Flying Delta? Reminded: keep an eye on your flights!

[14Accent]

Upcoming flight MSP-SLC and back, originally booked Comfort+ both ways. After a few weeks, the price of First for the outbound dropped from over $300/pp to $140/pp, so I jumped on it as my partner hasn't flown in a LONG time and this will be our first "trip" together.

Fast forward to today, I pull up the app to check F prices for the return flight just in case and bam! I see the price of C+ has dropped by $50/pp. The app allows you to "change" to the same flight and immediately processes an eCredit for future use, so that's exactly what I did.

I'll be keeping a close eye on F prices for our return flight now that I've got $100 in Delta money to play with. The flights aren't until May, so fingers crossed the loads stay light and Delta keeps lowering the fares.

 

[FowVay]

Upcoming flight MSP-SLC and back, originally booked Comfort+ both ways.

Flying Delta... how long is your layover in Atlanta? I tease!!

 

[tbm5690]

Flying Delta... how long is your layover in Atlanta? I tease!!

He has a direct flight.

 

[14Accent]

Flying Delta... how long is your layover in Atlanta? I tease!!

Thank god it's a direct flight! Unfortunately, Delta is the ONLY way to get from MSP to SLC without a connection, and boy do they know it. I could have gotten there quite a bit cheaper by taking United through Denver, but forget all that. A couple extra dollars to avoid connections is worth it in most cases.

 

[FowVay]

He has a direct flight.

Yes, yes... it was said in jest. Here in Atlanta we tease that even if you're going to heaven you'll have a layover in Atlanta. It's a Delta joke.

 

[Dave Hess]

Thank god it's a direct flight! Unfortunately, Delta is the ONLY way to get from MSP to SLC without a connection, and boy do they know it. I could have gotten there quite a bit cheaper by taking United through Denver, but forget all that. A couple extra dollars to avoid connections is worth it in most cases.

I will pay $300 extra just to avoid a connecting flight.

There’s been a few times I was running to connecting flight and just made it a few minutes before they closed the door.

 

[14Accent]

I will pay $300 extra just to avoid a connecting flight.

There’s been a few times I was running to connecting flight and just made it a few minutes before they closed the door.

It wasn't quite that much of a price delta between my flight and a cheaper option with a connection, but it was close. I was happy to pay extra to both A: fly direct with an airline I know and trust and B: get the flight timing I wanted that would minimize travel time and maximize vacation time.

If I were traveling solo, it would be a totally different story. I actually enjoy airports and flying, so when I'm on my own sometimes I'll fly a longer route and pad my own timing to/from the airport just because I find it fun.