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Planning my D1 upgrade strategy

The situation: Mid-November flights to/from Haneda.

Current purchase: Premium Select.

Outbound: SEA to HND daytime flight following a 3-hour layover. Currently 11 of the 32 D1 seats still available. Upgrade cost about $4100.

Inbound: HND to SEA late evening-departure preceding a 4-hour morning layover. 14 of the 32 D1 seats still available, upgrade cost around $3800.

Status: Platinum.

I've never flown Premium Select, and I've never flown to Asia, so I'm "flying blind," so to speak. I assume Premium Select is basically the same as Domestic First Class, which is usually too uncomfortable for me to sleep in.

My current thought is to just cope on the outbound flight, since it's daytime I probably won't be sleeping anyway, but when I get to SeaTac ask the gate agent if they have any opportunities for me to buy D1 on the return flight.

So I'm here to ask two questions:

Is D1 really that much better than Premium Select? And is Premium Select really no better than Domestic First Class?
Anyone have a good idea on how to approach their unsold inventory? I'm guessing I want D1 if possible but I'm still not sure I can mentally handle $3500-$4000 for the least comfortable hotel room I've ever been in.

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u/Mundane-Land6733 — 10 days ago

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Delta flights from JFK TO CATANIA Sicily OR CTA WARNING!!

Flights DL244 & DL245

I’ve been doing this route back and forth since inception. So have many of my friends and relatives. Its first class is crazy expensive (in money or points) and the food is beyond terrible! * Also, at these prices we don’t get an airbus or new plane. The plane is old, DIRTY, small, TV’s are the size of my cellphone, seats are so slim even when they are laying flat!

The menu hasn’t changed either! ( as a diamond member I have complained each time.) Same short ribs, chicken or fish they never seem to have! Don’t order vegan / vegetarian/ Halal or Kosher, they are the same… some rice beans and veggies that stink up the plane! The flight attendants felt so badly that they gave me free miles on the spot for those! They knew it was disgusting and were so helpful. I bring my own food now.

Lastly, be prepared to change your schedule as Mt Etna has been moody this summer! They closed the airport and diverted flights but this is no fault of Delta of course.
Good luck out there!

u/Future-Shoe-713 — 11 days ago

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Painting in the CVG Sky Club…where is it now?

My wife is in CVG today headed home and I asked her to check in the Sky Club in Concourse B there for a big painting that was on the wall. I think the first time I saw it there would have been in 1997. Unfortunately, it’s been removed during one of the renovations but I don’t know when that happened because I’ve not been to CVG in I believe 7 years now and I honestly don’t remember if it was there then or not. I liked the painting so much I took a picture (not the picture in the post here) of it years ago and my grandmother did an oil painting (that is the picture is this post) that was similar but not totally identical. I’m just curious if any of the CVG folks might know who painted it or where it went to since it’s no longer in the club. Any ideas?

Edit: the painting in the picture is not the original. It is the one my grandmother painted back in 2002.

u/TraderShan — 11 days ago

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Premium Select- food allergy

I booked a premium select seat on a flight from ATL to CPT. I usually submit for a gluten free meal but they are usually bad and many times I think I could've made due with what was on the trays (I'm non-Celiac). I know premium select has different food than regular economy or comfort plus. Does anyone know if the gf meals are the same regardless of where I'm sitting or if the premium select special request meals are better? Just trying to weigh my options of rolling the dice with the options on board (with plenty of snacks) or asking for the gf meal.

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u/Ok-Interview-667 — 11 days ago