Delta made a pretty major change to the SkyMiles program last week, whereby they no longer priced stopovers on award tickets. This didn't just apply on delta.com, but also for reservations made by phone. Delta quickly clarified that this was as a result of changes to the IT of Delta SkyMiles, clearly in preparation for…
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Lucky, have you noticed any problems with booking VS awards on Delta.com? Several times I've selected VS flights, but gotten error messages if VS flights are included in the itinerary. Looking from IAD, if that matters.
@ Brian L. -- Yep, though sadly it's nothing new. They've long shown phantom space and then it gives that error message. 🙁
I know delta doesn't allow 1way booking until Jan 1 2015, is there anyway around that? I see space on a LAX-SYD available now. Is it possible to book a roundtrip now and change it to an 1 way and get a credit back on the miles?
Now that Delta might formally eliminate stopovers on awards, and the combined AAdvantage won't allow stopovers on awards, I'm worried that will set a precedent for the other frequent flyer programs. It would make MileagePlus the only major US-based frequent flyer program to still allow stopovers on awards. Do you think we have anything to worry about?
@ will -- Not entirely sure how that will work, to be honest. In theory if you made changes it would price out at the new one-way price, but who knows how the Delta computers are going to handle that.
@ Brandon -- Yep, but there will hopefully be other opportunities at that point!
Did Virgin Australia award space disappear from Delta.com ? I can't seem to find them even on flexible day mode.
Thank you