Cost of SKyMiles Upgrade from US to Europe

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Jul 20, 2018, 8:41 am

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Originally Posted by EQDsSUCK

What?!?! Delta is so dumb that they would rather fly with an empty biz class seat than let me pay for it in miles???

It's called "integrity of the premium cabin" and many carriers practice it. The theory is if you make it too easy to upgrade, people won't pay full freight for premium cabin tickets. DL is an adherent.

Jul 20, 2018, 11:45 pm

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I didn't know airlines still did that. It seems United just lowers the price of an upgrade until someone takes it.

Jul 20, 2018, 11:47 pm

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Originally Posted by flyerCO

The problem was that the agent didn't always pull the miles.

You have to call. DL doesn't even let EF see if there's inventory, except for R and O. You need RY or OY, thus no way to see.

Thanks for letting me know I have to call. Makes me love the UA system where one can see all fare classes.

Jul 21, 2018, 8:31 am

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Plus they need to keep seats open and available for all of the non revs.

Jul 28, 2018, 11:14 pm

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Originally Posted by bennos

No co-pays. Keep in mind you need upgrade inventory to do this, and if no inventory opens by the time the flight goes to airport control you don't get gate upgrades even if seats are available at that point (unless you get a really good gate agent).

I called Delta an upgrade was 30,000 miles as you said from a Y class fare.

What I didn't ask was how much the upgrade and copay would be from another fare class. Does anyone know this

I'm trying to get STR-SAN on Aug 10, and the only upgrade availability the Delta rep said there was was STR-ATL.

Jul 28, 2018, 11:30 pm

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YBM should be same. Below that I believe it's 60k, basically not much cheaper than an outright ticket. No copays with Delta.

Jul 29, 2018, 1:29 am

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YBM should be same. Below that I believe it's 60k, basically not much cheaper than an outright ticket. No copays with Delta.

Okay. Thanks!

I am also wondering if there is a fee for the upgrade if done inside of a week or inside of days. Some airlines charge these last minute fees to squeeze a little more out of you.

Jul 29, 2018, 1:38 am

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Okay. Thanks!

I am also wondering if there is a fee for the upgrade if done inside of a week or inside of days. Some airlines charge these last minute fees to squeeze a little more out of you.

Only fee DL charges is for redeposit of miles. Note redeposit must be done 72 or greater from departure.