Delta clamps down on last minute award changes
Aug 17th, 2011, 10:34 AM
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Delta clamps down on last minute award changes
If, for any reason, you can't fly within three days of your scheduled flight, and you aren't a Diamond or Platinum member (and that's probably most of us), Delta now makes you forfeit the miles you used to redeem your award trip: http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about_...ates/index.jsp
Aug 17th, 2011, 11:01 AM
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Ah, geez .... shitty tickets.
I rarely fly on Delta, however have been hanging on to 26k miles wanting to eventually use for domestic flight .... I'd better do so before frequent flier program goes away altogether.
I rarely fly on Delta, however have been hanging on to 26k miles wanting to eventually use for domestic flight .... I'd better do so before frequent flier program goes away altogether.
Aug 17th, 2011, 01:02 PM
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Delta headed downhill all the way for FFs
Charges are twice as high to book as some othere
A family of 4 can pay up to $200/leg just for one
bag each... they made 1 BILLION last year on those
new bag fees... Used to love them now so high they
are transport of last resort for me.
Charges are twice as high to book as some othere
A family of 4 can pay up to $200/leg just for one
bag each... they made 1 BILLION last year on those
new bag fees... Used to love them now so high they
are transport of last resort for me.
Aug 18th, 2011, 01:18 PM
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I have plenty of issues with Delta's Award program, but this isn't one of them. I think this might actually end up being a slight improvement, or at least neutral.
Did anyone read the link?
"Over the past year, more than 1,000,000 Award Tickets were reissued or canceled within 72 hours of departure. As a result, a significant number of these Award Seats departed unused as other members did not have time to rebook them. .... This change will make unused seats available to other members and ultimately increase Award Ticket availability"
Ok .. I am very cynical about the second part, because Delta doesn't seem motivated to improve it's award availability, or even make the availability viewable.
But ...with the previous policy someone could book an awards ticket, maybe even an allusive "low", not use the ticket, and without any penalty the miles would be redeposited. I don't think it's good for anyone, other FF's or Delta, to have those seats fly empty.
Honestly, what negative impact will this have for most of us? How many award flights have most of us had to cancel less than 72 hours before departure?
Oh, and I didn't read anywhere that Diamond or Platinums were excluded from this?
Did anyone read the link?
"Over the past year, more than 1,000,000 Award Tickets were reissued or canceled within 72 hours of departure. As a result, a significant number of these Award Seats departed unused as other members did not have time to rebook them. .... This change will make unused seats available to other members and ultimately increase Award Ticket availability"
Ok .. I am very cynical about the second part, because Delta doesn't seem motivated to improve it's award availability, or even make the availability viewable.
But ...with the previous policy someone could book an awards ticket, maybe even an allusive "low", not use the ticket, and without any penalty the miles would be redeposited. I don't think it's good for anyone, other FF's or Delta, to have those seats fly empty.
Honestly, what negative impact will this have for most of us? How many award flights have most of us had to cancel less than 72 hours before departure?
Oh, and I didn't read anywhere that Diamond or Platinums were excluded from this?
Aug 18th, 2011, 01:46 PM
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I'm with American's AAdvantage program, so this doesn't affect me.
Up until now, was there no penalty at all for redepositing Delta miles? If you purchased a ticket with money rather than miles, you'd pay a penalty for cancelling at the last minute (unless it were a fully flexible, fully refundable ticket). Why shouldn't it be the same with miles?
Up until now, was there no penalty at all for redepositing Delta miles? If you purchased a ticket with money rather than miles, you'd pay a penalty for cancelling at the last minute (unless it were a fully flexible, fully refundable ticket). Why shouldn't it be the same with miles?
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