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Book Alitalia Award Space on Delta.com

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 2, 2013December 9, 2016 4 Comments

Booking Alitalia award space just got a lot easier using Delta Skymiles with the rollout of online booking at delta.com.

Even yesterday I had to call Delta to book an Alitalia award and let me tell you–it was never an easy process. For whatever reason, Delta telephone agents cannot see Alitalia award seats–they had to be requested manually and many agents either did not know how to do this or just plain refused. Hopefully all of this is behind us now.

Alitalia is not one of the world’s leading carriers, but it does offer an exceptional onboard cuisine (a pasta course with every dinner in Magnifica class!) and its A330 lie-flat business class seats are very well received by my clients. Longhaul business class award availability is not great–and it will be more competitive now with space displaying on delta.com–but you’ll find a number of flights with two or three seats available if you book early. Most flights only have one seat available if any at all. I find that unlike many carriers who release unsold seats as the departure date draws near, space dries up close-in on Alitalia longhaul flights. Intra-Europe business class space and economy class space is generally good.

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An economy class ticket from the continental USA to Europe is 60K r/t while business class is 100K r/t. Delta levies no fuel surcharges for trips originating in the U.S. so you’re looking at taxes of about $50 for a r/t to Rome–a very good deal.

If you originate in Europe, though–you’ll be hit with taxes and fuel surcharges approximating $300 each way. Intra-Europe flights also carriers a fuel surcharge if originating in Europe.

Keep in mind that in addition to Delta you can book Alitalia space using the Air France/KLM Flying Blue program (be warned if going to Africa), meaning your AMEX points are particularly valuable for Alitalia. If you do not have an American Express card, the best non-targeted offer available now is the The Platinum Card® from American Express.

With Air France and KLM no longer a viable Skymiles option, Alitalia is one of the few remaining carriers to secure award space to Europe for a reasonable amount of Skymiles. With Korean Airlines and now Alitalia award space available for online booking at delta.com, Delta is at least making it somewhat easier to deal with an award program that could never be defined as user friendly.

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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4 Comments

  1. choi Reply
    March 3, 2013 at 3:07 pm

    Mathew, whats the best way to check award availability for Vietnam Airlines ?, is it possible on Delta.com ?

    thanks

  2. Rocky / DoubleWides Fly Reply
    March 3, 2013 at 7:40 pm

    @Choi search it via the flying blue/klm/AF websites

  3. Harold Goldring Reply
    July 1, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    MATTHEW: In 3 months, my wife and I will have a total of 250M Delta miles and we want to visit Israel in 2014 using these miles for a RTrip in business class. My wife and I are “senior seniors” and neither of us can handle the details of working with Delta Skymiles to achieve our goal of both the RTrip as well as a stop over on the way home in Rome or Madrid (using Delta partners). Other than going to a travel agency, is there a reasonably priced website you could suggest that could handle this for us? Our dates are flexible and not within range of any major Jewish religous holiday: to Israel in late Oct and return in early Nov – flexible dates and length of stay (up to two weeks).
    Appreciated your site (first visit). Thanx, Harold G

  4. Matthew Reply
    July 1, 2013 at 5:43 pm

    Dear Harold,

    You might wish to check out my own full-service award consulting service at http://www.upgrd.com/award for help on your trip. Getting saver seats is essential and with 1hr+ hold times with Delta, I think it is well worth your time/money to have us handle it.

    Best,
    Matthew

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