India-based Jet Airways changed up their North America routes early last year, given that the airline has been bleeding money for a long time. The airline used to have a mini-hub in Brussels, and operated flights from Newark and Toronto to Brussels, with connecting flights to Delhi and Mumbai. In theory it seemed like an…
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Looking at paid tickets, economy one way tickets within India are usually less than $100. I see this as more valuable CREDITING the miles to Delta rather than redeeming.
The scissor hub at AMS looks like great marketing until you realize the competition flies NONSTOP from DEL to JFK EWR ORD SFO YYZ YVR and NONSTOP from BOM to EWR YYZ.
@henry Yeah but the nonstops cost way more than the one stop. This winter US-India returns where 2500 USD in economy on the nonstop and 1200 for a onestop.
@Andrew I tried using AA miles for flights within India during this winter break but most were 100 dollars and 20000 miles. Did not make sense to burn miles for 100 dollar tickets. I dont get a lot of vacation days else I was sorely tempted to just go round and round India on 100 dollar tickets racking up 1500 miles for each ticket. A cost of 6 cents per mile but very valuable from the segments perspective.
I visit friends and family in India fairly regularly and being able to credit the mileage to Delta makes a big difference, especially since the earning is based on distance flown. Being able to fly business class from Doha to India and vice versa for ~$400 is too good to pass up, too! 😀
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I guess UA doesn't really care about 9W since they now partner with AI (but 9W is so much better than AI)
I liked the pic of seating arrangments. 🙂 And i will share this post with my business friends who often who m i connected to on business portals like IndiaBizCLub
Totally agree with @Andrew. This could be a cool way to rack up Delta miles and status outside the typical SkyTeam choices, but the redemptions are not the least bit tempting. Found a particularly bad one searching for my onward travel from Mumbai on an upcoming trip: 65,000 miles for one way business class to Bangkok -- a 3,100 mile barely 4 and a half hour flight! No way would I burn up *even* Delta miles on such a bad value redemption.
Travel within India using aa miles is 10k coach / 17.5k business. Great deal sometimes (Leh in July, or long connecting flights).
Only a handful of airports in India are loaded into Delta's computer. I was going to book some last-minute intra-India flights and would need to call in. As long as I'm calling I'll call AA since it's fewer miles, but would likely have used more DL miles had the airport been bookable on DL's site and avoided making any call.