No, DL E Fares are completely different than O fares on AA. O fares are exactly the same as the other discount fares just earns 0 when crediting to AS.

E fares are specifically filed to compete with the ULCC on select routes. At some point its expected DL may introduce a 28in pitch seat primarily for people who book these fares

•Non-refundable/changeable fares
•No advance seat selection (prior to the check-in window)
•No Same Day Confirm or Same Day Standby
•No Complimentary Medallion Upgrades
•No Preferred Seating or Economy Comfort
•No paid upgrades allowed


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Its happened...

I know you are excited about the 125% 75K member benefit on AS metal:)

My understanding of the 500 miles minimum is: if the fare class only earn 50%, you only get 50% of the 500 miles minimum (so actually 250 miles).

I've always harped on the fact us lowly MVP'ers are charged the same cancel/change fee penalty of $125.00 as any non-status passenger while one level up to Gold the fees are totally waived. There should be some "middle ground" and I'm disappointed this is not changing in 2015.

It's "expected" they "may" introduce. Talk about a nonsensical statement.

Since I usually find myself on P and A fares with DL this is a win for me. Plus 125% miles for 75K. Happy day indeed. I might start buying more AS F fares too just to pull in the bonus EQMs faster.

Still disappointed that we won't earn on US, however if the merger timeline is correct, they'll get a SOC mid-2015. Once that happens, all US flights go away and they are "American Airlines" flights. Hopefully that opens it up for us.

What was your reason in the first place? ;)

Mine is to get east, AS only serves so many cities outside of west coast, but I'm happy they they have been expanding to more each year.

I don't care about proper English and sentence structure. Someone is expected to, It may or may not be Delta.

Elite Qualifying Miles?
 

So it is clear on the new table how a Mileage Plan member will earn redeemable miles based on the DL fare code.

However, what does not seem clear is elite qualifying miles: Will these be earned on actual flight miles or are they also reduced for discount Y fares?

They will also be reduced

In Media circles today is referred to as take out the trash day.....published releases of negative information wont get picked up by many.

The funny thing the way I came across this in my email seemed like it was a positive email...look at all the extras you will get next year....

"



The advantages of flying on Alaska don't stop at our award-winning service and ever-growing route map. We're increasing the number of bonus miles on certain fare classes when you fly Alaska starting January 1, 2015. As always, you can count on continuing to earn miles based on flight distance when you fly on Alaska and most of our airline partners. What's not to love?
"

Fat chance. I just booked a DL TATL trip for February in V class. Should have been 11k EQMs, now 5.5k. I just won't do that again. Future longhauls on my own dime will be via BA or AA, or I'll head up to YVR and fly KL metal.

So, when do you guys think the award chart will hike?