First Class Monetization, or FCM: The Definitive Thread
Apr 10, 2019, 1:16 pm
#4471
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: PIT, BWI, or IPT
Programs: Dividend Miles, WorldPerks
Posts: 1,302
Apparently, 4,000 people a day are stupid enough to pay the up-sell offers we mock.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/bad-news-free-delta-upgrades/
https://thepointsguy.com/news/bad-news-free-delta-upgrades/
Apr 11, 2019, 11:25 am
#4472
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: San Diego, CA
Programs: DL Diamond, IHG Platinum, Marriott Platinum Elite
Posts: 204
PSC-SEA-SAN $128/12,000 miles ($29 for the PSC - SEA segment on an ERJ175 and $99 for SEA-SAN on a 737-800). Gotta love all the "savings" with that bundle...
Apr 11, 2019, 12:17 pm
#4473
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 78
I got a $200 upgrade offer XNA-ATL-DCA Monday, but didn't take it since I was in C+ and was set to get a drink on each flight anyway - the only temptation was possibility of solo seat in CR9 on first leg. Regretted it when larger pax sat next to me in C+ exit row ATL-DCA (13F, where the seats don't have much breathing room) and first pax seemed to be getting full PDB service and then drinks in flight even though no-service-because-of-turbulence announcement was made after takeoff. But every random thing I want to buy this weekend I will justify by saying "Well, I didn't spend that $200 on an upgrade, so..."
Apr 11, 2019, 9:20 pm
#4479
Join Date: Mar 2006
Programs: Delta Platinum, AA Plat Pro, F9 Elite 100k
Posts: 151
Flight in September on a Sunday from MCO-SLC-LAS. One-way upgrade offer on these segments currently $213 or 19,900 SM. Half tempted on this one for me and my fiancé. The return from LAS-SLC-MCO is closer to $700 on the offer.
Then again, I suppose I could just keep my Comfort+ seats and chance it on the upgrade that late in the year too. Thoughts?
Then again, I suppose I could just keep my Comfort+ seats and chance it on the upgrade that late in the year too. Thoughts?
Apr 11, 2019, 9:23 pm
#4480
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC/ EWR/ PHL
Programs: UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 2,210
Flight in September on a Sunday from MCO-SLC-LAS. One-way upgrade offer on these segments currently $213 or 19,900 SM. Half tempted on this one for me and my fiancé. The return from LAS-SLC-MCO is closer to $700 on the offer.
Then again, I suppose I could just keep my Comfort+ seats and chance it on the upgrade that late in the year too. Thoughts?
Then again, I suppose I could just keep my Comfort+ seats and chance it on the upgrade that late in the year too. Thoughts?
Apr 11, 2019, 9:29 pm
#4481
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: PDX
Programs: AS MVP Gold 100K
Posts: 2,329
Flight in September on a Sunday from MCO-SLC-LAS. One-way upgrade offer on these segments currently $213 or 19,900 SM. Half tempted on this one for me and my fiancé. The return from LAS-SLC-MCO is closer to $700 on the offer.
Then again, I suppose I could just keep my Comfort+ seats and chance it on the upgrade that late in the year too. Thoughts?
Then again, I suppose I could just keep my Comfort+ seats and chance it on the upgrade that late in the year too. Thoughts?
Apr 11, 2019, 10:51 pm
#4483
Join Date: Mar 2006
Programs: Delta Platinum, AA Plat Pro, F9 Elite 100k
Posts: 151
Ya, definitely tempted. Perhaps I should just snag the MCO-SLC portion for $129. SLC-LAS is only $84 but it's really not that long of a flight, so I'm wondering if it's really worth it for us (2 people = $168 for that leg obviously).
Decisions, decisions.
Decisions, decisions.
Apr 11, 2019, 11:10 pm
#4484
FlyerTalk Evangelist
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: 21,371
once again, the $1/minute metric would certainly suggest that 3.5 hours MCO-SLC is “worth it”; while an hour or so SLC-LAS probably wouldn’t make the cut on its own, $200 for the entire outbound itinerary (~5 hrs) would also seem to qualify ... an extra ~1000 MQM might also enter the equation
Apr 11, 2019, 11:51 pm
#4485
Suspended
Join Date: May 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: DL Diamond, AAdvantage EXP, Hyatt Explorist, HHonors Diamond, Avis First
Posts: 7,344
I got a $200 upgrade offer XNA-ATL-DCA Monday, but didn't take it since I was in C+ and was set to get a drink on each flight anyway - the only temptation was possibility of solo seat in CR9 on first leg. Regretted it when larger pax sat next to me in C+ exit row ATL-DCA (13F, where the seats don't have much breathing room) and first pax seemed to be getting full PDB service and then drinks in flight even though no-service-because-of-turbulence announcement was made after takeoff. But every random thing I want to buy this weekend I will justify by saying "Well, I didn't spend that $200 on an upgrade, so..."