So Delta held a Delta One flash sale to Europe, then cancelled the flights?
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC (LGA, JFK), CT
Programs: Delta Platinum, American Gold, JetBlue Mosaic 4, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond,
Posts: 4,861
So Delta held a Delta One flash sale to Europe, then cancelled the flights?
Looks like Delta cancelled/postponed JFK to ZRH through March. I can rebook I guess via partners but the direct was appealing to me. Pretty scammy to do a winter sale, then immediately cancel the winter flights
#2
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC (LGA, JFK), CT
Programs: Delta Platinum, American Gold, JetBlue Mosaic 4, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond,
Posts: 4,861
Seems like Delta triumphantly announced an increased schedule to Europe beginning in March, held a SkyMiles sale for those flights, and then cancelled much of the schedule (looks like MAD is also done).
#4
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC (LGA, JFK), CT
Programs: Delta Platinum, American Gold, JetBlue Mosaic 4, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond,
Posts: 4,861
#5
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 22,929
MAD is still daily in March (it's 5x weekly through February). ZRH currently restarts end of March on the 26th (it was pushed back to coincide with restart of JFK-BRU). Other TATL routes weren't scheduled to restart until May or June.
Last edited by xliioper; Dec 12, 2021 at 2:14 pm
#7
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Virginia USA
Posts: 1,204
You must have been looking at ineligible dates or routes. The sale rate was 148k miles round trip. Extra benefit with a lap infant, DL has super low fees on international award travel.
#8
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NYC
Posts: 27,190
Yeah, I posted about this yesterday
Delta Covid Suspended Cities Status
Delta Covid Suspended Cities Status
#9
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: NYC
Programs: DL ✈️
Posts: 638
#10
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NYC
Posts: 27,190
I would have been mildly annoyed at not being able to fly DL nonstop if they pulled the flights and the redemption sale never factored in for me. But now I have a "good value" award and the difficult decision of keeping that and making a connection, or just buying a ticket on LX. I mean, I don't actually need any MQMs in 2022.
#11
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Virginia USA
Posts: 1,204
It would be easier to agree with this if there was any evidence making travel difficult helped the situation out at all anywhere that wasn't an island nation that completely closed its borders.