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Jan 25, 2007 | 12:18 pm
#121
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Iowa...Delta Charter Diamond, now Gold
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Jan 25, 2007 | 12:19 pm
#122
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Moving on...
Jan 25, 2007 | 12:30 pm
#123
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you always say this. Its hypocrytical. UAs C class is just as good as FC in the dc-10s that you RAVE about. You also always leave out the fact that UA has another cabin in front of C thats equal or better than NWs wbc
Last edited by rwill11; Jan 25, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Jan 25, 2007 | 12:37 pm
#124
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Unfortunately NW does not have a 3-cabin system or nearly as many seats as UA. But NW competes very well, if not better when put head-to-head with the same C cabin on another airline.
Jan 25, 2007 | 12:42 pm
#125
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Seriously, you could book award tickets. UA's F to Asia costs same as NW's WBC: 120,000 miles.
Jan 25, 2007 | 12:43 pm
#126
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Jan 25, 2007 | 12:46 pm
#127
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Jan 25, 2007 | 12:46 pm
#128
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Jan 25, 2007 | 12:50 pm
#129
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Jan 25, 2007 | 12:52 pm
#130
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Jan 25, 2007 | 12:56 pm
#131
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Jan 25, 2007 | 12:57 pm
#132
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I also saw NW is selling Z fares BOS-MSP-PDX-NRT for $5,300.
Jan 25, 2007 | 1:01 pm
#133
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Jan 25, 2007 | 1:04 pm
#134
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check your math. A Z fare would be more of a real number. then subtract the low fare from Z. then subtract the cost of 85k past Plat to hit 160k. Im telling ya. buying a Z fare is cheaper than flying an extra 85k to get some swu's. You only need 100k for top tier status on UA or AA and you get 6 or 8 swu's EDIT For example I just looked at DTW_AMS 1oct-8oct
Z fare was 2631 lowest fare was 1033, so 2 swu's are worth $800 bucks each on that flight. When you add in how much it costs to get to the point of getting 2 swu's they are basically not cost affective.
Z fare was 2631 lowest fare was 1033, so 2 swu's are worth $800 bucks each on that flight. When you add in how much it costs to get to the point of getting 2 swu's they are basically not cost affective.
Lowest coach fare on NW, DTW-DEL for a date I'm traveling this summer- 1773.20
Z fare- not available
C fare- 7180
money saved- 5406
DTW-NRT flight I have booked
lowest coach fare (direct flight) - 1260
Lowest Z fare- not available
lowest C fare- 8950
money saved- $7700
total money I would have saved- $13000
I did my math correctly.
Jan 25, 2007 | 1:06 pm
#135
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