First Class Monetization, or FCM: The Definitive Thread
Jul 10, 2019, 2:08 pm
#4696
Join Date: Jun 2018
Programs: AA PPro
Posts: 632
So I just requested a status match from AA and have my trips booked already in DL to make the minimums required to secure my silver medallion status once approved. I just went on the Delta app and my first trip is just under two weeks away. There is a message that says I can upgrade the ticket(s) for $109.01 USD per passenger incl taxes and fees (far, far, less than it would have cost at booking) or $41pp for C+. So this is 3 RT tickets with 1 connection each way. Am I really being offered 4 guaranteed flight upgrades for three passengers this far ahead for only $109/pp? If I take the upgrade is it like a check in paid LFBU with AA where the original purchased fare is all you get award and elite qualifying bonuses off of, or with DL does this actually increase the fare being offered and associated multipliers, ect?
Jul 10, 2019, 2:22 pm
#4697
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: MCO
Programs: DL PM, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 4,310
So I just requested a status match from AA and have my trips booked already in DL to make the minimums required to secure my silver medallion status once approved. I just went on the Delta app and my first trip is just under two weeks away. There is a message that says I can upgrade the ticket(s) for $109.01 USD per passenger incl taxes and fees (far, far, less than it would have cost at booking) or $41pp for C+. So this is 3 RT tickets with 1 connection each way. Am I really being offered 4 guaranteed flight upgrades for three passengers this far ahead for only $109/pp? If I take the upgrade is it like a check in paid LFBU with AA where the original purchased fare is all you get award and elite qualifying bonuses off of, or with DL does this actually increase the fare being offered and associated multipliers, ect?
Jul 10, 2019, 2:35 pm
#4698
Join Date: Jun 2018
Programs: AA PPro
Posts: 632
No, this is more than likely the price of an UG for only one of your segments. (it sounds like you have 4 total segments) When you click on the offer, or just go into the seat map, it will give you the price of the UG per segment. The $109 offer is the lowest price of one of your segments, and the other will have a higher price. To answer your second question, yes as long as you don't purchase the offer at OLCI, your fare class will change for the flights you UG'd and you will receive more MQMs, MQDs, and RDM's for those segments.
*edit* on the website the option to upgrade actually denotes the segment being offered for the price, on the app it does not give that distinction.
Last edited by HiAperture; Jul 12, 2019 at 5:59 am
Jul 10, 2019, 3:07 pm
#4699
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,884
SEA-PDX one way tix on an x fare. Two weeks out, 8 F seats available and 18 C+ seats. FCM to F is $63.99, to C+ is $98.65!! Hopefully nobody snags that great deal to C+ before me
You would think DL would have some sort of checks in their system so that they don't present offers that make them look dumb.
You would think DL would have some sort of checks in their system so that they don't present offers that make them look dumb.
Jul 11, 2019, 4:47 am
#4700
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Hilton, United, Gold DL
Posts: 993
SEA-PDX one way tix on an x fare. Two weeks out, 8 F seats available and 18 C+ seats. FCM to F is $63.99, to C+ is $98.65!! Hopefully nobody snags that great deal to C+ before me You would think DL would have some sort of checks in their system so that they don't present offers that make them look dumb.
You would think DL would have some sort of checks in their system so that they don't present offers that make them look dumb.
Jul 11, 2019, 3:51 pm
#4702
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Hartford, CT
Programs: Delta PM
Posts: 77
DL 2714. 7/19/19. Main Cabin (K) booked.
LAX-ATL
28,300 miles
777ER modded with Delta One suites. I immediately took this upgrade to try out the 777 suites for the first time! I took a window seat (even rows) on the left side of the plane so that my side table in on my right hand side.
LAX-ATL
28,300 miles
777ER modded with Delta One suites. I immediately took this upgrade to try out the 777 suites for the first time! I took a window seat (even rows) on the left side of the plane so that my side table in on my right hand side.
Jul 11, 2019, 3:54 pm
#4703
Suspended
Join Date: May 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: DL Diamond, AAdvantage EXP, Hyatt Explorist, HHonors Diamond, Avis First
Posts: 7,344
DL 2714. 7/19/19. Main Cabin (K) booked.
LAX-ATL
28,300 miles
777ER modded with Delta One suites. I immediately took this upgrade to try out the 777 suites for the first time! I took a window seat (even rows) on the left side of the plane so that my side table in on my right hand side.
LAX-ATL
28,300 miles
777ER modded with Delta One suites. I immediately took this upgrade to try out the 777 suites for the first time! I took a window seat (even rows) on the left side of the plane so that my side table in on my right hand side.
Jul 11, 2019, 4:04 pm
#4704
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Hartford, CT
Programs: Delta PM
Posts: 77
Although, I'd love to book a D1 international award ticket with my wife but if I keep draining my miles for these upgrades that way I have been it's not going to happen.
Jul 12, 2019, 3:55 pm
#4705
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Garden City, NY
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, National Executive Elite
Posts: 145
I don't normally bite for these offers. I figure that if I wanted first I would buy first, and I should be happy for those upgrades I get for free.
But, I have an offer that looks good. I'm flying JFK-AUA (Aruba) on 1/10/2020. It's a 5 hour flight and the upgrade offer is $179. It works out to roughly $35/hour, and from what I see here the typical threshold is $100/hour.
Thoughts?
But, I have an offer that looks good. I'm flying JFK-AUA (Aruba) on 1/10/2020. It's a 5 hour flight and the upgrade offer is $179. It works out to roughly $35/hour, and from what I see here the typical threshold is $100/hour.
Thoughts?
Jul 12, 2019, 9:35 pm
#4707
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2013
Programs: DL PM, MR Titanium/LTP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 10,130
$59 for JFK - YYZ. Inside the PM window with F4 on a CR9.
C+ is virtually empty so definitely declining, even if I don't clear I'll have C+ row to myself, not worth the $59 for the short flight (especially with offers on other longer flights I'm still considering)
C+ is virtually empty so definitely declining, even if I don't clear I'll have C+ row to myself, not worth the $59 for the short flight (especially with offers on other longer flights I'm still considering)
Jul 14, 2019, 6:18 am
#4708
Join Date: Feb 2016
Programs: DL DM, SPG Plat 100/LT Gold, Marriott Plat, National Executive Elite
Posts: 2,988
Good to know. Mine is on a middle of the week day and there was RUC space on it, but by the time I booked it was gone (same # of seats for sale, just the OY space went away)
Worse case I'll SDC but I'm not paying DL another penny
Not surprised with yours being a Sunday as that is a very busy day especially for cross country travel when an entire day can be gobbled up just for travel
Worse case I'll SDC but I'm not paying DL another penny
Not surprised with yours being a Sunday as that is a very busy day especially for cross country travel when an entire day can be gobbled up just for travel
Today, about 48 hours prior to departure, my RUC waitlist request cleared with 5 empty seats prior to me clearing. Lucky me
Jul 14, 2019, 11:01 am
#4709
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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: 21,371
we are ~10 days out; the $239/22k RDM offer is still live, and the 764 cabin is down to 9 unassigned seats
Jul 14, 2019, 6:57 pm
#4710
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: TVC
Programs: DL SM
Posts: 39
A few days ago I used miles to book an award flight from TVC-MSY with a stop in DTW (my first time using miles to book a flight). The offer to upgrade to F was $74 from TVC-DTW and $119 from DTW-MSY. I'm not sure I want to pay $74 for F out of TVC since the flight to DTW isn't even an hour long. There's also a C+ upgrade offer which is only $19 for the first leg. Would I be able to take the C+ offer for TVC-DTW and the F offer for DTW-MSY or do I have to fly in the same cabin the entire trip? It seems Delta's website will let me pick both C+ and F, but I don't want to proceed only to find out it's going to be a problem.
Last edited by GRG; Jul 14, 2019 at 7:04 pm Reason: added info