seats, then they have that many less to sell?