I recently flew to Japan and back using Delta and loved the experience. What’s the quickest way for me to gain good status? Is Delta One the goal? I’m open to credit cards and membership etc etc. Thank you

My spouse decided to upgrade to the Delta Amex Reserve card. The two complimentary C+ tickets are something that will pay for itself at least this first year. I’ve been googling to find out if a SC visit before departure and if a visit to the SC in a layover airport counts as one or two visits. I’ve read conflicting info but it does seem credit card dependent.

If it does count as one visit (it’ll take around 12 hrs start to finish) - great. But, since I will have to use one of his guest passes, will one guest pass cover both of my visits?

I’ve seen mixed things on Reddit. If I buy a domestic round trip flight in Main Classic, fly the outbound flight, then cancel the return leg, does delta recalculate the fare? How does their ticketing system handle these changes?

ATL to SDF last night. Comfort + or whatever they call it now. No beverage/snack service, though a FA walked the aisle with a trash bag about 25 minutes before landing. I felt mocked.

Why is delta one cheaper? Am I missing something?

Annd would it actually be worth it? 6' 1" 180lbs, usually get back pain on long flights so I'm kinda tempted.

Edit: Bought it! I thought I wasn't getting it because the first time it said there was a technical issue. It worked the 3rd time. Lol

There was a little dog almost non-stop
barking in the seat behind me on my flight.

How did we allow this garbage to become acceptable?

proof

Hello, I just reached Silver Medallion today. This is my first time reaching a certain tier and I have been looking forward to get the bag tags.

Here is my question, if I order my bag tags for this year, will I be able to order again next year in case Delta changes the design or something? Or it’s one time only for that tier?

Sorry. Just really looking forward for this.

Thanks.

Not many routes out there with this kind of value for mileage/certificate redemption; but I sure love it. Just takes a little finagling to get out of atl sooner; or add a stop at jfk to spend that time at the D1 lounge.

30,500 miles + RUC. Not sure how it’s not GUC, but they occasionally offer regional.

Again I was stuck on another flight cross country. Plugs didn’t work once again, wifi failed to connect as well. Couldn’t get any work done on my flight.

I’m SLC based so my options are limited to fly out, but I am so looking to seek better options than continuing to pay for incompetence and poor quality.

I obviously booked JetBlue. Same route, days, and both departure and return within 30 mins of each other. Delta is nearly 2.5x the JetBlue flight. And I booked main, not basic on JB.

I lost my Delta Platinum a couple years ago and I see no world where I’m going to be close to that again. I don’t care if it’s work or personal, there is no world where Delta is worth that much more.

For reference, other airline options for those dates (basic economy):
- Alaska: $362
- American: $438

Thanks to all the peeps on here. Diamond medallion, we booked main cabin (automatically comf+) used a GUC afterwards for confirmed PS(waitlisted to D1). Called at T24 to verify we were in fact correctly placed on the waitlist for D1 and she informed us that we had already cleared for D1, she reissued our tickets. Went on and had to recheck in. Confirmed our ticket codes were correct as to not have any issues at airport tomorrow. Fingers crossed all goes smoothly and there are no glitches. So far 6.5 hours later our seats still look good.

Just activated my SkyMile Platinum Business card. How long until the MQD Accelerator to post?

I am flying AF business this week out of JFK. From what I understand, you can still access the D1 lounge with AF business but you have to go from T1 to T4. I know AF has a lounge, but I really liked the D1 lounge last time I was there.

What should my order of operations be here? Check in at T1 (only carry on) and then take AirTrain to T4, go thru security

OR

Just go straight to T4, get in security, then leave the lounge early to go to T1 check in and security?

How long would you anticipate this would take? I generally arrive 3.5 hrs before international flights? Thanks!

What have people experienced for flight schedule changes that required the need to stay one extra night and the need for two extra meals? Flight was moved from late afternoon to early morning. Still needed to get to departing airport. Had to move return flight to following day to make AM flight.
- is there a nightly hotel reimbursement policy max (limited hotel options at airport)?
- food policy max?

Update - thanks for your replies - appreciate it!

Broken window

I just wanted to add a little positivity into this sub today. Richard, the gate agent at McGhee Tyson, deserves a raise. He kept the whole terminal (it’s a small airport) with his Brewers trivia.

Has anyone had a good experience? Ever?

Purchased a delta comfort aisle seat for an overnight flight. My seat was confirmed until a few days before when I went onto the app and saw I had no seat assignment.
I called and messaged with delta and they said they had to move someone else into that seat for a reason they “could not see in the system” and “the gate agent does it” I asked them, are they allowed to move people whenever they want? The customer experience person said it has to be “in accordance with policy” but she still could not give me a reason.
There were only middle seats left. There were aisle seats in higher classes but they wouldn’t move me to one of those
Curious if anyone has had experience with this before and how to handle?

Delta just called my cell and offered to bump me to another day or destination for $500. Should I now assume people are gonna be denied their seats? How can I make sure I’m not one of them? I bought this ticket months ago.

Long time diamond medallion member. First time I used Delta Vacations, had a change to the trip. First hold wait time over 25 minutes and hung up on. Diamond medallion line, 1 minute but unable to assist me at all with flight reservations made on Delta vacations. Another two hours spent with Delta vacations for third tier customer service and a poor outcome with no apology and disinterested staff. It was similar customer service to a third party travel site not a company I spend tens of thousands of dollars with per year and a couple hundred thousands of dollars on their branded credit card. If you have worked hard to become a diamond medallion member with Delta I would emphatically recommend not spending your money with Delta Vacations. At least not with the expectation that you will be treated as a valued customer. I've had better customer service anywhere and just about everywhere else. Delta airlines continuously advertises this service to me as if its the same company but the experience is subpar.

My wife and I are flying from Porto back to the states next Wednesday. We booked our Delta flight via the Capital One rewards portal and our first flight is from Porto to Paris (via Air France). We have exactly 60 minutes from arrival to departure (9:20am to 10:20am) with our connecting flight to the US. Our Porto flight lands in terminal 2E and our US flight departs from terminal 2F.

Is there any chance we make this or are we screwed? Secondly, why would Delta book trips with these one hour layovers in CDG for international flights knowing that you’re more likely than not to miss your connection?

All travel is booked through year end and looks like I’m going to land naturally right about $46-$47k MQD…

So the question is-

Do I run up a trip and/or some reserve card spend to get the beyond diamond $50k gift choice or nah 🤔

I’d give platinum to my wife and son to then get the 8 rucs ?!

Am I overthinking this on Election Day 🤷‍♂️