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DLdweeb Aug 21, 2019 3:13 pm


Originally Posted by lost_perspicacity (Post 31441311)

Ah, no........

lonelygod Aug 21, 2019 3:13 pm

SJC-SEA, $44 on A220.

I found as a PLAT, my upgrade odds is almost 100% on this route though...

diburning Aug 21, 2019 11:48 pm

Looks like we need to come up with a new name for SkyPesos

Duke787 Aug 22, 2019 12:19 am


Originally Posted by DLdweeb (Post 31441412)
Ah, no........


Originally Posted by diburning (Post 31442696)
Looks like we need to come up with a new name for SkyPesos

I mean in this case it's not a SkyPesos are worthless deal. It's the straight FCM offer (of ~$4.5k) converted to the miles equivalent at 1CPP minus taxes as DL does for all FCM.

The redemption value in this case is exactly the same as it would be if OP's FCM was $50 and OP opted to pay with miles.

lost_perspicacity Aug 22, 2019 8:57 am

skymiles are worth a lot less than a mexican peso, but a lot more than a colombian peso
they seem to be about par with a chilean peso

btonkid12345 Aug 23, 2019 10:25 pm

BOS-LAX $103.97 to go from X fare to DeltaOne

ATL-LIM (additional) $103.97 to go from X fare to DeltaOne

Duke787 Aug 24, 2019 12:15 am


Originally Posted by btonkid12345 (Post 31450418)
BOS-LAX $103.97 to go from X fare to DeltaOne

ATL-LIM (additional) $103.97 to go from X fare to DeltaOne

Wow...would jump on both of those in a heartbeat

KDCAflyer Aug 24, 2019 3:02 pm


Originally Posted by btonkid12345 (Post 31450418)
BOS-LAX $103.97 to go from X fare to DeltaOne

ATL-LIM (additional) $103.97 to go from X fare to DeltaOne

Wow. Gotta tell Wall Street that they're selling 80%+ of premium cabin seats, even if it's for pennies on the dollar.

No objection from me, as I prepare to enjoy TPAC D1 for $450 more.

GRG Aug 24, 2019 9:52 pm

I think I've made a terrible mistake. Last month I booked my spouse and I award tickets for TVC-MSY and back with a stops in DTW. The FCM offer on the TVC- DTW segment seemed high, so I passed, but the DTW-MSY segment was $119 per person each way, which I though was pretty reasonable. I had some other bills to take care of last month, so I only bought the F upgrade for the trip down, thinking I could come back this month and snag the upgrade for the trip home. I logged in today and discovered that the FCM offer for the return trip from MSY-DTW had nearly doubled, from $119 to $226 (the DTW-TVC offer had an absurd jump, from $74 to $189!!). I also noticed that the fare codes for the return trip have changed on all the cabin classes. They were T, W and Z when I booked, they're now K, S and I, and priced much higher. So, I guess my question is have I made a horrible judgment call by not snagging both legs at the same time? Also, this trip is a ways out (April 2020), is there any chance of the cost going back down, or should I snag now before it goes even higher?

Thanks,
G

SmartSky Aug 26, 2019 5:03 pm


Originally Posted by btonkid12345 (Post 31450418)
BOS-LAX $103.97 to go from X fare to DeltaOne

ATL-LIM (additional) $103.97 to go from X fare to DeltaOne

Is this a FCM offer, or just a part of fare difference between 2 fares?

BOS-LIM
FB : XLNL0UMZ @ $182 Base One-way Main Cabin
FB : XLNL0UFY @ $381 Base One-way First/Business

dcadwell Aug 27, 2019 5:26 am

DTW-ICN - $2896 for D1 suite from PS. Inquired about mileage upgrades and told no space is available.
ICN-DTW - $4953 for D1 suite from PS.

Both flights in late September.

otomik Sep 2, 2019 10:55 pm

For HNL-SEA red eye, is $304 reasonable to upgrade from C+ to first?

Daitheflu84 Sep 2, 2019 11:15 pm


Originally Posted by otomik (Post 31484418)
For HNL-SEA red eye, is $304 reasonable to upgrade from C+ to first?

I just paid $236 on an HNL-LAX redeye that we're taking next week and $239 for a redeye LIH-SEA last week. $300+ is a bit higher than I'd like to pay, but I personally have zero shot at sleep in a C+ seat, so I'd probably pay to UG. Every redeye flight I've taken from Hawaii to the mainland has few available FC seats to UG into, hence why I frequently bite when offered a decent FCM price.

Daitheflu84 Sep 2, 2019 11:18 pm


Originally Posted by dcadwell (Post 31461310)
DTW-ICN - $2896 for D1 suite from PS. Inquired about mileage upgrades and told no space is available.
ICN-DTW - $4953 for D1 suite from PS.

Both flights in late September.

Realize this is a shorter flight, but I'm getting offers between $899 and $1500 to UG from PS to D1 suites in an upcoming SEA-ICN flight and the return ICN-SEA trip. Will likely buy it on the return as its following a brutal 1AM departure from HKT-ICN, which will be a 6 hour flight on KE in economy...

MCO Flyer Sep 6, 2019 9:32 pm

Technically not FCM, but I took an 8,900 mile offer (it was the fare diffrence to FC at 1cpm) on a MCO-DTW-BNA flight I have coming up next week. I felt that this one was a no brainer to pay the UG.


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