No better award when I check "I am one of these passengers" ?
Apr 8, 2009, 11:39 pm
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No better award when I check "I am one of these passengers" ?
I'm looking for an F award ATL/SMF in June. Tonight I noticed miles required and flights are the same whether I check the "I am one of these passengers" box or not. I finally found one tonight for 45,000 miles, with a change in SLC both ways. Nonstops are 62,500 miles on a *low* day, according to the awards calendar. Would SMS be any help?
Apr 8, 2009, 11:41 pm
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"I am one of the passengers" only helps with seats in Y, if at all. It doesn't open up any F/J seats.
Apr 9, 2009, 6:18 am
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And one thing to note is there are actually different buckets for FO/GM/PM.
Apr 9, 2009, 11:45 am
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NW gives favored availability from a platinum's account, whether or not that person is actually flying. This seems more fair since if a platinum is using miles from a non-platinum account, no favored availability is given. Another "best in class" enhancement 
Apr 9, 2009, 12:16 pm
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Actually I can call in and book a ticket as a PM using miles from anothers account. That was functionality added last year I think. You can actually use miles for an award from multiple accounts for one award.
Apr 9, 2009, 3:44 pm
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Never heard of using miles from multiple accounts for one award ticket. That is "pooling" of miles and I didn't think that you could do that. If so, what is the big deal that DL pushes about transferring miles between accounts?
Apr 9, 2009, 4:04 pm
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Apr 9, 2009, 7:34 pm
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As a Medallion� member, you are eligible for greater Award seat availability when booking Delta Economy Class Award Travel.
Apr 9, 2009, 8:19 pm
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Apr 11, 2009, 10:27 am
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There are obviously some 'tricks of the trade' to get award travel. I am new to SkyMiles as I have recently transfered my WorldPerks miles. When I try to view availability for award travel, all I see are no flights available. Then I read that there are ways to book even the last seat on the plane with Delta. How do you make that feature work? I checked on the NWA site and see seats available but when the same dates are entered for Delta it show no flights available. Any hints of what I'm doing wrong?
thanks
thanks
Apr 13, 2009, 9:28 am
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There are obviously some 'tricks of the trade' to get award travel. I am new to SkyMiles as I have recently transfered my WorldPerks miles. When I try to view availability for award travel, all I see are no flights available. Then I read that there are ways to book even the last seat on the plane with Delta. How do you make that feature work? I checked on the NWA site and see seats available but when the same dates are entered for Delta it show no flights available. Any hints of what I'm doing wrong?
thanks
thanks
Apr 13, 2009, 9:43 am
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There are obviously some 'tricks of the trade' to get award travel. I am new to SkyMiles as I have recently transfered my WorldPerks miles. When I try to view availability for award travel, all I see are no flights available. Then I read that there are ways to book even the last seat on the plane with Delta. How do you make that feature work? I checked on the NWA site and see seats available but when the same dates are entered for Delta it show no flights available. Any hints of what I'm doing wrong?
thanks
thanks