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Oct 27, 2010 | 10:02 am

#16

NCommander

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Portland, OR

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fairhsa

Yes, I can confirm that me (she) has no status with Delta - no medallion anythings. Just 46,000 normal miles to use for flights etc. But I don't care about upgrading on the short haul sectors, only the transatlantic ones.

I just tried to book what I REALLY want to do, which is to fly from BRS (bristol) which is near my parents home, and avoids the hell that is Heathrow - to MSP and then back to LHR to catch my Cathay flight home.

The price looked good.. the outbound flight through Amsterdam was fine .... and coming back I had three options, each of which took more than THIRTY hours via Baltimore. ...???? When I searched for M class for the LHR return direct there were plenty of direct flights to choose from ... so how to I make this silly booking engine show them to me?

Anyway - to bed now ... to struggle on again with this in the morning.!

Right, this happens when one of the flights end up running out on the low fare buckets. Do a search by schelude, not by price. If this gives rocks, write down the segments you want which you see in the M search, then use the multicity option. Remember that this will cause multiple fare basis codes to be used, and for domestic, then need to be K or higher to upgrade, M or higher for international.

Oct 27, 2010 | 10:03 am

#17

Gargoyle

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Join Date: Mar 2004

Location: Under an ORD approach path

Programs: DL PM, MM. Coffee isn't a drug, it's a vitamin.

Posts: 12,935

Quote:

Originally Posted by davisew

V is for complimentary Medallion upgrades.

If the OP is trying to burn miles, they need to be looking for availability in G on the domestic segments and Z on the international.

Thanks for the correction.
Here's the fare class chart:
http://www.cwsi.net/delta.htm

Oct 27, 2010 | 10:36 am

#18

tentseller

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NCommander

It should be noted for the record that M fares are extremely expense, and I find business on Delta not to be worth the price of admission, though YMMV. If your booking more than 50 days out, an I business class fare usually should come out close or lower than an M fare.

EDIT: To above poster: I thought you could only upgrade on DL operated flights?, I do know under some cases you can upgrade KL or AF using with a SWU, but not with miles. (granted, this info may be out of date ...)

You can but now with the E+ product fare class W on AF and KL this is what you would be upgraded to, not BE equivalent. It has to be a code share flight which you can see and book on DL.com.
IMHO not worth the miles for the same TALT upgrade is only 50Euro for DM's