How can I put award segments together properly? Very frustrated!
Jan 27, 2015, 1:30 pm
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How can I put award segments together properly? Very frustrated!
Want to go PDX to DTW o.w. with Skymiles. I see PDX to SEA or SLC for 12.5k and then SEA or SLC to DTW for 17.5k. Connection times are legal. However I cannot get the same PDX-SLC-DTW flights to even show up as an option. When I try multi stop intinerary, PDX-SEA-DTW comes out to 30k! But should be 17.5, right? 
I called Delta and didn't get anywhere with them as far as making sense out of this (to me) or getting them to price it manually. Please help!
I called Delta and didn't get anywhere with them as far as making sense out of this (to me) or getting them to price it manually. Please help!
Jan 27, 2015, 2:21 pm
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DL now uses married segment logic on award ticket pricing. You must search for PDX to DTW and click on "show all flights." [The ones you want might be on the second page.] If it's still available on delta.dumb, also try to search by schedule, which should show everything.
Jan 27, 2015, 2:40 pm
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DL now uses married segment logic on award ticket pricing. You must search for PDX to DTW and click on "show all flights." [The ones you want might be on the second page.] If it's still available on delta.dumb, also try to search by schedule, which should show everything.
Jan 27, 2015, 2:41 pm
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It's the way DL has intentionally written the pricing algorithms into its software: DL rules.
Jan 27, 2015, 2:44 pm
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Jan 27, 2015, 2:45 pm
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Jan 27, 2015, 4:22 pm
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Jan 27, 2015, 5:24 pm
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This is a good place to start for current award rules and search engine capability. A couple of high-count threads on the topic posted as stickies are now obsolete.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ts-2015-a.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ts-2015-a.html
Jan 27, 2015, 6:51 pm
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Jan 31, 2015, 5:51 pm
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Another example of married segment logic at work:
JFK-SFO is 25k, while JFK-SFO-LAX-OAK (!) is 20k:
http://imgur.com/JRf2kIm (large image)
JFK-SFO is 25k, while JFK-SFO-LAX-OAK (!) is 20k:
http://imgur.com/JRf2kIm (large image)
Jan 31, 2015, 8:30 pm
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Another example of married segment logic at work:
JFK-SFO is 25k, while JFK-SFO-LAX-OAK (!) is 20k:
http://imgur.com/JRf2kIm (large image)
JFK-SFO is 25k, while JFK-SFO-LAX-OAK (!) is 20k:
http://imgur.com/JRf2kIm (large image)
Jan 31, 2015, 8:38 pm
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