When it comes to devaluing award programs, Delta is unrivaled in the airline space (Hilton does it’s best to keep up in the overall loyalty stakes). They first removed their award chart, now they devalue the program regularly without notice. US Credit Card Guide noticed that pricing on award flights to China has actually decreased. Here are the changes:
| Old Pricing | New Pricing | |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 40,000 | 35,000 |
| Business | 95,000 | 85,000 |
I wonder if this is actually another mistake, or perhaps promotion awards have been loaded in without the announcement of the promotion yet? If Delta is lowering prices, something must be going on.
“If Delta is lowering prices, something must be going on.”
My favorite part of the whole article!
It’s for Skyteam partners, not for Delta operating flights.
i think xiamen airlines is a delta partner, those flights cost under $300 one way from west coast to asia, tbh 40k points on airlines arent worth what they used to be worth with low cost asia-pacific carriers such like china eastern etc;
Slightly off topic, but I used Delta miles for intra-China travel last year, and it was a great deal. Ended up taking business class everywhere because it was only slightly more miles than economy.
Not anymore, they devalued that region quietly late last year.
Did Delta always pass along the YQ going from JFK to PVG? It’s 85k miles for and $234.00 YQ for business.
EDIT: After a little searching it appears they always had YQ.
Can i ask for a price match?
Always worth a try
My parents round trip from sea to china costs only 450ish per person.
Hmmm, I think it always was 35K? I have tickets from 16 which shows similar price…
*its*
One day I’ll get it right, fixed it :).
delta is shameless, and changes their award price all the time..