PHX to Germany-Low BE but High to Domestic Gateway
Jan 9, 2012, 10:43 am
#16
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I agree with this post, check if coach is available for the domestic leg and book coach to gateway then BE to Germany, being gold there is a chance(slim) you will upgraded or keep checking first availability closer to departure, if it drops to low you can always stump up the $150 and change. I think Delta should allow a change of class of cabin for free or a reduced rate, it is a lot less work for the agent that changing the route or the dates of travel.
Jan 9, 2012, 10:46 am
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If you can find low Y seats for PHX to the gateway, try pricing out the entire itinerary as multicity. As I noted in this thread, I was able to get delta.com to price out a low J award by finding a low Y award from the origin (ATL in that case) to the gateway city (MSP) and a low J award from the gateway (MSP) to NRT. Even though delta.com didn't show any low F availability for ATL-MSP-ATL, when I put everything together using multi-city, it priced the itinerary at 120k with all of the segments in F/J. The strange thing was that delta.com priced the exact same flights at 200k when I selected them after searching ATL-NRT round-trip.
