Yesterday I posted about the concerning change to the FAQs of the Delta SkyMiles program. Sometime over the past year the FAQs were changed from this: "CAN I COMBINE CABIN TYPES AND/OR AWARD LEVELS IN A SINGLE AWARD TICKET? Yes. SkyMiles members have the ability to combine Economy, First, Business and BusinessElite® Class into one…
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They need to drop that surcharge for Europe origination. They should add a requirement for a US address or something like that if they are concerned about cannibalizing Flying Blue.
Surprise and delight are the first two words that spring to mind with Skymiles awards.
I guess, some people guessed this was Delta's intent in yesterday's comments. So not horrible but ex-Europe charge is quite ridiculous still.
Besides the surcharge issue there's also the matter of award change/cancellation fees. Two awards means paying the fee twice if you need to cancel the whole trip, for example.
@Christian: Surprised that an award is available and delighted when it doesn't take all the miles in your account to book it? 😉
And yet, not true. I've booked TWO award trips to Europe this year for travel this year. Each round trip flies to Europe in business class and returns main cabin. Not two one ways, and no huge surcharge from Europe. A single trip with two classes of service. Had to call customer service to do it, but no problem at all.