First Class Monetization, or FCM: The Definitive Thread
#3826
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#3827
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Blue Ridge, GA
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Sad, isn't it. And C+ supposed to compete with Premium Economy on TATL. You know, enhanced meal and drink options with menus that cycle three times per month.
#3828
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No it's not. PE vs. C+ on TATL is clearly distinguished on the website and is sold as a separate fare class (P/A/G), just like on TPAC routes.
#3829
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Blue Ridge, GA
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#3830
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: New York, NY
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#3832
Join Date: Dec 2017
Programs: SM/Marriott/Hilton - Diamond
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$89 from SLC->PHX and also $89 for the reverse. Considering buying the ticket with FC for those legs (my other 2 are on a CRJ2) was over $700 that is actually a deal. I don't get the higher fare class though correct? So not extra MQMs or SM?
Edit to add another question: do these offers typically go up in price or down? Still a month away (I rarely book more than two weeks out so this is new to me)
Edit to add another question: do these offers typically go up in price or down? Still a month away (I rarely book more than two weeks out so this is new to me)
#3833
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as long as you upfare before checking in, your ticket **should be** reissued in A inventory which will get the 50% MQM bonus
#3834
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: New York, NY
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Given the lack of response, shall I assume that good deals to upgrade on JFK-SFO with cash are rare and that most people pay the fare for the class they fly unless they upgrade with miles or certificates or pay the full fare difference?
#3836
Join Date: Oct 2014
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#3837
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
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I don't think I've ever seen one. DL is perfectly willing to let seats on the TCON routes go empty, just like international J.
#3838
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FWIW, the current cheapest A fares on this route are $578.30 one-way for non lie-flat and $685.80 for lie-flat's. The lie-flat D1 equipment (A330/777/763ER) on this route carry a $100 premium that is built-in to the fare (the extra $7.50 on top of that is the 7.5% US Excise Tax). So if you are paying less than $300 each way for coach, a $379 upgrade price would be less than the outright purchase price.
Last edited by xliioper; Jan 23, 2018 at 11:33 pm
#3840
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: SoCal
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It was $346 for buy up to F on ATL-LAX on a330
Last edited by GMTmin8; Jan 24, 2018 at 8:14 pm