[QUOTE=jamesteroh;33241183]DTW/ORD memorial day weekend was only $40 RT to upgrade to First. Someone without status would be nuts to not jump on that.

I love to up-pay at that price and reduce the chances for Diamonds to get a free upgrade. I may not have many friends but Delta loves me

[QUOTE=Lomapaseo;33241896]I don't think a diamond really cares if they lose the upgrade on that flight. In fact seat 5B that I had booked originally before doing the buyup has more leg room than my first class seat has.

It's nice buying up on an RJ to a place like NYC or Chicago or DC though for the flexibility of being able to SDC to a co-terminal. The MDW flight I wanted on was a lot more and my chances of SDCing on the MDW flight are pretty good since First Class hardly ever sells out on the RJ's.

Anybody know what would be a good price to upgrade a C+ to D1 on SFO to JFK?

I usually think in terms of length of trip - $1 a minute. This is 4+ hours so $240? But it will be on a 757, right and with covid limited amenities. Also whether a daytime or redeye makes a difference to me. I got an offer of $119 for MSY-LAX a few weeks ago - also about 4 hours. And 630 am so it was worth it to me.
Right now I have an offer of $386 for LAX-RDU redeye 6 weeks out. Not worth that but I may use an RUC if it will work.

Took a $117 for RDU - MSP (had been as low as $108 with 4 seats but didn’t get below $117 when down to 3).

A little high for a shorter flight but it’s July 4 weekend and I’m flying with my wife. F was already down to just 3 seats (A319) and Y/C+ was pretty full so WFBF to have two seats together and not share the row.

Actually ticketed into Z so should get an extra 0.25 with the Status Accelerator which is nice plus the usual Z bonus.

Covid restriction will be lifted by the time of the flight and this is lie flat, I think those routes you mentioned are not?

Fai-sea 5/23 - $127.93, 11,900 sm

sea-atl 5/23 - $493.42

SEA-FAI and FAI-SEA on 6/5 $127.93 in both directions. Both flights Z9.
DTW-SEA and SEA-DTW on 6/5 $299.93 in both directions -- Z3 and Z8, respectively.

(It's an award trip -- I don't believe original booking class has anything to do with pricing and it's largely driven by current bucket availability).

Delta did a poor job on their FCM on my LAX-MCO flight. There are 12 empty seats in F. The app said there were 23 seats available on the flight, and it seemed pretty full on boarding, so I assume that included the 12 empty ones in F.

Flying TUS-ATL-CVG One Way in mid August

I could have bought the entire trip in First for $500

But to buy up to First on one leg they want $611... Hmmm

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Well, if you are flying on the 14th, inventory is pretty tight on the afternoon flight at J5 C2 D0 I0 Z0. Current bucket inventory tends to be a pretty big factor in the pricing. My DTW-SEA flight on Saturday has remained unchanged at $299.93 even though there are only 2 seats open, but they have kept inventory in Z the whole time (currently J2 C2 D2 I2 Z2).

This is 8/9

DL1230/DL1617

That one is more open, but still no Z bucket open on D1230 (J9 C9 D8 I2 Z0).

Thanks,

I only chose this route for the 763 ATL-CVG.(I'm jonesing for a widebody. lol)

In the same boat as you I think. SAN to BUF and back, upgrades on the wide body to DTW are running at $600 each. Cost difference at booking for first all the way thru was $600.