Delta's #1 Pilot Retires
http://www.ajc.com/news/business/sen...g-dream/nWmZn/ I had the pleasure of flying with him on the inaugural SYD-LAX flight several years ago. Sounds like he enjoyed a great career. Was anyone on the...
View ArticleDenver Wx Cancellations
What time will DL start canceling Sat's DEN flights due to forecasted snowstorm? Looks like no DL flts are canceled yet. SWA has already canceled almost all flts for tomorrow AM. UAL has canceled about...
View ArticlePDX-(AS)-LAX-(DL)-JFK-(SV)-JED-(SV)-DAC, Is this valid award route?
With help from this forum, now I can search for low tier PDX-DAC(Dhaka, Bangladesh) R/T tickets with a stopover in JED (Jeddah). I looked for each segment and low tier seats are available. I am...
View ArticleNot Upgrade Eligible for domestic K segment?
I just purchased a trip SFO-DTW-CMH-ATL-SFO. (3/15-3/17 DL854/6117/1695/1749). When I was on the purchase flow at the "trip summary" stage (before the "enter passenger info" step), it showed "not...
View ArticleUSS Monitor Sailors Fly DL on Final Trip
Two sailors who died aboard the USS Monitor in 1862 were buried yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery. Pic here clearly shows who they flew into IAD. (Had they asked here, we'd have told them that...
View ArticleWaitlisted Business (OP)?
I've read as many of the SWU/Award UG threads, but still confused on this. How can you tell if you are on the waitlist for SWU or miles UG?? The segments I'm waitlisted on say Business (OP). I upgraded...
View ArticleWhich 767s (international) are fully lie-flat in biz class?
Delta's Web site just says 767-300 for GRU-DTW and 767-400 for GRU-ATL. Seat maps for both show 1-2-1 seating. I looked at Seatguru and Seatexpert and I THINK both are lie-flat. I tried phoning Delta...
View ArticleSkyclub question
Hello everyone, I got my wife and a couple of friends award business class tickets to SJU later this summer. I will be joining the group there, but we are wondering if the will have access to the...
View ArticleCould these flights possibly be that full?
The TLV-JFK route uses a 747-400. It has 286 Y seats, 42 EC seats, and 48 BE seats. I just took a look at the delta.com seat maps my two upcoming flights (about 2 months away). DL 269, May 7, TLV-JFK,...
View ArticleDL Schedule Mess
DL is canceling all morning flights to ATL from SAN effective March 13. 6:55 and 8 am are gone. Lost my connections to Europe next Saturday, and teh only thing they could do is to put us on the LAX-ATL...
View Articleflights cancelled... tul-atl 1667, 6:05 am, okc-atl 1540, 6:00 am
flights cancelled... tul-atl 1667, 6:05 am, March 15 okc-atl 1540, 6:00 am, March 15 atl-iah 1675, 11:05 am, March 29 dca-atl 1739, 6:00 pm, March 17 ExpertFlyer indicates "flight cancelled". Delta...
View ArticleIs there a penalty for sneaking a pet on board?
Or "Do You Know Who My Pet Is?" If not, there should be.
View ArticleSkyClub - HPN Westchester?
Is there a SkyClub at HPN, or at least a communal lounge that different airlines' club members can utilize?
View ArticlePreserving Inventory?
Hi all, I was just curious, if I book a flight that starts at a different airport (say Chicago for example) when I already have a fare from Minneapolis booked in T. If I change it, will they be able to...
View ArticleAtlanta Airport Gate App
I sat next to someone on a plane a few weeks ago who had an App for his phone that allowed him to look and see where a plane coming into a particulr gate in ATL was coming from. Anyone who flies...
View ArticlePsyche behind seat selection
Hi all! I'm headed back to LHR via JFK tomorrow evening. In looking at the seat map, there are many open rows throughout the Economy section, although EC has filled up other than two middle seats. I'm...
View ArticleLooking to Hire Help for Awards Booking
I've seen some Travel Pro blogs where services were offered at a rate of $200-ish or $75 per hour to book Skymiles front cabin travel at reasonable rates. Foolishly, I didn't bookmark those sites. I'm...
View ArticleKudos to Anderson...
... for opposing the TSA idiocy of letting knives back onto airplanes: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013...ing-knives-on/ (The foolishness involving M fares, however, is still a bonehead move.)
View Articleweird booking = tight connection ... doable?
I purchased through delta a roudtrip ticket mdw-atl-zrh-zag-fra-atl-mdw. the zrh-zag-fra is codeshared on croatian. i just noticed that croatia is not in the schengen countries. does that mean I will...
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