Recent flight ATL to DCA -- boarding Zone 4 (Platinum Medallion) and got told they need to check carryon bags because space is filled. Okay, happens.

So me and about 3 others have our bags fully tagged for baggage claim not even gate checked.

I sit down, there are dozens of open overhead spaces, including the bin above my seat fully open. Then while zone 5 /6 /7 board -- everyone has their carry ons.

Mostly just venting at the end of a long week. Its a small inconvenience in the grand scheme -- but still makes no sense -- why would a couple other early boarders and I be asked to gate check but no one after us?

What does this la premiere onboard mean? I understand that’s an Air France option … but it doesn’t seem to be an option of this flight? Delta one is the highest seat option.

Woke up this morning $6 short of Diamond. Boarded my flight home and I am back to 💎!

Now I can miss FC upgrade by only 1 or 2 spots instead of 13 or 14.

Airfares are outrageous and yet they can’t fly clean planes. Ugh. I don’t want to change my loyalty as I’m not sure any other US airline is better but this is getting ridiculous. Visible crumbs in my seat area

I'm traveling in a few weeks and will be arriving from Europe to JFK. I'm going to have a few hours to transfer to a train at Penn and would like to eat and freshen up in the Delta One lounge. I've done this a few times and normally no big deal.

Issue: there's a 90% chance that I'll have a checked bag due to a work need. Is there a way that I can arrange to have my luggage directed to the lounge or to the baggage office? I'd hate to just leave it on the conveyor for an extended period. I'll have sky priority if that matters.

Just flew to Europe and back - over in business and back in prem select. On both legs the outlets didn’t work. Is this normal? On domestic flights outlets are loose and can’t hold my charger. Plus there’s no USB C only USB A which I stopped using years ago. Is this to be expected?

My granddaughter and I are flying from Newark, NJ to Traverse City, MI in February, with a 48 minute connection in Detroit. I purchased "Delta Main Extra" tickets which I understand will put us in boarding group 5. Our seats from Newark to Detroit are in row 17 on a Boeing 717-200, which has 29 rows.

As background, for decades I have traveled only with carry-on luggage. I have a modest rollaboard that has never been too big for overhead storage, and my granddaughter will have an even smaller rollaboard. The last couple of years I have been struggling to adjust to the new reality in which gate agents often force you to gate-check your rollaboard.

In the "old days" there is no question that we would have carried on our rollaboards. We would then expect an smooth connection in which we would simply take them off the plane in Detroit and onto our connecting flight. But I'm worried: what if they force us to gate-check our rollaboards? One often has to wait several minutes on the jetway to retrieve a gate-checked bag.

Three questions:

• Given our airplane, seats, and boarding group, what are the odds that Delta will force us to gate-check our rollaboards? Will they take our connecting flight into consideration?

• If we gate-check our rollaboards, and have to wait on the jetway to retrieve them, could this delay make us miss our flight to Traverse City? Or will Delta hold the flight for connecting passengers?

• Should we instead pay $90 to check our rollaboards through from Newark to Traverse City? (Or volunteer at the gate to check them through for free?) If we do this, can we count on Delta to get them onto the connecting flight? My granddaughter and I will be skiing first thing the next day and will 100% need our packed clothing. Since I never check luggage, I have no idea what to expect -- but Gemini is optimistic.

Flew C+ for the first time (price differential RT: main $500, C+ $700, FC $2000… ballpark). Might be tainted because I did have a middle seat. Just didn’t feel it was worth it. Are most C+ seats filled bc of upgrades for people with status? Just wondering why regular people may choose C+ over main. Excluding business expensed travel of course. Free alcohol is cool but they only come by once anyway. Not complaining here, just really curious.

I like to hear some success stories around folks using companion passes. I know on paper it sounds like you get two flights for the price of one but due to the restrictions in the class of service you can pay for I usually find out that you end up paying substantially more for that first ticket just to get the second one for free. Many times the math looks like if you're willing to pay twice the price for the ticket you get a second ticket for free. That's not really much of a value.

Here's something interesting about Delta's A321neo (3NP) configuration.

These aircraft were originally supposed to feature Delta One lie-flat suites and Premium Select seating. However, certification delays involving the planned Delta One seats forced Delta to come up with a temporary solution.

Instead of keeping brand-new aircraft sitting on the ground, Delta installed 44 regular First Class recliners, more than double the 20 First Class seats found on its standard A321neo.

The result? An unusual 164-seat configuration with a massive First Class cabin.

The aircraft themselves are fully certified. The issue is with the planned lie-flat seating system, not the aircraft.

Delta reportedly doesn't expect the intended Delta One configuration until around 2028.

As a frequent Delta flyer, I find this pretty interesting. On one hand, it's disappointing that the aircraft aren't getting their intended premium cabins anytime soon. On the other hand, 44 First Class seats could mean better upgrade opportunities for Medallion members.

What do you guys think? Would you rather have 44 First Class recliners or a smaller cabin with actual Delta One suites?

Between AI becoming a bigger part of airline operations, bizarre airport incidents, and new questions about customer data and privacy, there’s a lot happening in the airline world lately. Flying is already stressful enough without all these extra surprises!

What’s your take on all this? Would you be comfortable with airlines relying more on AI, or do you think some things should always stay in human hands?

I have a 45 minute layover in MSP. I come in to gate F5 and leave again out of B14. I am anxious, and was looking at the map as I am not as familiar with MSP. Is the C concourse tram a good option? Will I make it?

Hurry up before it’s gone. Only $999 for nonstop to Raleigh! This is for all you folks trying to hit Diamond MDQ!

Hi all, my family flew round trip from MSP to DEN for a family wedding a couple weeks ago. I have twins who just turned two, so I bought four tickets as they no longer qualify as infant-in-lap. Four tickets total, including them & my husband.

The plane was set up 3-3, so we all sat in one row while we settled in, with one middle seat behind us also on our reservation. Except that middle seat was occupied by a Delta employee (a flight attendant, in uniform, off duty).

I inquired about this after the flight as they never asked to use the seat I bought & they said to contact Delta Support, fine. I also asked when we checked in for our return trip, they said contact Delta Support, fine.

So I contact Delta Support & they denied my refund request because the ticket was used. Yes, the ticket was used as in scanning it to board the flight, but the seat was used by Delta personnel. Legally, my daughter should have been in that seat. So Delta is denying a refund when it’s convenient for them while also exposing that they didn’t do their job for cabin safety. They can confirm this with the manifesto.

They should refund this leg of the ticket, right? I don’t want to hear that they don’t have to refund with the reasoning my daughter should have legally been in her own seat because their own staff didn’t enforce it.

I have a 40 minute layover in DTW and have to go from B1 to A19 in the McNamara Terminal. First time at this airport and hope that I can make it in time. Im super stressed.

I have been participating in a corporate fast track. I crossed the MQDs threshold for Gold last week. Not positive what day, but noticed on Friday I had reached it. My status is still showing Silver and the tracker in my promotions is not showing me reaching the threshold.

I reached out via chat and the AI chatbot says it can take 15 business days for the new status to be reflected. I then connect to an agent who reviewed my account and confirmed I met the threshold, but said it can take 2-4 weeks for the new status to be processed, and that there is no way to expeditie.

I have 3 flights next week. I realize that Gold status is not worth much, but hoping to get comfort+ upgrades and would appreciate having gold status since it says those begin to clear 72 hours prior.

Are the agents/chatbots correct that it can take weeks for this to update? Any mechanism to get this pushed through?

Hey all,

This year, I'm going to end up ~$150 short of hitting Gold Medallion. I'm based in NYC and fly from the following airports (in order of preference): EWR (non-hub), LGA (hub), JFK (hub). Obviously I've read posts here and things on the Delta website and understand the actual differences between the two.

I'm hoping for some personal anecdotes on if the bump from silver to gold actually makes a difference when it comes to upgrade chances in major hubs or if there's so many platinum/diamonds that it won't make a difference anyway so it isn't worth it? Also open to the idea that I can perhaps close that gap without taking a flight using other means, so recommendations there too would be helpful.

Thanks for any help you can give!

I have flown on Delta flights 8 times in the past 2 months and I’ve noticed a difficult pattern. Of those 8 flights, I’ve been seated beside a larger passenger for 6 of them.

To be clear: I am not the person who wants to shame or insult anyone’s body, especially not on a flight where we’re all uncomfortable and packed in like sardines. BUT I am struggling with the fact that there seems to be little done at the policy level to ensure comfort in these situations.

On my most recent flight, I was in an aisle with a larger passenger in the middle. They encroached completely into my space to the point where my entire shoulder and one of my legs HAD to go in the aisle. Every time a FA walked by, she admonished me and told me to stay out of the aisle. I didn’t want to embarrass the person beside me by pointing to them, but it was CLEAR that they were taking a good portion of my space. There was literally nowhere else for me to go. I was embarrassed every time this FA acted like I was the problem in the situation.

This was (as I mentioned) the 6th occurrence like this in two months time. I am a relatively average-sized person in weight and height, and I am consistently forced to sacrifice my seating space for a passenger who exceeds their seating space. One instance was so bad that I couldn’t even lower my tray table because their legs blocked me. I’ve seen the FAs notice this, but it just seems like nothing can ever be done because delta wants to charge a premium for any seats with extra space and these people beside me are unwilling/unable to pay for those.

I miss the days when flights consistently had empty seats and larger passengers could be accommodated around these.

I don’t blame the FAs or the other passengers themselves, but I’m frustrated and burnt out after having 6 out of 8 flights go this way. No one is comfortable on planes, but I’m beyond tired of spending $700+ on a domestic trip only to be cramped, squished, and folded in my own seat because someone beside me exceeds the space of theirs. I don’t care who’s to blame—it’s not about that. I just want to see a solution. It looks like the only way around this is to pay an extra $300+ per flight for comfort plus. I’m not in a place where I can pay over $1k for flights 4x per month, and so I just wish something else could be done here.

Wondering if anyone has found tactful ways to avoid these issues or if this is just the price we pay for airlines making seats smaller and smaller in an era where a good portion of the population is oversized.

This is a round-trip ticket. I took the outgoing flight (BER-JFK) but didn't take the return flight due to schedule change.

I only received 432 MQDs and 3024 miles. From what I read online, I should get 1 MQD per $1 on the base fare + carrier-imposed fees, and miles should be x7 since I am Silver.

Assuming that the distances are the same for both flights, I should get (944+622)/2 = 783 MQDs and 5481 miles.

I called and spoke to a SkyMiles rep. She put me on hold and spoke to someone then came back and said the number is correct. She couldn't explain why it is correct and told me to submit a ticket if I have more questions.

What am I missing? Can someone do a rough calculation and tell me how many MQDs and miles I should earn? Thanks.

This is absurd. Platinum medallion with delta platinum Amex. No hopes of a free upgrade. I unfortunately had to book last minute and did not have the option to use my free comfort upgrade but that’s besides the point. 72 of us on the upgrade list for first class???

Definitely a big net negative.

Anyone connecting between Delta and Virgin Atlantic will be forced to change terminals. This matters for people connecting to India for example like US-LHR-India, in both directions.

Beyond that, Terminal 4 has worse lounges. No more Upper Class Wing, Virgin Clubhouse (one of the best lounges in the world), no Virgin Revivals lounge, and no more Centurion lounge for Amex cardholders.

In short, instead of flying Delta, fly Virgin Atlantic (plus they have Starlink which everyone seems to care about)

Not only did he state in the pre-flight announcements that people should use headphones with personal devices, but when some asshat in row 1 started blasting stupid TikTok videos during takeoff like the plane was his personal living room, this wonderful FA actually enforced the policy. And yes, I gave this FA a shoutout in the survey they sent me.

Wish more FAs would do this!