Paid upgrade option not showing up for international segment
Jan 24, 2019, 5:39 pm
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Paid upgrade option not showing up for international segment
I booked Premium Select for my AUS-DTW-PEK trip and was offered the option for a paid upgrade for the domestic segment.
But I don't see such an option for the international part. The booking class is W for AUS-DTW and G for DTW-PEK.
And I got complimentary upgrade to FC on AUS-DTW segment two days ago.
Any chance something will show up when I check in on the app?
Thanks for the help!
But I don't see such an option for the international part. The booking class is W for AUS-DTW and G for DTW-PEK.
And I got complimentary upgrade to FC on AUS-DTW segment two days ago.
Any chance something will show up when I check in on the app?
Thanks for the help!
Jan 24, 2019, 5:42 pm
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There's always a chance, but typically Delta likes to "preserve the integrity" of Delta One tickets and doesn't sell discounted upgrades (since they want people to pony up the big bucks for the full D1 fare). You can always call up Delta and see what the fare difference is (but it is likely $4k+). You can also ask if there's any mileage upgrades available.
Jan 24, 2019, 5:49 pm
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There's always a chance, but typically Delta likes to "preserve the integrity" of Delta One tickets and doesn't sell discounted upgrades (since they want people to pony up the big bucks for the full D1 fare). You can always call up Delta and see what the fare difference is (but it is likely $4k+). You can also ask if there's any mileage upgrades available.
Can I assume the mileage upgrade (if there is) will cost a lot of miles since the fare difference is lots of money?
Jan 24, 2019, 6:03 pm
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I was waitlisted for the upgrades in both direction but did not get upgraded.
Last edited by CarmenOM; Jan 24, 2019 at 6:08 pm
Jan 24, 2019, 6:04 pm
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Delta Mileage Upgrade Awards
Mileage upgrade awards are fixed amounts depending on fare class, but there's no guarantee that upgrade award bucket availability will open up. You need to call to check on availability and can waitlist if it's not open. Previous reports have indicated 45K miles for one-way upgrade on PAG fares to Northern Asia as indicated on Wiki above.
Mileage upgrade awards are fixed amounts depending on fare class, but there's no guarantee that upgrade award bucket availability will open up. You need to call to check on availability and can waitlist if it's not open. Previous reports have indicated 45K miles for one-way upgrade on PAG fares to Northern Asia as indicated on Wiki above.
Jan 24, 2019, 6:05 pm
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For TATL flights the recent mileage upgrade awards from PE (which your G fare indicates) to D1 have cost 45,000 SkyMiles; that’s in one direction, not round trip. That’s what I was quoted in December for a MSP-HND-MSP trip. The flights to Asia seem to be quite full, plus DMs with GUCs take precedence over mileage awards for the upgrades. You have to call to ask about availability.
I was waitlisted for the upgrades in both direction but did not get upgraded.
Jan 24, 2019, 6:29 pm
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For TPAC flights the recent mileage upgrade awards from PE (which your G fare indicates) to D1 have cost 45,000 SkyMiles; that’s in one direction, not round trip. That’s what I was quoted in December for a MSP-HND-MSP trip. The flights to Asia seem to be quite full, plus DMs with GUCs take precedence over mileage awards for the upgrades. You have to call to ask about availability.
I was waitlisted for the upgrades in both direction but did not get upgraded.
Jan 24, 2019, 6:30 pm
#10
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Delta Mileage Upgrade Awards
Mileage upgrade awards are fixed amounts depending on fare class, but there's no guarantee that upgrade award bucket availability will open up. You need to call to check on availability and can waitlist if it's not open. Previous reports have indicated 45K miles for one-way upgrade on PAG fares to Northern Asia as indicated on Wiki above.
Mileage upgrade awards are fixed amounts depending on fare class, but there's no guarantee that upgrade award bucket availability will open up. You need to call to check on availability and can waitlist if it's not open. Previous reports have indicated 45K miles for one-way upgrade on PAG fares to Northern Asia as indicated on Wiki above.
Jan 25, 2019, 6:53 am
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Trying to get W->D1 on a JFK-EDI flight (have D1 for the return). Last I checked via Twitter they wanted 231k miles. Hilarity... Do they ever do $ at the gate to buy up? When I was doing PHL-GLA back in 2014 on AA I could buy-up at the gate from main cabin to biz for like $600.
Jan 25, 2019, 6:57 am
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Trying to get W->D1 on a JFK-EDI flight (have D1 for the return). Last I checked via Twitter they wanted 231k miles. Hilarity... Do they ever do $ at the gate to buy up? When I was doing PHL-GLA back in 2014 on AA I could buy-up at the gate from main cabin to biz for like $600.
231,000 miles? Do you have an award ticket, so that this would the number of additional miles needed to cancel it and get a D1 award ticket? Otherwise, this would be saying that the fare difference is about $2310 one way, which would probably mean upfaring to something higher than Z class (cheapest D1 fare class). How full is the cabin? In fact, what sort of tickets is DL currently selling for your flight?
DL isn't AA.
DL isn't AA.
Jan 25, 2019, 9:13 am
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Thanks!
