Delta Premium Select
Dec 27, 2017, 1:44 pm
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Delta Premium Select
I'm a Skyteam FB Silver member, am not that loyal to a particular airline, but since recently I want to try out La Premiere, but not willing to pay for it straight out. So focussed on flying Skyteam and got myself an AMEX FB Gold card.
Anyway, I booked a flight with Delta for the first time, mainly cause they're in Skyteam and I wanted to try out their new A350 Premium Select. The trip has 2 layovers, it will take place in May next year. AMS - DTW, DTW-MSN, MSN-MAD. All at G class, premium select and two domestic first class. My questions are;
Thanks in advance for your help!
Anyway, I booked a flight with Delta for the first time, mainly cause they're in Skyteam and I wanted to try out their new A350 Premium Select. The trip has 2 layovers, it will take place in May next year. AMS - DTW, DTW-MSN, MSN-MAD. All at G class, premium select and two domestic first class. My questions are;
- Do I have the right to enter the skyclub lounge in Detroit, Minneapolis and Madison, if there are Delta lounges there? If not how much does it cost to enter the lounge? Is it worth it to pay to get into the lounge in Detroit, Minneapolis and Madison? Likely I only will be interested to get into the Detroit lounge, cause the transit times at Minneapolis is less than 2 hours. And at Madison I won't be there early, but if it's free I'd like to check it out.
- How much is a reasonable price to upgrade to Delta One, from PS for the AMS-DTW or DTW-AMS leg?
- If I upgrade at check-in will it be regarded as a business class fligh regarding level/award miles?
- In the Delta app, there is a tab called upgrade, but if I click on it, I can only see how many seats are available in the business class section, but no option to put in a bid or to purchase an upgrade to business class, am I doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Dec 27, 2017, 2:05 pm
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I'm a Skyteam FB Silver member, am not that loyal to a particular airline, but since recently I want to try out La Premiere, but not willing to pay for it straight out. So focussed on flying Skyteam and got myself an AMEX FB Gold card.
Anyway, I booked a flight with Delta for the first time, mainly cause they're in Skyteam and I wanted to try out their new A350 Premium Select. The trip has 2 layovers, it will take place in May next year. AMS - DTW, DTW-MSN, MSN-MAD. All at G class, premium select and two domestic first class. My questions are;
Thanks in advance for your help!
Anyway, I booked a flight with Delta for the first time, mainly cause they're in Skyteam and I wanted to try out their new A350 Premium Select. The trip has 2 layovers, it will take place in May next year. AMS - DTW, DTW-MSN, MSN-MAD. All at G class, premium select and two domestic first class. My questions are;
- Do I have the right to enter the skyclub lounge in Detroit, Minneapolis and Madison, if there are Delta lounges there? If not how much does it cost to enter the lounge? Is it worth it to pay to get into the lounge in Detroit, Minneapolis and Madison? Likely I only will be interested to get into the Detroit lounge, cause the transit times at Minneapolis is less than 2 hours. And at Madison I won't be there early, but if it's free I'd like to check it out.
- How much is a reasonable price to upgrade to Delta One, from PS for the AMS-DTW or DTW-AMS leg?
- If I upgrade at check-in will it be regarded as a business class fligh regarding level/award miles?
- In the Delta app, there is a tab called upgrade, but if I click on it, I can only see how many seats are available in the business class section, but no option to put in a bid or to purchase an upgrade to business class, am I doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Delta doesn't have a published buy-up program for business class upgrades. Some receive check-in upgrade offers but they are sporadic and can't be counted on. There isn't a way to upgrade on the app (the upgrade link you see is for day of departure upgrades using an upgrade certificate).
You can call Delta and ask for the fare difference between the PE fare and Delta One. Expect at least $1,000 and likely more.
Dec 27, 2017, 2:12 pm
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Domestic First Class tickets don't get you lounge access and neither does Delta Premium Select class flights. You either need to have Skyteam Elite Plus status or have a same-day Delta One ticket. FB Silver is only Skyteam Elite, not Elite Plus. Skyteam Elite Plus only gets you lounge access if you have a same-day international flight (it does not entitle you to entrance on a purely US domestic itin). The lounge price is $59 which is not really worth it. Also, there is no lounge in MSN. Delta does not have fixed price upgrades for day of-departure. You may get a discounted offer at check-in, but otherwise you will be expected to pay the fare difference to upgrade.
Dec 29, 2017, 9:45 am
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Thank you for your replies. I may try out the Delta One upgrade and the lounge visit just for the experience. Although I also want to try out a leg in a bulkhead and a non bulkhead seat, for a guy of average height. It's a pity Delta has 2-4-2 in Premium, while Lufthansa, for the same plane and flight, has 2-3-2, while being about 20 euro cheaper.
Dec 29, 2017, 10:35 am
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Jan 21, 2018, 9:11 am
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With AA installing Premium Economy on all widebody aircraft, and now United announcing pretty much the same, will Delta expand Premium Select to more than just the A350 and B772 aircraft? As much as I like flying Delta, I would choose AA or UA PE over Delta Comfort +.
Jan 21, 2018, 12:14 pm
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I'm hopeful the A330s make the list, too. Because right now, there's zip DL premium economy service to Paris unless you can luck onto an Air France flight.
Jan 21, 2018, 2:31 pm
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Jan 21, 2018, 4:36 pm
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Well, from Austin, all of the flights that leave after 4pm arrive into DTW, ATL and JFK too late to catch AF connection across the pond. So it's Delta on an A330 or 767 usually. So you either have to leave before 2pm (wasting an afternoon) or go in steerage/comfort+.
Jan 22, 2018, 5:34 am
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Jan 22, 2018, 7:23 am
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AF PE has an absolutely awful hard product. And then DL would remove C+ from A330s. All really, really bad moves IMO.