Predicament between OnePass and Delta SkyMiles
Jul 2, 2009 | 11:14 am
#16
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: ATL
Programs: DL Diamond, HH Gold, SPG Plat, Avis PP
Posts: 165
Yes, OP, you can use your residual value from travel certificate to buy tickets for other people. Just want to add that the $250 change fee you pay is new money, i.e., on top of $1200 ticket credit with CO. This is different from other airlines where their change fee could be deducted from ticket value.
I personally would not pay extra cash ($250 in change fee to CO, plus another $1200 for DL airfare) in this economy and also tie up the CO ticket value for a long time.
I personally would not pay extra cash ($250 in change fee to CO, plus another $1200 for DL airfare) in this economy and also tie up the CO ticket value for a long time.
Jul 4, 2009 | 10:12 am
#17
Join Date: May 2002
Location: In the home of the "brave"?
Programs: Whatever will get me out of Y and into C or F!
Posts: 3,748
Just my 2 cents:
Having lived in a city that was dominated by one airline at the time I was there (UA at DEN, CO had pulled out and F9 was just getting going), I relished the chance not to fly on them and if I was you, I'd get the miles on Continental and keep them alive and see it as a chance to occaisionally use CO, US and UA,(and LH, etc) out of ATL for your travels.
UA has one advantage at ATL, IIRC: Their gates are in the T-terminal and so you can use the much shorter TSA strip-joint/check-point that is exclusively for UA and AA.
And you never know what might happen in the future in terms of mergers and partnerships in the airline and FF world...
Having lived in a city that was dominated by one airline at the time I was there (UA at DEN, CO had pulled out and F9 was just getting going), I relished the chance not to fly on them and if I was you, I'd get the miles on Continental and keep them alive and see it as a chance to occaisionally use CO, US and UA,(and LH, etc) out of ATL for your travels.
UA has one advantage at ATL, IIRC: Their gates are in the T-terminal and so you can use the much shorter TSA strip-joint/check-point that is exclusively for UA and AA.
And you never know what might happen in the future in terms of mergers and partnerships in the airline and FF world...
Jul 6, 2009 | 1:18 pm
#18
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: ATL
Programs: DL Diamond, HH Gold, SPG Plat, Avis PP
Posts: 165
HeHateY, thanks for the reply! Yeah, I guess after a while you get bored of taking the same airline from the same airport if its a hub as is the case for ATL. Also, I think it might be beneficial for me to take other flights out of ATL once the new Alliance kicks in as there would be lesser number of CO frequent fliers to complete with as compared to DL and AirTran ones.
I wasn't aware of a special security line for the T gates in ATL though.
I wasn't aware of a special security line for the T gates in ATL though.
Jul 8, 2009 | 12:24 pm
#19
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: ATL
Programs: DL Diamond, HH Gold, SPG Plat, Avis PP
Posts: 165
Ok...so Delta today announced cancellation of its flight from US to Mumbai altogether. I guess in a way I am lucky I didn't book it as they are now routing those booking through CDG via Air France.