Award Ticket Success - Post It Here
Jun 11, 2007, 12:03 pm
#541
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: London, UK
Programs: Delta Platinum and Million Miler, Starwood Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 59
Hawaii in November
Booked 2 first class Sky Saver tix ATL-LAX-HNL on Thursday in November, returning HNL-ATL Sun-Mon two weeks later ^
Would have been OK with coach tickets -- but none were available, and FC tix are essentially same cost as Sky Choice in coach.
Matt
Would have been OK with coach tickets -- but none were available, and FC tix are essentially same cost as Sky Choice in coach.
Matt
Jun 11, 2007, 12:06 pm
#542
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Somewhere in the sky or a Marriott
Programs: 7mm DM, FC, Marriott PM (lifetime), HH Diamond
Posts: 749
Outstanding! What is your status?
Jun 18, 2007, 2:43 pm
#543
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: NYC
Programs: DL, SPG (Gold)
Posts: 2,039
Hmm....
I just booked a Skysaver F NYC-HNL RT award for travel in September.
Considering how hard it seems to be to get a Saver award to Hawaii, I was quite surprised to find any availability.
Initially, I put the award on hold 2 days ago.......and had to ticket by today.
I decided to do so......as when I just checked, JFK-HNL F Saver availability for September has now all but dried up with one or two exceptions...........whereas 2 days ago, there were 10+ days with outbound Skysaver F availability during that month.
I was even able to change the return date (extended my stay in the Hawaiian islands an additional night
) right before I redeemed the award.....with multiple Skysaver F routings available.
Unfortunately, there's a 50/50 chance that I may have to cancel/redeposit this award......but I won't know for sure until late July/earlyAugust.
It's interesting to note that my next 3 itineraries are all SkySaver award tickets.
Given my recent history, it's a bit strange for me to not have at least 1 paid itinerary booked.
However, that will likely change within a month or two.......especially since I have not yet requalified for PM status......as I'm still roughly 18K MQMs short.
A.J.
I just booked a Skysaver F NYC-HNL RT award for travel in September.
Considering how hard it seems to be to get a Saver award to Hawaii, I was quite surprised to find any availability.
Initially, I put the award on hold 2 days ago.......and had to ticket by today.
I decided to do so......as when I just checked, JFK-HNL F Saver availability for September has now all but dried up with one or two exceptions...........whereas 2 days ago, there were 10+ days with outbound Skysaver F availability during that month.
I was even able to change the return date (extended my stay in the Hawaiian islands an additional night
) right before I redeemed the award.....with multiple Skysaver F routings available.Unfortunately, there's a 50/50 chance that I may have to cancel/redeposit this award......but I won't know for sure until late July/earlyAugust.
It's interesting to note that my next 3 itineraries are all SkySaver award tickets.
Given my recent history, it's a bit strange for me to not have at least 1 paid itinerary booked.
However, that will likely change within a month or two.......especially since I have not yet requalified for PM status......as I'm still roughly 18K MQMs short.
A.J.
Jun 18, 2007, 4:55 pm
#545
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Somewhere in the sky or a Marriott
Programs: 7mm DM, FC, Marriott PM (lifetime), HH Diamond
Posts: 749
Jun 18, 2007, 10:22 pm
#547
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Monkeyville
Programs: Island DOs, very sticky toffee pud w vanilla ice cream n multi-coloured velvet pillows enthusiast
Posts: 4,647
Just now booked: ATL-FRA on BE two days from now. Again, Delta folks at Int'l Partners' Desk in Salt Lake are the best! Thank you. ^
(The agent kept apologising for taking a long time to search for the seat, and also thanked me for being a PM. I so felt like giving her a big hug.)
(The agent kept apologising for taking a long time to search for the seat, and also thanked me for being a PM. I so felt like giving her a big hug.)
Jun 19, 2007, 6:00 pm
#548
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: DAYTON, OH USA
Programs: Delta 2MM, PM, Marriott Plat Premier, Hyatt Diamond,
Posts: 72
another success
For the 2nd time in 2 weeks I just found Skysaver award tickets in BE. 1st I booked CVG-LGW in BE traveling 02, Sept. for myself and 2 sons. Today I booked another 3 BE tickets 21, Dec CVG-AMS for the same Skysaver award. Maybe nobody wants to go to Europe.
Jun 19, 2007, 6:27 pm
#550
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SLC
Programs: DL PM,1MM
Posts: 690
Whatever happens in Vegas, stays. . .with you the rest of your life!
Jun 19, 2007, 8:37 pm
#551
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 3
Based on online research on delta.com and the comments of others about limited availability of Skysaver Business Class seats to Europe, my husband and I decided to be flexible and play "Europe Roulette" for our trip in May 2008.
We called Delta 331 days in advance of our desired departures to and from Europe with a window of travel dates and a wish list of destinations.
To our surprise, we're off to Berlin (we just said "Germany" because availability into Frankfurt looked more likely than most European options; we ended up going with a different date than orginally planned), and we're coming home from London (which we wanted and were pleased to get; this time we got the date we wanted).
Our routing is a little cumbersome on departure (DCA to ATL to JFK to Berlin), and our layover on return is a little long, but I expect the schedules to change about 4,345 times between now and next May so I'm pretty sure things stand to improve in the end.
For both of our calls to the Int'l. Partners desk, the person we got was extremely helpful and patient (both were on the phone with us for more than an hour searching for the best options).
So, while it's not as easy and predictable as it was years ago, it's still possible to have a very nice free vacation flight on Delta!
We called Delta 331 days in advance of our desired departures to and from Europe with a window of travel dates and a wish list of destinations.
To our surprise, we're off to Berlin (we just said "Germany" because availability into Frankfurt looked more likely than most European options; we ended up going with a different date than orginally planned), and we're coming home from London (which we wanted and were pleased to get; this time we got the date we wanted).
Our routing is a little cumbersome on departure (DCA to ATL to JFK to Berlin), and our layover on return is a little long, but I expect the schedules to change about 4,345 times between now and next May so I'm pretty sure things stand to improve in the end.
For both of our calls to the Int'l. Partners desk, the person we got was extremely helpful and patient (both were on the phone with us for more than an hour searching for the best options).
So, while it's not as easy and predictable as it was years ago, it's still possible to have a very nice free vacation flight on Delta!
Jun 20, 2007, 5:57 am
#552
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Suwanee,Ga ,usa
Posts: 3,617
Congrats Peaches!
Yes,it's "possible", but it's very difficult. If you wanted CDG, FCO,MXP,VCE,etc. ,you'd be out-of-luck. I'm still working on May (4 BE) to Italy/France.
So, while it's not as easy and predictable as it was years ago, it's still possible to have a very nice free vacation flight on Delta!
Jun 21, 2007, 12:17 pm
#553
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: SPG,HH,DL,CO,AMEX
Posts: 262
Success finally!
I was able to contact my "good friend" at Delta, Luis F. Montejo, and get 22 SS award seats from BOS->HNL over Christmas 
Jun 21, 2007, 12:25 pm
#554
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: IAH/HOU
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Premier Plat, UA Plat
Posts: 248
I was able to contact my "good friend" at Delta, Luis F. Montejo, and get 22 SS award seats from BOS->HNL over Christmas