First Class Monetization, or FCM: The Definitive Thread
Mar 22, 2019, 2:04 pm
#4426
Join Date: Jul 2006
Programs: DL DM/MM
Posts: 2,271
I just splurged and spent the 26,800 miles for RDU-MSP-SFO. This seems like a good deal. This is also my first FCM upsell.
I'm assuming my ticket will be treated like a FC revenue ticket where I can SDC to any FC seat that day, right? (I realize that there are routing restrictions. I might change it to a later flight or earlier flight, for example.)
Also, I get the extra MQMs, right?
I'm assuming my ticket will be treated like a FC revenue ticket where I can SDC to any FC seat that day, right? (I realize that there are routing restrictions. I might change it to a later flight or earlier flight, for example.)
Also, I get the extra MQMs, right?
Mar 22, 2019, 3:29 pm
#4428
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC/ EWR/ PHL
Programs: UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 2,210
I just splurged and spent the 26,800 miles for RDU-MSP-SFO. This seems like a good deal. This is also my first FCM upsell.
I'm assuming my ticket will be treated like a FC revenue ticket where I can SDC to any FC seat that day, right? (I realize that there are routing restrictions. I might change it to a later flight or earlier flight, for example.)
Also, I get the extra MQMs, right?
I'm assuming my ticket will be treated like a FC revenue ticket where I can SDC to any FC seat that day, right? (I realize that there are routing restrictions. I might change it to a later flight or earlier flight, for example.)
Also, I get the extra MQMs, right?
Mar 22, 2019, 4:13 pm
#4429
Join Date: Jul 2006
Programs: DL DM/MM
Posts: 2,271
Awesome! As I look through my ticket receipt, my upgraded segments still show as the original fare class. If I make a SDC, will my ticket be treated like a FC revenue ticket? Or, is this going to be one of those HUACA situations with SDC after an RUC has been cleared, for example?
Last edited by UVAhoo06; Mar 22, 2019 at 4:26 pm
Mar 22, 2019, 4:25 pm
#4430
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lawrence, MA USA
Programs: Delta Gold
Posts: 273
BOS-LAS this Sunday, offered to upgrade to F for $235 or 21,900 miles. Kind of tempted to burn some miles, but right now I'm in C+ with an empty seat next to me. Might wait until T-24 to see if that fills up (flight is pretty open overall).
Honestly, C+ with an empty middle seat is comfortable enough for me. And who knows, maybe the upgrade list to F won't be 30+ people deep like it usually is out of Boston.
Honestly, C+ with an empty middle seat is comfortable enough for me. And who knows, maybe the upgrade list to F won't be 30+ people deep like it usually is out of Boston.
Mar 22, 2019, 7:13 pm
#4432
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
Programs: DL PM 1.57MM; AS MVPG 100K
Posts: 21,363
earlier today I booked SEA-DTW-IAD/DCA-JFK-SEA via Concur
C+ upgrades processed about half an hour later, so I opened the PNR in the iOS app to change seats ... the FCM offer was $713 or 66300 SkyMiles ... did a dummy booking of the same flights, and saw a pre-purchase offer of $435
C+ upgrades processed about half an hour later, so I opened the PNR in the iOS app to change seats ... the FCM offer was $713 or 66300 SkyMiles ... did a dummy booking of the same flights, and saw a pre-purchase offer of $435
Mar 22, 2019, 8:31 pm
#4433
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lawrence, MA USA
Programs: Delta Gold
Posts: 273
Mar 23, 2019, 11:12 am
#4435
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Washington, DC, Chapel Hill, NC (RDU)
Programs: DL Plat (won't hit DM again) 2MM (2.5), HH Gold, PC Gold, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 5,626
Mar 23, 2019, 2:12 pm
#4436
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: Delta Diamond, Marriott Ambassador & Lifetime Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, United Silver
Posts: 6,334
I would be tempted to buy it, depending on what time the flight left Minneapolis. Is this an early flight, meaning sleep is pretty difficult, or is it a late-night departure? I suppose it would also depend on the aircraft. That's like $125 an hour for a seat in Delta One.
Mar 23, 2019, 2:58 pm
#4437
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: MSP
Programs: Delta PM, Marriott Plat, Hertz Pres
Posts: 3,649
I would be tempted to buy it, depending on what time the flight left Minneapolis. Is this an early flight, meaning sleep is pretty difficult, or is it a late-night departure? I suppose it would also depend on the aircraft. That's like $125 an hour for a seat in Delta One.
Mar 23, 2019, 8:07 pm
#4438
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: DL Diamond, AAdvantage EXP, Hyatt Explorist, HHonors Diamond, Avis First
Posts: 7,344
BOS-LAS this Sunday, offered to upgrade to F for $235 or 21,900 miles. Kind of tempted to burn some miles, but right now I'm in C+ with an empty seat next to me. Might wait until T-24 to see if that fills up (flight is pretty open overall).
Honestly, C+ with an empty middle seat is comfortable enough for me. And who knows, maybe the upgrade list to F won't be 30+ people deep like it usually is out of Boston.
Honestly, C+ with an empty middle seat is comfortable enough for me. And who knows, maybe the upgrade list to F won't be 30+ people deep like it usually is out of Boston.
happens all the time.
Mar 23, 2019, 8:53 pm
#4439
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC/ EWR/ PHL
Programs: UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 2,210
BOS-LAS this Sunday, offered to upgrade to F for $235 or 21,900 miles. Kind of tempted to burn some miles, but right now I'm in C+ with an empty seat next to me. Might wait until T-24 to see if that fills up (flight is pretty open overall).
Honestly, C+ with an empty middle seat is comfortable enough for me. And who knows, maybe the upgrade list to F won't be 30+ people deep like it usually is out of Boston.
Honestly, C+ with an empty middle seat is comfortable enough for me. And who knows, maybe the upgrade list to F won't be 30+ people deep like it usually is out of Boston.
Mar 23, 2019, 9:57 pm
#4440
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lawrence, MA USA
Programs: Delta Gold
Posts: 273
Still, I should have just pulled the trigger. Dammit, I deserve it!