{"id":9847,"date":"2014-02-25T12:41:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T20:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=9847"},"modified":"2014-02-25T12:41:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T20:41:10","slug":"delta-air-lines-end-upgrades-laxsfosea-new-york-transcontinental-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/02\/25\/delta-air-lines-end-upgrades-laxsfosea-new-york-transcontinental-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta Air Lines to End Upgrades for LAX\/SFO\/SEA \u2013 New York Transcontinental Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delta.com\/content\/www\/en_US\/skymiles\/about-skymiles\/news-and-updates.smt-diamond.html\" target=\"_blank\">Delta Air Lines<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>We are pleased to announce that beginning March 1, 2014, Medallion Complimentary Upgrades will be available on flights between Hawaii and Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, or Seattle. But in light of significant investments in our coast-to-coast BusinessElite\u00ae experience, which include premium amenities like fully flat-bed seats, Westin Heavenly\u00ae In-Flight Bedding, on-demand entertainment, and premium dining, we will no longer offer Medallion Complimentary Upgrades on flights between New York-JFK and Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle beginning March 1, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>See the full press release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delta.com\/content\/www\/en_US\/skymiles\/about-skymiles\/news-and-updates.smt-diamond.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Well, this is another Delta devaluation that I didn\u2019t see coming. One of the best things about Delta Air Lines is their BusinessElite product from the west coast to New York\u2019s Kennedy airport and Medallions (even Silver) had a shot of complimentary Medallion upgrades on this route. As of March 1, 2014, no more upgrades (not even on award tickets) for Medallion members.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Delta Air Lines, We are pleased to announce that beginning March 1, 2014, Medallion Complimentary Upgrades will be available on flights between Hawaii&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[148,49,50],"tags":[1329,241,2580,2581,742,494],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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