Oh… there’s tax too, which brings it to $39.
Shucks.
But bear in mind it costs you $25 to check one bag in on an economy ticket.
You get three bags free in First Class. And you avoid other nuisance fees. And lines. Etc, etc.
Sure, we are talking about a two-hour domestic flight here. But the surcharge is no less generous—relatively—on longer domestic flights with this surprising scheme.
Some of the detective work that discovered it is here (relax non-geeks, the blue mess is translated in our latest cover story):
And the airline?
Delta, bless ’em.
I find their very systematic way of selling upgrades (so discreetly it seems) quite fascinating.
Hence Master Delta’s Six-Tier Upgrade Scheme for Domestic First Class and Upgrade for Peanuts… starts July’s First Class Flyer.
Worth a read if you fly domestically and like me aspire to a higher style for a modest surcharge.