Availability for cash upgrade from premium economy to Delta one
Jul 23, 2019, 12:31 pm
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Availability for cash upgrade from premium economy to Delta one
I am wondering if I buy a ticket in premium economy from Seattle to Seoul on this new Airbus 350, is it possible to buy upgrade to Delta one with cash for someone with no status and if yes, how far in advance this can be done. Does anyone know, is this very expensive
Jul 23, 2019, 1:43 pm
#4
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,884
After you purchase your flight, you can view the seatmap and if you scroll up to the D1 cabin, it will show the price to upgrade. It could be very reasonable (I recently received an offer of $350 or so from PS to D1 on a TPAC flight which I obvious took) or very expensive (the same flight for a companion in the Y cabin was nearly $5,000!). You never know what you will get and the offers may vary from person to person.
Jul 23, 2019, 2:35 pm
#6
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 354
After you purchase your flight, you can view the seatmap and if you scroll up to the D1 cabin, it will show the price to upgrade. It could be very reasonable (I recently received an offer of $350 or so from PS to D1 on a TPAC flight which I obvious took) or very expensive (the same flight for a companion in the Y cabin was nearly $5,000!). You never know what you will get and the offers may vary from person to person.
Jul 23, 2019, 6:45 pm
#10
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Jul 23, 2019, 7:35 pm
#11
Join Date: Mar 2010
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Also, the offer could be in the seat map, but it could also show up in your reservation, either on a desktop website or the app or both.
Jul 24, 2019, 11:04 am
#12
Join Date: Jul 2009
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I have flights booked in 3 weeks, DTW-ICN in premium select is one of the legs. I had upgrade offers on other legs (and accepted/paid for them. I have never had an upgrade offer for DTW-ICN but have had offers for ICN-DTW (in september). In June, DL was asking $900. Earlier this week, DL was asking $2111. I have opted not to pay that much ;-)
[I've been checking every so often in My Trips on the Delta website, once a week or so since we booked the flights...]
[I've been checking every so often in My Trips on the Delta website, once a week or so since we booked the flights...]
Jul 24, 2019, 12:14 pm
#13
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 354
I have flights booked in 3 weeks, DTW-ICN in premium select is one of the legs. I had upgrade offers on other legs (and accepted/paid for them. I have never had an upgrade offer for DTW-ICN but have had offers for ICN-DTW (in september). In June, DL was asking $900. Earlier this week, DL was asking $2111. I have opted not to pay that much ;-)
[I've been checking every so often in My Trips on the Delta website, once a week or so since we booked the flights...]
[I've been checking every so often in My Trips on the Delta website, once a week or so since we booked the flights...]
Jul 24, 2019, 12:41 pm
#14
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Jul 24, 2019, 12:48 pm
#15
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Unless there are two people on the same flight with different status levels, how would you know (as noted by many, the offers are not consistent and can go and down post purchase)? In the handful of cases I've traveled together with my spouse or son (neither have status), the pricing has always been the same (I'm a Diamond). Mostly when they are with me they are on the same PNR, but there was a case when my son was on a separate ticket (award -- I was on a revenue ticket) and we had the same offers.