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quick question for the frequent flyers inside & thanks!

Posted by JenBro Jan 19 '16, 09:49

so - for my November trip - my brother is donating miles to upgrade our tickets to business class

Delta is the airline

our travel agent that handles things is saying that the ticket to be upgraded has to be a "qualifying fare" and the cost for that is higher than just a regular coach fare ticket ($5,400 vs $2,400) what?

I have never used miles - have no clue how it all works really. But it kinda sounds like my ticket will cost me 3000 dollars more - plus whatever miles my brother kicks in - to have us in business class on the trip.

for a long flight like that - totally worth it right?

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is the flight on Delta or a code share? - znufrii Jan 19, 09:56 1
- El Al does this. It often doesn't even cost more to get seat sale in Business . -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 10:00
Yes, delta just changed their rules and you basically can only upgrade one class. - iSpam Jan 19, 09:56 2
- Thanks for this ... I wonder if there's another airline to consider? -- nm - JenBro Jan 19, 09:56 1
  - FWIW, here are Deltas rules and you can see the ticket class codes that qualify. - iSpam Jan 19, 10:01
wait, where are you flying? $5400 for coach, anywhere, is INSANE. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 09:54 10
- For full fare economy during high season it's not completely crazy. -- nm - iSpam Jan 19, 09:58 4
  - yeah, but who in their right mind pays full fare economy? -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 10:01 1
    - If you want to get upgraded you do now. -- nm - iSpam Jan 19, 10:02
  - i suppose, especially with the different legs. but, personally i would not spend $3000 grand more. You can do a lot of things there for that money. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 09:59 1
    - I feel the same way Andie -- nm - JenBro Jan 19, 10:08
- to New Zealand - flight back from Austraila with stop in Fiji -- (edited) - JenBro Jan 19, 09:56 3
  - seriously, give me dates for your legs. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 09:57 2
    - OK :) we're on a package trip - and here's the flights I'd need - JenBro Jan 19, 10:13 1
      - The best I could do quickly was $2,151 with some pretty bad stopovers. Play with this tool to see. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 19, 10:32
- word. Must be flying the same airline as znu is getting for his heat pump -- nm - Beaker Jan 19, 09:55
Oh, for such a long haul, I'd say it's definitely worth it. But I'd consult the experts on the whole "qualifying fare" thing. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 09:52 1
- yeah - that struck me as odd too - so figured I'd crowd source it here in case anyone has Delta experience -- nm - JenBro Jan 19, 09:54
oh - and trip is to Aus/NewZealand/Fiji -- nm - JenBro Jan 19, 09:50

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