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Esltroy Jun 20, 2015 9:08 pm
Originally Posted by javabytes (Post 25002551)
Why try and stay on DL? AA F is better anyway.
Time to move on to AA. Just think.... You can also gain miles on actual miles flow.

Boraxo Jun 22, 2015 12:56 am
Originally Posted by labjr1 (Post 25001817)
I am definitely using pay with mile. The core of the problem is that Delta is charging $1794.00 for the same departure and destination that American has listed for $976.00 (both first class). Even the departure and arrival times are very similar.
I am not sure the fares are indicative of much.

I recently priced out CUN-SFO during the holidays and was surprised to find one-way economy award seats for 37.5k. The cash price on the most convenient routing was $1100. By contrast AA was offering tix for <$500 but wanted more miles. And VX is even cheaper but I'd have to overnight on the connection.

jrl767 Jun 22, 2015 5:26 am
Originally Posted by Boraxo (Post 25007396)
I am not sure the fares are indicative of much.

I recently priced out CUN-SFO during the holidays and was surprised to find one-way economy award seats for 37.5k. The cash price on the most convenient routing was $1100. By contrast AA was offering tix for <$500 but wanted more miles. And VX is even cheaper but I'd have to overnight on the connection.
fares are indicative of what the airlines think individual markets will bear ... OP's profile says BNA, you are looking at SFO ... apples and oranges

pbiflyer Jun 22, 2015 9:48 am
Right now, it seems that Delta is maxing out the miles on a significant number of award tickets.
I have not been able to find any of what was formerly known as low award tickets. In fact, I have rarely found the mid tier either. Most are at or above the former max miles.


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