Delta Airlines

[Jenna Lyons]

I know you can't select seats with Basic Economy, which is why I want to get Main Cabin tickets. Do you get that choice while booking through the Disney site or is Main Cabin the standard when booking through Disney? Thanks!

 

[AquamarineSteph]

I'm not sure what you mean about booking through the Disney site for Delta airlines?

 

[Jimsig]

I'm not sure what you mean about booking through the Disney site for Delta airlines?

You can book your airline reservations when making your reservation for a package on the Disney site

 

[AngiTN]

I never, ever want to book with the Disney site. For just this reason, you loose so much control over the reservation. And you aren't saving anything. Out of curiosity, why are you not going direct to Delta?

 

[Jimsig]

I know you can't select seats with Basic Economy, which is why I want to get Main Cabin tickets. Do you get that choice while booking through the Disney site or is Main Cabin the standard when booking through Disney? Thanks!

Unfortunately I don't know the answer. You can always make a mock booking on the Disney site and see if it gives you an option of cabins. If not proceed with the mock booking both with and without the airline portion and note the prices. Then go to the Delta site and see how much they are getting for the same flights for the Basic Economy and the Main Cabin. You should be able to figure out what seat the Disney site will give you.

IMO if the price from the Disney site is the same as Delta book directly with the airline. That way you are in control of the airline reservation if there is an issue. If any sort of change etc has to be made sometimes the airline will refer you to the travel agent, in this case Disney and you have to deal with them first. You would then have to get in touch with Disney who would call the airline etc. If you control the reservation you are not dealing with a middle man. Not only that it makes it easier if you want to spread out paying for the trip over different credit cards etc.

Let us know what you find out about what class of ticket you could book through Disney as I am sure others will be interested.

 

[Jimsig]

I never, ever want to book with the Disney site. For just this reason, you loose so much control over the reservation. And you aren't saving anything. Out of curiosity, why are you not going direct to Delta?

Excatly

 

[AngiTN]

Let us know what you find out about what class of ticket you could book through Disney as I am sure others will be interested.

Yeah, I'm curious myself. Not that I would do it, as I said, I can't give up control of things (I don't use a TA for this reason as it is) but I am curious about how they do it. And why quite honestly. I guess for some it's just easier

 

[Jimsig]

Yeah, I'm curious myself. Not that I would do it, as I said, I can't give up control of things (I don't use a TA for this reason as it is) but I am curious about how they do it. And why quite honestly. I guess for some it's just easier

I have a feeling it is the basic economy that you get booked into.

I def get the easier part. If on the off off chance that it was much cheaper through the Disney Site I probably would get it that way, but I'm like you, I want the control. I also don't use a TA, but then again I'm lucky that I have family that is a CM and get a discount on the room

I have a friend who I have told numerous time to use Orbitz etc to check prices but to always book directly through the airline. He will then text me a great price he got from say Expedia that was $75.00 cheaper then the airline but then text back saying wait a min, it just went up $75.00 when I clicked book. I tell him that some of those online agencies tend to keep the old prices up until you click book and then tell you the prices just happened to go up. I say it's bait and switch but of course they claim the prices went up as the airline ran out of seats at the lower price point as you were booking. Funny it has never happened to me when booking directly with the airline. One year he booked with Expedia and had an issue think his flight time changed and he would not make his connection, he called the airline and of course they told him to contact Expedia. Called Expedia and was on hold over 30 min waiting for them to answer, had to get back to work so he called later, again on hold for almost 30 with Expedia. The change took 10 min once the airline was involved. He cost himself over an hour of his time as if he had booked with the airline it would have taken 10 min.

 

[AngiTN]

Tell them to try Google Flights instead. I find they are spot on with pricing

I bet you are right, I bet they do give cheapest fare, which will be basic. Eh, I've decided if it's just me and DH, I'm ok not sitting next to him. We are next to each other all the time, we can manage on an airplane
But I do prefer knowing my seat in advance if I'm not on Southwest, just makes traveling less stressful in general

 

[Jenna Lyons]

Thank you all so much for your responses! The reason why I book everything through the Disney site is because I am such a stressed traveler and this makes it easier for me. All my reservations are in one place and then if something happens to my flight, I know I will still be able to get the Magic Express. Clearly I am overthinking it if you all booked the flight separately and were fine! I am booking today so I will let you know how I make out

 

[bumbershoot]

All my reservations are in one place and then if something happens to my flight, I know I will still be able to get the Magic Express.

Magical Express (included service between airport and resorts and back) can be reserved even if you don't have a flight at all. You don't have to book flights through Disney to get it.

 

[FCDub]

Definitely book your flight separately, directly through the airline (not through Priceline, Expedia, etc.)

Use those comparison sites to research, then book directly with the airline.

 

[AngiTN]

Thank you all so much for your responses! The reason why I book everything through the Disney site is because I am such a stressed traveler and this makes it easier for me. All my reservations are in one place and then if something happens to my flight, I know I will still be able to get the Magic Express. Clearly I am overthinking it if you all booked the flight separately and were fine! I am booking today so I will let you know how I make out

Oh goodness. You actually make it so much harder on yourself to book it through a package like that.
Use Google Flights to price out who has the best flight for your parameters then go to that airline directly to book. That way, if you have issues you work directly with the airline. That is the ONLY way to book airfare

 

[Kaytie]

Oh goodness. You actually make it so much harder on yourself to book it through a package like that.
Use Google Flights to price out who has the best flight for your parameters then go to that airline directly to book. That way, if you have issues you work directly with the airline. That is the ONLY way to book airfare

More ways Google Flights is advantageous http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/google-flights-tips-tricks_us_58062e82e4b0b994d4c1675a

 

[AngiTN]

Something else I've found using Google Flights, it makes it easy to see which airline has the lowest fare for each leg. One trip I flew down on one airline and back on another. Round trip on a single airline was way more money. I'd have never picked up on it had I been pricing it out on the airlines separately. But Google Flights showed me right off the bat