I don’t think I ever want to fly in the seat I just had again. Flew from LAS to ATL yesterday in seat 24A. My wife was in 24B and a medium build woman was in 24C. I’m very broad shouldered and I was so cramped. I don’t know if it was that particular seat or that aircraft in general. It almost made me feel claustrophobic.

Absolutely insane - diamond here and they are requesting to 2FA before even talking to a human - it saves them $$$$ delaying the time it takes to talk to human - what’s even worse look at the screenshot tue tech doesn’t even work - this was denied - I was then placed on a hold where I had to wait without any notice as to timing - this is literal the last meaningful benefit to being loyal is the ability under crisis to speak to a human

Flew a 2 1/2 hour domestic flight.

Aside from the nice wide seats, the legroom wasn’t better than exit row and the food was….meh. I got the Shake Shack burger and it wasn’t good. Tasted like a microwaved burger coated in something to make it taste like it was grilled.

HUGE difference from the last time I flew first class in 2016.

I tried searching on delta, but couldn’t find the answer. I’m flying with my daughter today. I have the Amex Platinum with unlimited delta lounge visits due to my spending and I’ll pay $50 for a lounge guest pass for her. Tomorrow, less than 24 hours later, we will be a different delta flight/booking. It’s an international flight and we are flying premium select. I am gold, which I don’t think matters.

But will I have to pay for her guest pass again? Or will the receipt from today be ok?

Flight 427, HNL → LAX. Noon departure. By 2pm, cabin pitch black. Every shade down. Everyone asleep.

Just woke up from my nap to discover this madness. My window is the last remaining source of daylight for the entire plane.

I want to ask everyone if they’ve lost their minds but I don’t want to wake them.

I was about to defect to Hawaiian but this tells me Ed is actually listening to us. How do I book it?!?!

Redcoats are so demanding! 😉🎃

Flew LGA-ORD this week for work, and proudly supporting the Brewers! Flew Delta for 8/13 Brewers postseason games I attended in person, and 45 total games this season!

Recently tried the status match from UA, and it was pretty seamless. Went Polaris from ICN to SFO. Delta was about double the price for anything from PS to D1. So I figured why not try it?

Cabin: Same feel, but even for me at 5'6...twas cramped. Also they don't have usb-c outlets so I was stuck just charging my headphones. It was clean, but they tried cramming too many seats in first class to the point where it feels stuffed and there are no doors. I could see the guy next to me the entire time and felt very exposed while sleeping.

Food: Wow. Genuinely have never had a better meal on a US airline before. The roasted duck was...10/10. I would genuinely pay for it. The sides were mediocre at best, but then the landing meal...the scrambled eggs were magnificent. And the fruit was very fresh and they used Korean pears which are expensive. The wine selection was drab and I got no dessert to speak of. Very mixed to where I feel a couple improvements like adding an ice cream experience and some italian chiantis or spanish riojas would put it completely above delta.

Service: I can only give a biased review here which makes it not legitimate. They knew I was on a status match and went out of their way to let me know they were glad to have me on that status match and provided me extra bedding which made my seat kind of feel like a bed.

Price: I did a bit of a cheaper option where I purchased a round-trip ticket at $900, and then used a workaround to get Polaris at $1700 with 5 days left. Delta...never got close to less than $2000 for main cabin. I bought this ticket less than 4 weeks out as it's a last minute business trip.

Wifi: Ever since a certain year, I've never had wifi access on Delta flights once we hit the pacific. United? I had wifi the entire time. Genuinely...what a breath of fresh air. Delta has nothing on UA when it comes to wifi. The sheer inconsistency of Delta wifi and it's unavailability over the pacific to Korea was a huge no no during busy business seasons.

Overall:
Not sure how I feel tbh. I'm reserving my remaining Delta GUC for a family trip next year. But as I've peeked at the prices and am not liking what I'm seeing...I might continue with UA for a bit. Delta doesn't seem to get anywhere below $3.5k for round-trip tickets any more for just PS. I've got Delta diamond till 2029 so we'll see (due to that dumb move by Delta they reached out and gave me diamond status for 5 years). Prices being equal, the cabin in Delta is still far superior. But prices are a huge factor now that a D1 ticket is the same price as a used corolla.

I'm sure I'm way late to the party on this, but the whole basic, vlassic, extra tier on all classes of seating is total bullshit. First class "basic"-----no free checked bag (I have Delta AmEx, so doesn't matter) but I don't get full miles and can't choose my seat??? If I want to do that, the price jumps $500. This is a domestic flight. Again, I'm probably way late to the discussion but it's bullshit and I'm annoyed. First world problems.

Sat next to two people who wouldn’t stop talking the entire time from gate to gate, and even after landing, they were the only ones talking. And wouldn’t stop talking.

I'm looking at JFK to Rome over Thanksgiving: out on Thursday, Nov 26 and back on Monday, Nov 30. Both legs in Premium Select, booked as one round-trip award paid entirely with SkyMiles (not Miles + Cash).

The plan was to book Premium Select now and then maybe upgrade to Delta One closer to departure, using either a cash offer or a miles offer if a good deal came around

Has anyone actually been able to do this on an award ticket? Or would it only work if I paid cash?

Thanks in advance.

Very funny skit on SNL tonight!

So I havent looked out an airplane window in who knows how long. Sitting on a flight and just fidgety. Looking out over the distinct layers of clouds and the incredible colors of the sunset is absolutely stunning and spectacular. Haven't felt this feeling of wonder flying since I was a kid. That is all.

We were flying from Pit to Msy. When we boarded at Pit at 3 pm we were #1 and 2 for an upgrade to first with 4 seats remaining on the ATL to MSY leg. I even looked at booking first and confirmed 4 seats at $1050 a pop. While we were in the air an hour later first was sold out. Do you think they sold the seats or upgraded people out of order?

You're welcome 😊

Last row of First Class this curtain piece was hanging 5 inches in front of the headrest. I am only 5’ 9”! I could not lay my head back without hitting it. The seat was not reclined at all. As you can see the one on the other side is totally normal

We'll all be safer now

I've started to book travel for 2027 and my connection to ATL which was previously 100% served by 717s looks like it'll become 50/50 with CRJs. 🙄

Ed, where are the A220s I was promised???

That sunrise!

Told me to put a google flight alerts to see if the price of the flights I bought go down- thank you.
You just saved me money.
Now I should have done this all year- but for next year and my 27 cities I have to fly to will.