DL: JFK-SFO rt, lots of availability for ~$1k
Sep 10, 2022, 2:02 pm
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DL: JFK-SFO rt, lots of availability for ~$1k
The fare itself is just normal "good deal for transcon" but there is a ton of availability the rest of this year and in 2023. Presumably further out bookings will give you a chance to schedule change to whatever time of day you want...
Sep 10, 2022, 4:53 pm
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Also valid LAX-JFK and vv. I haven't seen DL transcons available at this price (and with a lot of availability) in some time. Just cancelled some AS flights to EWR to jump on this. Notably, this fare requires round trip purchase - usually you can book one ways, which I prefer to do for potential changes, but the fare is higher.
Sep 11, 2022, 6:31 am
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FWIW, Delta’s Same Day Confirmed also allows last seat availability in business class, free for Gold (50k+) elite, $50 I think otherwise. So you can change times that way too.
Sep 11, 2022, 8:09 am
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So at first I was ho hum to this deal, but now that I see it available for thanksgiving week it’s a great deal. As I’m finding RT to Dallas that week for $1k plus.
nice find op
nice find op
Sep 11, 2022, 5:54 pm
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Sep 12, 2022, 12:04 am
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Thanks, OP! Awesome fare. Booked three r/t and would book more if I had more open dates.
Sep 12, 2022, 5:39 pm
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Sep 13, 2022, 8:28 am
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Sep 13, 2022, 10:15 am
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I totally get the point you're making, but also fine with me if they want to post after the fare is dying/gone and I've already had my chance to pick up my choice of widely open inventory. For what it's worth, on JFK<->LAX DL seemed to pull all 2022 biz inventory other than full fare J around noon PT on Sunday, but there was plenty of the discount availability to EOS in 2023. I picked up some final summer 2023 flights for $1,095 with the Amex Platinum discount Sunday night before bed.
Last edited by hhbean; Sep 13, 2022 at 10:22 am
Sep 13, 2022, 12:24 pm
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I just took dl and as back to back and DL flies the old planes with seats that are terrible. Such a bad hard product I ended up with really bad back pain that it was a relief to fly AS back. But anyways matching prices was what I was referring to not hard products. Flying AA is nice and credit to AS goes well.