January 25, 2011

Summary of Award booking class for Delta and all its partners

Delta has so many partners and most of them has different award booking class, which caused Delta award even harder to use. I am giving out a summary of Delta and their partner all award booking class, so it may give you a idea to tell agent which class to look for! If you know the missing one, please add on.

	Economy	International Biz	2 cabin first/Biz
Delta	N	O	R
Aeroflot	X	O
Aeromexico	U	C for all except R to NRT
Air Europa	note 1	Z(2)
Air France	X	O
Air Tahiti	W	I
Alaska	W		A
Aitalia	U	Z
Avianca	Z	A
China Southern	O	I	P(3)
China Eastern	I	D	A(3)
Czech Airline	E	Z
China Airline	S	O
Gol Airline	I	X
Hawaii Airline	T	D
Jet Airways	X	D
Kenya Airways	W	see note 4
KLM	W	O(see note5)
Korean Air	U	D
Kingfisher	R	Z
Malyasia Air	T	I
Tarom	X	Z
V Australia	note 6	Z
Vinantem	U	J

1 if I remember correctly, Air Europa also changed Economy award booking class, but forget code
2 changed from P to Z, many agents don’t know this
3 You can not use Delta miles for 2 cabin MU/CZ domestic first class
4I had feeling this may change to O
5 Award changed to O class from D class, some agents don’t know this
6 never booked before, so unknow

Look at the chart, unlike *A, which has nearly uniform award booking class for all carriers. Of course it will make award so hard to use.

Posted by Troy under Award redemption, Delta | 3 Comments to Read