DL raising TATL J award prices?
Mar 13, 2019, 8:06 am
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DL raising TATL J award prices?
Blogs are reporting that DL has raised the base TATL J award to 105k OW and 210k RT for DL metal
https://onemileatatime.com/delta-rai...-costs-europe/
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Mar 13, 2019, 8:17 am
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Blogs are reporting that DL has raised the base TATL J award to 105k OW and 210k RT for DL metal
https://onemileatatime.com/delta-rai...-costs-europe/
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Mar 13, 2019, 8:37 am
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However, DL does seem to be offering flash sales with some regularity these days. I wonder if this is part of their strategy. Instead of having "saver" inventory, have sale events that probably encourage a lot of SM spending all at once due to the time pressure.
Mar 13, 2019, 8:37 am
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Seems like it is happening, PDX-LHR award I booked went from 86k to 105k for Delta 1. Seems Delta is getting more aggressive with their J devaluations as the suite products begin to roll out.
Mar 13, 2019, 8:47 am
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There's already an existing thread on this from a couple weeks ago --
EUR-US saver one-ways increased significantly in past couple of hours
They were flip-flopping back-and-forth for awhile between having an RT booking requirement (CSVR1050 vs. CSV1050), but have settled on the CSV1050 (90-day AP) for DL metal. AF/KL/AZ remain at 75K (60-day AP) and VS is 86K (60-day AP). There's currently summer seasonal TATL J awards for 88K each-way (RT booking required).
EUR-US saver one-ways increased significantly in past couple of hours
They were flip-flopping back-and-forth for awhile between having an RT booking requirement (CSVR1050 vs. CSV1050), but have settled on the CSV1050 (90-day AP) for DL metal. AF/KL/AZ remain at 75K (60-day AP) and VS is 86K (60-day AP). There's currently summer seasonal TATL J awards for 88K each-way (RT booking required).
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Mar 13, 2019, 12:47 pm
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The 128K RT awards (CSVR640's) were for good for 6/30 - 9/6. I wouldn't call that "offpeak". These are no longer available, but there are CSVR880's available with same seasonal availability and restrictions (60-day advance purchase and Saturday night stay required).
Mar 13, 2019, 1:28 pm
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I don't know how anyone can even know what the "base award" redemption is. Every time I look, they're all over the place (mostly in the sky-high range).
Mar 13, 2019, 2:31 pm
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The survey asked several questions about my opinion of Sky Miles, the Medallion elite statuses and even a question or two about global upgrade certificates, which I found interesting. It also asked for my comments, which I gave. I made it known the single-biggest improvement Delta could make would be to republish the award chart so we all know what we should be paying.
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Mar 13, 2019, 2:48 pm
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Problem with the flash sales is that they are horrible routes, like all at least 20 hours outbound from SFO and around 30 hours return.
so ...... routings they can’t sell.
plus will you have enough lead time to book hotels at favorable rates?
so ...... routings they can’t sell.
plus will you have enough lead time to book hotels at favorable rates?
Mar 13, 2019, 3:48 pm
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i usually do a 5 week search and look through the whole schedule to see what the lowest listed price is. Of course that doesn’t mean it is the lowest, but the best I can do now...I searched LAX-SYD a few weeks ago through end of schedule in J and saw everything from 240k - 985k r/t...
Mar 13, 2019, 4:54 pm
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I agree that the flash sales are not great, but there has been some really good availability on many routes. However, at least during the sale last fall, I was able to get SFO-SEA-AMS with 13:25 hours of travel time for 98K miles. And flying from SFO I expect to have to make connections to stay loyal to DL.
Mar 13, 2019, 5:12 pm
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Do you believe that the CSVR880s now represent the lowest DL-metal US49-Europe award band? Sixty day adv/Sat stay/round-trip purchase?
Mar 13, 2019, 6:49 pm
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I agree that the flash sales are not great, but there has been some really good availability on many routes. However, at least during the sale last fall, I was able to get SFO-SEA-AMS with 13:25 hours of travel time for 98K miles. And flying from SFO I expect to have to make connections to stay loyal to DL.
It will add 3-4 hours over a nonstop TATL.
But when the sale routings add 9 or 10 hours to an outbound over a connecting routing, then it's not worth it.