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Update 8/11/15: The deal is now open to everyone. I have uncovered many of its secret rules.
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Delta Points got the following statement:
“There is a transatlantic fare sale going with a one day presale for Medallion/cobrand. It will be open to all as of tomorrow.”
So credit card holders and elites could book August 10, and everyone can book August 11. I’ll update when I can book the awards. I’d love more details on what the restrictions on the cheaper awards are.
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Delta Points reports seeing Delta awards from the United States to Europe for 21,000 SkyMiles one way. The normal minimum price is 30,000 miles each way.
He also reports Business Class awards on Delta, KLM, and Virgin Atlantic for 53,000 SkyMiles one way. The normal minimum price is 62,500 miles one way.
Then FlyerTalker “steveholt” found 87,000 mile roundtrips from New York-JFK to London in Business Class for the week of Thanksgiving. Delta Points found Newark to Amsterdam for the same price.
Unfortunately I can’t pull up any of these deals. Searching the same routes and dates brings up only 30,000 and 62,500 mile awards for me.
The working theory is that the discounted awards are only available to Delta elites who sign into their accounts before searching. I do not have Delta elite status. If you have Delta elite status, post your search results in the comments that are cheaper than Delta’s former award chart.
For now this sale is unconfirmed by Delta, so it is a possible glitch. I don’t think it is a glitch though. I think it is a step toward revenue-based pricing of awards. Many of the cheap awards found are at particularly cheap times to travel–for instance those 87,000 mile awards are in Business Class over Thanksgiving, which is a famously cheap cash ticket.
We will see if Delta gives us more details about which routes and dates are available for discounts or whether Delta says nothing. The latter is a strong possibility because one effect of not having an award chart is that you don’t need to explain price increases or sales. There are neither since there is no award chart as a basis for comparison.
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Don’t have elite status. Once i signed in i was able to view.
I recently had the delta platinum card from amex, so maybe that helps
I signed in, and I still don’t see the cheap dates. I haven’t had a Delta card for a few years.
Don’t have elite status. Once i signed in i was able to view.
I recently had the delta platinum card from amex, so maybe that helps
I signed in, and I still don’t see the cheap dates. I haven’t had a Delta card for a few years.
I am DL Plat and I indeed do see reduced Y and J award prices. For example, random search for Nov/Dec to London gives me J prices starting at 43,500 miles one way and Y prices starting at 21,000.
Awesome deals!
I am DL Plat and I indeed do see reduced Y and J award prices. For example, random search for Nov/Dec to London gives me J prices starting at 43,500 miles one way and Y prices starting at 21,000.
Awesome deals!
Looking for advice how to go about recapturing 76k miles since we booked 4 people in Business Class @ 62.5k and I now see pricing @ 43.5k each way per person. It looks like redeposit / reissue fee is $150 for both regular SkyMiles members and Silver Medallion members, but do any other rules apply? Ideally, Delta would simply refund me the miles if I call and ask nicely, but I’m wondering if there’s a certain approach I should take?
Yes, I see reduced pricing. DTW>LHR Dec 24, 43,500 miles per person one way in Business Class (DeltaOne) and 21,000 in economy, for several different flights, some with stop at MSP.
I’m Delta Silver Medallion via initiating a recent (7/30) status match challenge from AA Gold. Haven’t met the requirements yet but will. Wife has no status.
We are already booked on Delta flight #18 DTW>LHR, 4 in business class @ 62,500 miles per person, 2 reservations for 2 people each (used my miles for 2 tickets and wife’s miles for the other 2).
Originally we booked DTW>AMS>ABZ (Aberdeen) on 12/24. A 1-hour flight change increased our layover to 5 hours, so I called Delta and they pleasantly changed us to an earlier flight to AMS so we could get to ABZ 6 hours earlier than originally planned. Wasn’t sure if wife would like this itinerary, so the agent noted the updated reservation and assured me we could change to something else with no fee.
Leaving that early on Christmas Eve was not acceptable to my wife, so we ended up cutting Scotland out of our trip and flying into London instead.
Delta promptly refunded us $15.40 each from taxes/fees associated with flying in/out of AMS on our earlier itinerary.
Hope for a schedule change and get a free cancellation or bite the bullet and “buy” 76k miles for $600 or call and beg for a re-pricing (unlikely to succeed I would think).
Looking for advice how to go about recapturing 76k miles since we booked 4 people in Business Class @ 62.5k and I now see pricing @ 43.5k each way per person. It looks like redeposit / reissue fee is $150 for both regular SkyMiles members and Silver Medallion members, but do any other rules apply? Ideally, Delta would simply refund me the miles if I call and ask nicely, but I’m wondering if there’s a certain approach I should take?
Yes, I see reduced pricing. DTW>LHR Dec 24, 43,500 miles per person one way in Business Class (DeltaOne) and 21,000 in economy, for several different flights, some with stop at MSP.
I’m Delta Silver Medallion via initiating a recent (7/30) status match challenge from AA Gold. Haven’t met the requirements yet but will. Wife has no status.
We are already booked on Delta flight #18 DTW>LHR, 4 in business class @ 62,500 miles per person, 2 reservations for 2 people each (used my miles for 2 tickets and wife’s miles for the other 2).
Originally we booked DTW>AMS>ABZ (Aberdeen) on 12/24. A 1-hour flight change increased our layover to 5 hours, so I called Delta and they pleasantly changed us to an earlier flight to AMS so we could get to ABZ 6 hours earlier than originally planned. Wasn’t sure if wife would like this itinerary, so the agent noted the updated reservation and assured me we could change to something else with no fee.
Leaving that early on Christmas Eve was not acceptable to my wife, so we ended up cutting Scotland out of our trip and flying into London instead.
Delta promptly refunded us $15.40 each from taxes/fees associated with flying in/out of AMS on our earlier itinerary.
Hope for a schedule change and get a free cancellation or bite the bullet and “buy” 76k miles for $600 or call and beg for a re-pricing (unlikely to succeed I would think).
Does anyone know where one can find a complete list of routes that included in this promotion?
And am I correct that one can get them if one has a Delta Gold Amex? Thanks.
There is none. And now the promotion is open to everyone. See today’s post for what we do know: https://milevalu.wpengine.com/open-to-all-21k-delta-awards-to-europe-43-5k-in-flat-beds-here-are-the-rules/
Does anyone know where one can find a complete list of routes that included in this promotion?
And am I correct that one can get them if one has a Delta Gold Amex? Thanks.
There is none. And now the promotion is open to everyone. See today’s post for what we do know: https://milevalu.wpengine.com/open-to-all-21k-delta-awards-to-europe-43-5k-in-flat-beds-here-are-the-rules/
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