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Should I book economy on Air France / Delta for 57.5 points + $210 taking advantage of the chase 25% transfer bonus, then hope to snag a deal on business upgrade closer to the flight. Or forgo the April promotion and track flights to jump on a future business class deal? TIA

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Is the above via Flying Blue or Delta? Seems pricing for economy to the point where I’d see what positioning to somewhere else in Italy might warrant better value.

As for hard product: 359 > 333. Deltas 330-300 are old product. 359 is much newer (age + wear and tear). AF doesn’t typically operate their 330’s to the us market. AF’s 359 has new product + j = to United Polaris

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Yeah I completely get that. Ran in to the exact same issue for my trip this July. Majority of the trip will be in Italy but our last night we are flying to Düsseldorf because I found (2) J on KLM back to the states for 50k each. So we’re leaving Italy, staying at the Sheraton at the Düsseldorf airport and flying home the next AM.

+1 additional flight and points for the hotel stay BUT decided it was worth it

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