The initial award cost isn't surprising given that it's the first flight with a new product, but we hope Delta will start to
release some saver level award seats to make redeeming SkyMiles worth it.
Not exact matches
Airlines balance a multitude of different factors when deciding how many
award seats to
release at the low
level (
saver) and higher
levels.
The airline
releases more business class
award seats at the
saver redemption
level than economy seats.
That was pretty unfortunate, given that Virgin Australia is the airline which
releases the most premium cabin
saver level award space between the US and Australia, making it one of the best uses of SkyMiles.