Expansion of Domestic D1 Service?
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Expansion of Domestic D1 Service?
Has this been discussed somewhere already? The T&C for upgrade certs now says
(I remember the discussion about Y meal service returning, but not this...)
Looks like service starts around July on 75S equipment for BOS-SFO.
Delta One / Regional Upgrades / Only eligible on nonstop flights between JFK-LAX, JFK-SFO, DCA-LAX, and BOS-SFO
Looks like service starts around July on 75S equipment for BOS-SFO.
Last edited by bennos; Mar 28, 2017 at 4:53 am
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They're also launching D1 on SAN-JFK once a day on the noon flight (they also have a morning and redeye) in mid-August to compete with jetBlue, who is launching Mint on the route on the midday flight. jetBlue does not look like it's selling Mint on their redeye yet.
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Do you mean lie-flat seats, or Delta One class?
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Interesting question--I thought the original announcement was for D1, but I may have imagined that. It's obviously a competitive response to jetBlue, so maybe originally they assumed jetBlue was going to put Mint on both their daily routes and decided to launch D1 on all SAN-JFK, but backed off. It looks like it's being marketed currently as first.
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It is just D1 equipment for that flight. This is not a designated D1 route, so you will not D1 service or benefits (like lounge access). You will be charged an extra $75 (plus excise tax) each way for the equipment (it's embedded in the fare).
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just like JFK<-->SEA/PDX, ATL<-->LAX/SAN/SFO/SEA, etc ... and if it's a 400-series flight it will erroneously show "Not Upgrade Eligible to First Class"
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Does it add you to the upgrade list on the -400 or do you have to call?
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It's just a bug in the fare quote listings. It's just looking at the fare class to determine upgrade eligibility and get's fooled by the J/C/D/I/Z classes. Once you've actually booked the flight, the system will recognize these as upgrade eligible. You don't have to do anything special.
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I should correct my earlier post--it looks like the lie flats are consistently available starting May 1 on the noon SAN-JFK (and 8:30am return). And they're selling Basic Economy on the route, which I think is new too.
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SAN-JFK is actually going to be my first experience flying Mint this fall. The funny thing is the trip out to SoCal I am flying DCA-LAX which has been upgraded to DeltaOne, so it will be a good comparison trip.