Frustrated by lack of Mint upgrades for Mosaics
Sep 2, 2019, 8:26 pm
#16
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 515
My experience on B6 when trying to upgrade to Mint, is they will charge you the walk up fare for that seat minus the value of your ticket. That is what makes the Mint upgrade prohibitive. However if I spent $1K for a Mint seat, I would be bothered with people getting seats for a few bucks more than a coach ticket that can usually be gotten for under $200.
Sep 3, 2019, 12:25 am
#17
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New England
Programs: American Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Silver
Posts: 5,640
My experience on B6 when trying to upgrade to Mint, is they will charge you the walk up fare for that seat minus the value of your ticket. That is what makes the Mint upgrade prohibitive. However if I spent $1K for a Mint seat, I would be bothered with people getting seats for a few bucks more than a coach ticket that can usually be gotten for under $200.
Once the flight goes to gate control, Mint upgrades are sold at a flat fee, and they're not really worth it unless you bought a last minute ticket where you're stuck in a middle seat in the back and the Mint fare was over $1K. The flat fee can be anywhere from $549 to $749 if not more, depending on the route.
Oct 2, 2019, 4:08 pm
#18
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: LAX
Programs: DL DM, UA PG
Posts: 46
Delta 100% does comp UGs on transcon lie-flat service. It's only different in that everyone gets put on the UG list the day of instead of possibly clearing 1/3/5 days in advance (according to status) like they could on normal flights.