Old Fashioned International Mileage Upgrade vs the Seat Map upgrade
Feb 25, 2024, 7:40 am
#16
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
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Surely you can arrange (at your own expense) to arrive a day or two early and/or depart a day or two after the meeting ends. This could cost less than a more expensive ticket or bigger upgrade fee. TATL fares, fare availability, and upgrade availability can be highly dependent on the day of the week.
Feb 25, 2024, 10:43 am
#17
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Surely you can arrange (at your own expense) to arrive a day or two early and/or depart a day or two after the meeting ends. This could cost less than a more expensive ticket or bigger upgrade fee. TATL fares, fare availability, and upgrade availability can be highly dependent on the day of the week.
Last edited by xliioper; Feb 25, 2024 at 6:17 pm
Feb 25, 2024, 3:10 pm
#18
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: OKC
Programs: DL DM/2.768MM, Global Entry, Titanium_Marriott, GHertz
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Surely you can arrange (at your own expense) to arrive a day or two early and/or depart a day or two after the meeting ends. This could cost less than a more expensive ticket or bigger upgrade fee. TATL fares, fare availability, and upgrade availability can be highly dependent on the day of the week.
I hesitate to mention that on 7/1/23 I had to surrender my full-time job with a travel budget due to my wife's health. We moved to another state to get her close to immediate family.
The medical expenses have impacted my personal resources while I search for a more secure financial base. When there is marginal support from the office for which I still travel domestically, I depend on SM and Marriott points with no GUCs as I dropped this year from being a charter DM to PM having undertaken an expensive and demanding move last year. I could not even use 2 GUCs (expired 1/31/24) that were difficult to transfer due to the restrictions.