How do I upgrade w/ miles when booking through non-Delta site?
May 17, 2017, 8:03 pm
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How do I upgrade w/ miles when booking through non-Delta site?
Flying international, Japan to Seattle, I've found a better deal through a non-Delta website (Fareness). In the past, I've always booked through the Delta site, which makes easy to choose a seat or change seats later, etc. If I book the flight through Fareness, will I later be able to upgrade with miles, change my seat, etc. through the Delta website?
May 17, 2017, 8:38 pm
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May 17, 2017, 8:49 pm
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You may be able to do so via Delta reservations but expect to pay a difference in fare, possibly change fee, and a $50 ticket processing fee charged for Delta to touch a third party issued ticket.
May 17, 2017, 9:40 pm
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TPAC flights sell C+ as a separate fare class so there isn't an option to buy as a seat upgrade fee.
You may be able to do so via Delta reservations but expect to pay a difference in fare, possibly change fee, and a $50 ticket processing fee charged for Delta to touch a third party issued ticket.
You may be able to do so via Delta reservations but expect to pay a difference in fare, possibly change fee, and a $50 ticket processing fee charged for Delta to touch a third party issued ticket.
May 18, 2017, 5:54 am
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https://pro.delta.com/content/agency...e-policy-.html
May 18, 2017, 7:48 am
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There's a catch for long-haul international. Officially, either the fare difference is charged, or the change fee if it is greater than the fare difference. For shorter haul flights, they are only supposed to collect the fare difference. Policy is documented here --
https://pro.delta.com/content/agency...e-policy-.html
https://pro.delta.com/content/agency...e-policy-.html
May 18, 2017, 8:29 am
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its just when the difference is less than the change fee, they want at minimum the couple hundred bucks collected. Not a big deal to go from Y to J - I would happily pay the main cabin change fee as the greater of the two amounts for such an upgrade (which likely doesn't exist).
May 18, 2017, 9:47 am
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May 18, 2017, 2:12 pm
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Read the policy again. In most cases you would just paythe fare difference.
its just when the difference is less than the change fee, they want at minimum the couple hundred bucks collected. Not a big deal to go from Y to J - I would happily pay the main cabin change fee as the greater of the two amounts for such an upgrade (which likely doesn't exist).
its just when the difference is less than the change fee, they want at minimum the couple hundred bucks collected. Not a big deal to go from Y to J - I would happily pay the main cabin change fee as the greater of the two amounts for such an upgrade (which likely doesn't exist).
May 18, 2017, 9:18 pm
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TPAC flights sell C+ as a separate fare class so there isn't an option to buy as a seat upgrade fee.
You may be able to do so via Delta reservations but expect to pay a difference in fare, possibly change fee, and a $50 ticket processing fee charged for Delta to touch a third party issued ticket.
You may be able to do so via Delta reservations but expect to pay a difference in fare, possibly change fee, and a $50 ticket processing fee charged for Delta to touch a third party issued ticket.