Missed second segment
Nov 23, 2009, 7:44 pm
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Also keep in mind, that when you do a same day confirmation, you lose any confirmed upgrades. Delta is essentially reticketing you for free, and eventhough your second segment is the same, they have to rebook the entire way for the class you paid for, not just the one segment your changing. I learned this very recently. Obviously, you will be put on the standby upgrade lists, and if there is still inventory in the V and X buckets, they can put you back up front. But with all medallion levels already having the opportunity to clear, chances are slimmer and you might want to expect batteling it out at the gate.
I'd hope that the OP wouldn't be too worried about losing an upgrade on a flight with about 50 minutes of actual flying time vs missing an int'l flight and having to spend 2 days in ATL waiting for the next one.
Nov 23, 2009, 8:34 pm
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As for "typically an hour late" I doubt that there are many flights like this in the system.
Where is your continuing flight to?
Nov 24, 2009, 4:25 am
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Nov 24, 2009, 4:59 am
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I did an SDC on Nov. 7. My second leg had been upgraded (ATL to ORF), and I retained my first class seat on this leg after the SDC. No gate lottery. Maybe I was just lucky not to lose the upgrade?
Nov 24, 2009, 11:32 pm
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Also keep in mind, that when you do a same day confirmation, you lose any confirmed upgrades. Delta is essentially reticketing you for free, and eventhough your second segment is the same, they have to rebook the entire way for the class you paid for, not just the one segment your changing. I learned this very recently. Obviously, you will be put on the standby upgrade lists, and if there is still inventory in the V and X buckets, they can put you back up front. But with all medallion levels already having the opportunity to clear, chances are slimmer and you might want to expect batteling it out at the gate.
Nov 25, 2009, 9:16 am
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I recently successfully avoided a 4 hour layover in ATL by SDC-ing to an earlier flight back to SLC; this was the return segment of a RT tix to SAP (Honduras). I was told that it was technically "not allowed" even though it was a domestic segment. They told me that if there had been any remaining international segments, they wouldn't have been able to do it.
Nov 25, 2009, 10:27 am
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SDC is not allowed on any international reservations - even for the domestic connecting leg.
Like others have said, show up early to CLT and ask to just be placed on an earlier flight. You can't do it as a SDC, but no doubt reasonable conversation with CLT agents will work well.
Like others have said, show up early to CLT and ask to just be placed on an earlier flight. You can't do it as a SDC, but no doubt reasonable conversation with CLT agents will work well.