Delta just announced this week that starting this coming June they will be flying a new configuration A350 between ATL and JNB and also ATL and CPT. Each route will have their own dedicated flights. The new configuration removes about 30 main cabin economy seats, removes one row of premium select seats and adds several new Delta One seats. By doing this new configuration they stated that it would lighten the planes enough that they would have no take off issues from the higher and hotter JNB flights and have plenty of fuel capacity. They would also not have to leave some of the cargo behind as they have had to do occasionally in the past on certain hot days. By adding more high ticket Delta One seating it will make up for the lost revenue from taking out the economy seats. My guess is we will see economy seating ticket prices go up in price as well, probably all seats included. Comfort + seating numbers remain the same. Bad news though for those who liked to grab the 40J and 40A economy seats that had no seat in front of them so had extra leg room. Those seats were removed in the new configuration Delta stated.
Not sure if anyone has looked at pricing as of now but Delta One is upwards of 13k and premium select I have seen as high as $4900 for flights throughout the summer months, South Africa's winter. But the real kicker is actually the miles required to purchase an award ticket. If you go in August 2024, the main cabin is 620k in miles for a roundtrip flight. Comfort + is 688k miles, premium select is 714k miles and delta one is 841k miles. But wait, there's more
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One small correction here, that is a round trip from SLC so there is a small added expense for that additional flight to Atlanta.