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Question for you guys: I did a moderate amount of flying this year, and was targeted for 6 months of Delta Gold which ends in February of 2017. It's been pretty nice, to be honest, and the ability to switch my flight whenever I want is pretty great and convenient. I'm going to end up finishing the year with 52 segments on Delta (although can probably push that to 56 with another trip I have planned). I'm not sure exactly, but I'm probably going to fall a bit short of the dollar goal of $6k (probably less than $1k). Is it worth it for me to try to hit gold for next year instead of settling for Silver? I only really started flying a lot in August of this year and will have a similar schedule next year, with the caveat that I may move to a city where it's better for my to fly American, which I should know within the next few weeks. If that's the case, should I try to match status over at American?
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Looks like I'm finishing up the year with 60 segments and $5300 spent on Delta. I'm boned right? Can I buy $700 worth of Delta gift cards to get gold or something?
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Dec 12, 2016 05:33
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Residency Evil posted:Looks like I'm finishing up the year with 60 segments and $5300 spent on Delta. I'm boned right? Can I buy $700 worth of Delta gift cards to get gold or something? I'm assuming the answer to this is "No, and that's dumb?"
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Dec 13, 2016 03:53
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I'm currently Gold on Delta. There's a good chance I'm going to be moving to Philadelphia next summer, which is an American hub and has a fairly short (600 mile), direct flight I might be taking frequently (every 1-2 weeks) for a bit. This is a bad situation to be in, as I won't be racking up segments or miles, correct? American also seems to not care about segments for their match, right?
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Dec 23, 2016 18:27
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i fly airplanes posted:You're going to have to be specific about where you're flying to. Is direct flight the only option? If so, you may not have a choice. And if your employer is paying, you should be OK with the nonstop pricing premium. Ugh, that sounds worse than I thought. The route would be Philly to Louisville. I'd be paying for this out of pocket, so no employer to worry about. I'd keep flying delta but the direct flight sounds so great after dealing with connections for the past 6 months.
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Dec 24, 2016 12:20
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Seeing agents speak French for the CDG flight from SLC was also a highlight. 
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Midjack posted:Delta domestic flights eating a ground stop currently due to their computers loving up. Sitting here in Denver. It's not looking good.
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Jan 30, 2017 03:12
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ScooterMcTiny posted:Same in Los Angeles. Things finally started moving though. A bunch of flights have started boarding. Fffff canceled.
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Jan 30, 2017 05:10
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Booked out at 6am tomorrow. Christ what a cluster.
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Jan 30, 2017 05:44
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I posted about this a few months back, but now my FF status for the year cleared up. I currently live in the Midwest, and began traveling to Louisville, KY about every 2 weeks out of pocket midway through last year. Between that and some business travel, I racked up 60 segments on Delta for the year, but was just short of the minimum spend for Gold, so I'm stuck with Silver this year. I've got a few more months of this, at which point I'll be moving to Philadelphia (AA hub), and will have to travel from PHL - SDF every week or two (again), at least until the end of the year when my SO is able to move to Philadelphia. The bright side of this is that there are direct flights on American between the two, but unfortunately they won't always work out time wise, so I may be stuck making a connection. Anyone have any thoughts on how to best to travel between Philly and Louisville? Should I switch my travel to American Airlines starting now, or stick with Delta in Philly? Any credit cards I can get to make this transition easier?
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Feb 4, 2017 16:12
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Rex-Goliath posted:I've been flying into Minneapolis a lot lately and terminal 1 is ok but holy poo poo they must have passed all the sign design and positioning off onto the intern. Minneapolis is the worst Delta hub.
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Feb 16, 2017 03:52
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i fly airplanes posted:Absolutely not. Salt Lake City is way worse, by far. MSP is actually quite decent. I don't fly through Salt Lake much, but for Minneapolis I'm still traumatized by the time I ran from the end of A to somewhere in F, in dress shoes, like a crazy person, only to have the plane pull away in front of me as I got there. Minneapolis's layout is miserable compared to the greatness of Detroit. Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Feb 16, 2017 |
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Feb 16, 2017 04:42
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:LGA is the worst Delta hub BY FAR. See, I exclude NYC airports from the competition for worst because they have an excuse. Minneapolis has no excuse for its layout.
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Feb 16, 2017 23:52
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So for AA Platinum/Gold, do you only get upgraded if you use the vouchers, or do the vouchers just give you a guaranteed upgrade?
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Feb 19, 2017 23:58
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Arzakon posted:Thanks, hopefully I can fine one segment to upgrade and even if its 100K+ miles it will probably be worth it to me. I was going to have a nice relaxing $400 flight to Hong Kong for dim sum, cycling, and miles (maybe in that order) and that turned into SEA-HKG-SEA-DTW-GRU-ATL-NRT-SIN-NRT-SEA in 20 days. If I wasn't prepaid on my hotel in HK I'd consider cancelling that. With my rollover I'll make Platinum just on this ticket, and I haven't even started hitting Amex tiers yet.  Wait you're doing this on purpose?
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Feb 23, 2017 02:28
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i fly airplanes posted:These transatlantic fares have been absolutely insane as of late. I saw NYC to Paris for around $400 a few weeks ago. These are just for travel now, right? Summer fares seem to be the standard prices.
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Feb 23, 2017 21:42
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Delta you're going to connect through ATL (what), MSP (lots of backtracking), or DTW (again, not a great location). I love Delta more than the next guy but I'd trade some of the service level benefits of DL for actually getting me to my destination faster through... ORD. It's too early in the morning for jokes. Granted there's some great food there, so you'll at least be comfortable.
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Feb 24, 2017 12:43
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I flew 60 segments on Delta last year but missed the 6k spend by $500. I'm boned for silver versus gold right? They won't have pity on me?
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Feb 24, 2017 18:45
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I sure hope not. Your cost per segment was below $100? Midjack posted:rude creationist believer posted:If they let people who spend less than $6,000 before taxes on airfare get status benefits, what's next? Letting people dressed in business casual sit in first class? KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:i've become flyertalk Man, this long distance relationship is even worse than I thought it'd be. 
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Feb 24, 2017 20:59
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Yeah I had an awesome flight in beautiful weather out of Boston on Sunday and was glued to the window during the whole climb-out. The autistic part of me loves flying in/out of Chicago at night because of how well you can see the city grid lit up. Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Feb 28, 2017 |
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Feb 28, 2017 17:58
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I cannot wait until the last CRJ2 is retired. The rear end in a top hat in me takes secret pleasure in knowing that anyone who bring even a slightly large roller bag has to check it on CRJs.
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Mar 4, 2017 18:51
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What are you getting out of this adventure, other than a high probability of a DVT? Edit: In a plane postin about planes
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Mar 31, 2017 12:26
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I just added DTW - Get halfway to your destination - DTW to my list of travel experiences. Apparently something broke on the plane and they didn't want to leave it stranded not in Detroit. After being stuck in Delta's system wide shutdown earlier this year maybe it's a sign.
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Mar 31, 2017 23:18
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Arzakon posted:I just added pass out on the floor at DTW to mine. I'm part of this crazy thing? Get the brussel sprout pizza at Bigalora.
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Apr 1, 2017 00:09
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Got my first upgrade to first class since dropping to Silver on Delta. Just required me to be on a 1030pm flight that got delayed until 3am.
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Apr 4, 2017 17:01
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Last weekend I got delayed out of Detroit by three hours, took off, had to return to Detroit, switch planes, sit on the runway, and get in 5 hours late. On the return trip my 10pm flight out of Detroit got delayed until 3am. I'm flying through Detroit again next weekend. Hopefully things don't keep on melting down for Delta.
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Apr 9, 2017 19:57
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Is there any reason to choose American over Delta for their middle tier status? I like Delta's comfort plus seats for being closer to the front.
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Apr 10, 2017 11:57
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Water Resistant posted:Yeah, they may have had the right, but it's poo poo customer service. They should have picked someone else and/or paid way more to get someone else to volunteer. It was a Sunday flight, so I'm not surprised. $400 to arrive 2 hours later on a Friday? Sure. $800 to miss a day of work/have to cancel patients? No thanks.
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Apr 11, 2017 17:12
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I'm Group 6 tomorrow. I hate AA. One of the segments I fly most commonly will occasionally have a CRJ-200. 
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Apr 20, 2017 03:37
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Does Delta offer free upgrades to comfort plus on international routes to Europe?
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May 10, 2017 19:59
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Yes. PMs and DMs post immediately, if there's inventory GMs post 72 hours before and FO post 24 hours. Nice! That includes partners that are traveling with you now, right?
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May 10, 2017 23:19
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Noctone posted:If you rented through Avis by choice then you have no one to blame but yourself. Just rented a car through them in Milan for July. Should I be worried?
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May 22, 2017 17:50
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Motronic posted:I'm sorry to hear this my airport dwelling brotha. I can use these cards during delays? For reasons other than for buying beer to drown my anger?
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May 23, 2017 12:37
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Immanentized posted:Lounge access, broh. I've got a CSR but haven't actually signed up for priority pass. Iirc, PP lounges were kind of annoying to find/get to in places. Motronic posted:Yep. As mentioned lounge access. But also $500/night for accommodations and food for delays longer than 6 hours. This I need to look in to more. Out of curiosity, do any cards give you access to AA lounges? I'm a Delta guy now but may be switching to AA. Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 01:07 on May 24, 2017 |
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May 24, 2017 01:03
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Every time I read one of these itineraries I thank my lucky stars I didn't end up in consulting.
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Jun 2, 2017 02:15
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bolind posted:Flying out (economy, vacation, short haul) and my wife was supposed to go as well but had to bail due to illness. Went to the counter and politely informed them that she wouldn't be making it. Nice agent thanked me and said: "Let me check you in." I thought I was, but here I am in exit row window. I the land of the VBITs, the man with exit row window is king. Condolences on your divorce.
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Jun 22, 2017 03:36
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Delta: 25k MQMs, 24 MQS, $2300 MQD. Only one trip for business in there, and a few rewards flights, so I'm low compared to last year. FF programs are not made for short flights to/from the Midwest. Now I just have to figure out whether I like Delta enough to stick with them even though I'm moving to Philadelphia, an AA hub. Is American going to be terribly different with mid-tier status (Delta Gold)?
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Jul 4, 2017 14:13
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porkface posted:Nah these are hidden city throwaway stops. Company doesn't require them, however the booking agency likes them because money saved is a big part of their bottom line with us. For a start they can deny you boarding for your return trip and strand you. What kind of legitimate booking agency does this?
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Jul 10, 2017 23:10
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I'm looking at America FF levels. Do I have this right? 1. AA Platinum gets you MCE (equivalent of Delta Comfort Plus?) at booking versus as an upgrade, like on Delta. 2. For AA Platinum/Gold, I'll never get an upgrade on my most common flight (PHL - SDF), since it's just over 500 miles. 3. I'd need to use 2 upgrade tickets for that flight, since each ticket only counts for 500 miles. 4. I'll need to fly PHL-SDF 50x round trip to qualify for Platinum for next year (not counting other travel). Do I have all of that right?
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Jul 13, 2017 20:20
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Is "priority" seating or any other benefit with any of the American Airlines credit cards worth it? Looks like I'm going to be trying to do a status match for American. Is it similar to the Delta credit cards, which give you zone 1 but not Sky (or whatever the American equivalent is)?
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You guys are making me second guess switching, although going from connections to direct flights is hard to pass up.
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Jul 26, 2017 03:06
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