Seattle Biz on 739
Aug 3, 2015, 6:01 am
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Seattle Biz on 739
On 475 today JFK-SEA.. I noticed it isn't a FlatBed product... Sucks... Is it transcon service in J or standard? Hopefully I can sleep fairly well..
Aug 3, 2015, 6:05 am
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SEA-JFK hasn't been premium route for a bit, thus domestic F. Even when it was most the time you didn't end up on a flatbed plane. SFO/LAX have people paying for it, SEA just never had the paid demand for Delta One level of service.
Aug 3, 2015, 6:11 am
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nothing to add; sorry your expectations weren't up to date ... I'm on 455 this evening, and I'll survive just fine
there's one J seat for sale on 419 (345pm trip ... it's a 757 with the flat beds, but basic domestic F service) if your schedule permits the SDC ... mine doesn't
:-/
there's one J seat for sale on 419 (345pm trip ... it's a 757 with the flat beds, but basic domestic F service) if your schedule permits the SDC ... mine doesn't
:-/
Aug 3, 2015, 6:30 am
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Also worth noting for reference that lie flat comes at a price. Cheapest OW's to SEA on the 739's are in the $700 range in F, while the 757 is at $1,800. I would have to guess that the SEA TCON market simply doesn't support that pricing.
Aug 3, 2015, 6:53 am
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At those prices, B6 might have a chance with MINT on that route...
Aug 3, 2015, 6:58 am
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I have noticed it's more time-of-day-dependent; even when the route was 3x/day 16J 757s, the midafternoon departure was almost always the priciest, and it seems that the mid-day eastbound trip generally runs higher than the 7am (and way higher than the redeye on most days)
Aug 3, 2015, 7:01 am
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Not the best luck today lol.... Came in from BOG earlier, standard 757.. SMF if my final.. Was connecting to LAX on a flat bed product, but missed it, so rerouted through Seattle as everything today to LAX is sold out
Aug 3, 2015, 8:59 am
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If you are on regular F, can you SDC to D1 (noted that both are non-stops, same dep./arr. airports)? Is it D1 with F service? That might be my guess why, if you can infact SDC to that flat-bed flight.
Aug 3, 2015, 9:30 am
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Another way to look at it is Delta One is a defined by the soft product, not the hard product.
Aug 3, 2015, 4:01 pm
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Uncomfortable.. Should have gone on the later flight.... Nonetheless friendly service.. I think I'm spoiled at the end of the day.. F is F lol
Aug 3, 2015, 10:13 pm
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Funny how DL silently made JFK-SEA a non prem BE route after all the fanfare of making it such.
Aug 3, 2015, 10:40 pm
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Actually there was a D1 on this route and I recently took it on July 12th which I believe was the last week for this type. Sad to say its not flying the route today!