Originally Posted by
p3flteng
Any of you guys use the "fly confirmed" option in travel net? My daughter needs to get somewhere for college on a certain day, and there in no wiggle room in the schedule, she needs a confirmed seat. I looked 2 weeks ago and the rate was about 325 coast to coast. Now its just shy of 500! Talk about the company beating up its employees over a supposed benefit! The online travel sites: expedia, travelocity, ect have better numbers than that! It really kinda ****es me off that the price for our supposed "benefit" has gone up as the time gets closer to departure date. As the dates get closer the numbers get higher on the public sites, but I think its wrong to jack it up and do the same to us employees.
Fly confirmed and fly confirmed for less, equals a fail as a benefit.
Rant over.
Try this:
Find the lowest fare on delta.com
Except for a few select routes, Delta typically has a pretty competitive fare.
Once you are satisfied with the lowest possible fare on Delta.com plug those flights into the "Fly Confirmed for even less" template in TravelNet.
BTW:
"Fly confirmed for less" is a joke because while it makes it sound the tickets are "refundable," unless the base fare before discount is refundable, the "fly confirmed for less" is also non-refundable.
Unless you are buying a full fare refundable fare, just go for the "fly confirmed for even less" option
I've saved about $800 to fly my family of four across the Atlantic to see the Grandparents...
Cheers
George
P.S. I'd be happy to pay a $500/year "access" fee to once a year get positive space "vacation passes" for my family.