Delta Vacations for ski resorts far away from airport
Sep 1, 2019, 6:03 am
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: NYC
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Delta Vacations for ski resorts far away from airport
Has anyone used the current 2cpm promo for a ski vacation?
My dilemma: I want to get flights to Denver but hotel in the resort. When I bought the packages, in a hurry before the old end of August deadline (grrr), the phones were understandably tied up for hours due to TS Dorian, and the best I could do online was to get the desired flight with the cheapest offered hotel, which is nowhere near where I want to be. I checked the change rules at https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...-policies.html. It appears I can change the packaged hotel without a fee so long as the new one costs the same or more, which it would. But I think the hotel booking would have to be delegated by Delta Vacations to Delta Ski Vacations which looks 'related but not the same'. For example, an online chat request for into from Delta Ski Vacations website yielded an email from someone at ski.com, who suggested this could work but Delta would reach out to them to book the accommodation. See https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...vacations.html and https://www.deltavacationsski.com/lodging.
Anybody have experience with this? Thanks in advance.
My dilemma: I want to get flights to Denver but hotel in the resort. When I bought the packages, in a hurry before the old end of August deadline (grrr), the phones were understandably tied up for hours due to TS Dorian, and the best I could do online was to get the desired flight with the cheapest offered hotel, which is nowhere near where I want to be. I checked the change rules at https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...-policies.html. It appears I can change the packaged hotel without a fee so long as the new one costs the same or more, which it would. But I think the hotel booking would have to be delegated by Delta Vacations to Delta Ski Vacations which looks 'related but not the same'. For example, an online chat request for into from Delta Ski Vacations website yielded an email from someone at ski.com, who suggested this could work but Delta would reach out to them to book the accommodation. See https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...vacations.html and https://www.deltavacationsski.com/lodging.
Anybody have experience with this? Thanks in advance.
Last edited by SteveTownsend; Sep 1, 2019 at 6:23 am
Sep 1, 2019, 6:24 am
#2
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: MSP
Programs: DL GM, MR Gold, Hilton Gold, National Exec
Posts: 534
The terms of the pay with miles option specifically excludes ski packages. I have no idea what qualifies as a ski package, but I would guess if you have to go through Delta Ski Vacations you may run into issues.
Sep 1, 2019, 6:30 am
#3
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Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: NYC
Programs: DL PM
Posts: 26
Thanks for the info. I can still get some limited value by breaking my drive to the resort at a West Denver hotel, since flights get in around 9pm. Just book the rest of the stay separately in or near the resort.
Sep 2, 2019, 6:39 am
#4
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: NE England
Programs: BA, KLM
Posts: 84
Although I cannot help you with your actual query, this winter will be the 5th year I have flown to Denver from the UK, which with connections have taken about 14 hrs, and I have always went straight to the resort from DIA. No need if travelling internally to waste the following morning driving to the resort when you could be on the slopes already. It depends how keen you are to hit the mountain I suppose
Sep 2, 2019, 6:42 am
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Although I cannot help you with your actual query, this winter will be the 5th year I have flown to Denver from the UK, which with connections have taken about 14 hrs, and I have always went straight to the resort from DIA. No need if travelling internally to waste the following morning driving to the resort when you could be on the slopes already. It depends how keen you are to hit the mountain I suppose