I feel your pain
Jan 27, 2024, 2:49 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2000
Posts: 3,026
I feel your pain
I’m a firm believer that if you want to sit up front then you should buy it.
However my New Years resolution was to play nice with my corporate Concur.
So for a SJC to SLC I leave my fate in their hands for the first and last time.
22nd out of 30 for 2 available seats on yesterdays afternoon flight.
As a Diamond with high spend seriously????
However my New Years resolution was to play nice with my corporate Concur.
So for a SJC to SLC I leave my fate in their hands for the first and last time.
22nd out of 30 for 2 available seats on yesterdays afternoon flight.
As a Diamond with high spend seriously????
Jan 27, 2024, 3:24 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: ANC
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 1,859
Over the years and inflated status ranks I too have become a member of the "WFBF - Want First Buy First" camp. Especially since most of my DL flying is on domestic transcons. If they were short regional hops, not a big deal. But for 4-5 hour segments, F has become my preference.
That said, 22/30 as a DM? That's impressive. (Not in a good way, of course)
That said, 22/30 as a DM? That's impressive. (Not in a good way, of course)
Jan 27, 2024, 9:45 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Somewhere
Programs: Delta Plat
Posts: 3,363
I normally buy first but I do it with the upgrade offers as most of the time for me it is cheaper than buying out right. I don't always win but when I don't win I normally get the upgrade. Which sometimes makes me wonder why I buy into first. I mostly fly JFK > SDQ.
However, with the new SkyMiles I'll be buying into first even if the upgrade offer goes up, unless JetBlue starts offering their mint product to SDQ.
However, with the new SkyMiles I'll be buying into first even if the upgrade offer goes up, unless JetBlue starts offering their mint product to SDQ.
Jan 27, 2024, 10:51 pm
#6
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: West of CLE
Programs: Delta DM/3 MM; Hertz PC; National EE; Amtrak GR; Bonvoy Silver; Via Rail Préférence
Posts: 5,384
The worst I ever did as a DM was 11th out of 71 for one F empty on a FLL-ATL segment, which is one of the top 5 Delta city pairs in the entire system.
Jan 28, 2024, 11:07 am
#7
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: Delta Diamond; Marriott Gold Elite
Posts: 170
As Diamond with Delta Reserve I was in the 30s out of 70 or 80 on an ATL-SLC widebody flight in 2021, maybe 2022. I thought something was wrong but didn't push it because there were hardly any F seats and I probably wouldn't have got an F seat anyway. Then I read on here someone referencing a known bug where occasionally you are not put in your right slot on the upgrade list. I don't know what the solution is, if there even is one.
Jan 29, 2024, 12:01 pm
#8
Join Date: Oct 2019
Programs: Flying Blue, Hilton Honors, Amtrak Guest Rewards
Posts: 2,407
I’m a firm believer that if you want to sit up front then you should buy it.
However my New Years resolution was to play nice with my corporate Concur.
So for a SJC to SLC I leave my fate in their hands for the first and last time.
22nd out of 30 for 2 available seats on yesterdays afternoon flight.
As a Diamond with high spend seriously????
However my New Years resolution was to play nice with my corporate Concur.
So for a SJC to SLC I leave my fate in their hands for the first and last time.
22nd out of 30 for 2 available seats on yesterdays afternoon flight.
As a Diamond with high spend seriously????
* Anybody using an RUC (regardless of status)
* Any DM who paid for C+
* Any DM with the Reserve card
* Any DM who earned MQD this month
* Any DM with zero MQD who requested the upgrade before you