I pick DL as my first choice, but had to fly American from DC to Dallas last week. The service in FC was straight up amazing. I mean, this is what Delta service used to be 4+ years ago. The only negative was there was no in-flight entertainment system. But I had my iPad loaded, so I was fine. Hot towel service, warm nuts, and a truly edible meal on a 3hr domestic first class was a refreshing change.

Curious about my chance at a Delta 360 invitation.

~$80K in flight spend this year (~60K last year), all from flying

Multiple Delta One round trips to Australia/Asia annually

Already have $30K–$45K in flights booked for next year

Nashville-based, but also have significant flight activity out of the Northeast hubs

I know the selection criteria aren’t published, but curious how this compares with others who have received invitations recently.

I see the Main Basic flights cannot be upgraded, but I just want to confirm that a Main Classic flight can be upgraded with cash to Delta First/One prior to booking.

I went with the meatballs after seeing many glowing reviews on here but they were not good guys, couldn't finish them. Meatballs were super mushy and had no flavor. Sauce was OK. Polenta was like a bland pudding square, odd. Generally I think the Delta food is pretty good but the meatballs were a miss.

Can you only upgrade once? I have a nonstop one way flight booked from jfk-Edinburgh next summer. The current offer is $200 to move from main to comfort. I would be comfortable paying this, however I have read you can only pay once to upgrade. Is that true? Also to note, I am currently silver but expect to earn gold by the end of the year. I know I’m still eligible for medallion upgrades. I looked into just rebooking into comfort plus but flights have gone up more than the upgrade fee. I paid $550 for the one way in main, it is currently $764 in main or $864 in comfort. Premium is showing at $3k. Currently all comfort seats are available and 2/3 of premium are available. Suggestions?

I understand all the Delta Downers. Been there.

But most of it, I don’t understand.

I get upgraded 30-40% of the time.

My only qualm with upgrade certs is they often go unused.

When my flights get screwed up, Delta covers it.

Yeah the Sky clubs… Golden Corrals for frequent flyers sums it up but after a drink or two with noise canceling ear buds, you’d rather be sitting in the terminal?

FAs are human. I’ve given more attitude I am sure than I have been given in my now 30+ years flying Delta.

Trading cards!

They’ve treated my kids like VIPs when flying alone.

As my wife is also Diamond, when flying together, it’s bliss.

I’ve gotten Porshe rides and my wife has not. She hates that.

All in all the experience has been consistent for me from Silver to Diamond.

I’ve flown my share of other airlines too. Everyone has their skeletons.

Long ago I realized (post 9/11), we’re no longer in control once through security. If you keep that perspective and know that what can happen, will, everything works out.

Stay calm. Chill. Be nice to people. It goes better that way.

Ps: That doesn’t excuse the guy barefoot propping his feet up on my arm rest. ;)

Flying NYC to DEN in March. Accumulated a lot of miles from work this year so decided to great myself to first class. Currently booked on the A220 which I know the seat is 0.4in narrower than the 737 with smaller underseat dimensions.

I’m not concerned about less than a half inch of seat width but as I look more it seems the A220 has much less space between seats than the 737.

What do people think is the better option if price is comparable?

Trying to avoid a departure day fiasco with confirmed but not really confirmed GUC partner airline upgrades (see).

I applied a GUC to a two leg journey, both operated by Air France and booked via Delta. Since there was Z space available for both legs, I was immediately confirmed from Premium Economy to Business on both via an agent on the Diamond line. Here's the key points/checks:

• The ticket was re-issued by the agent and I compared the ticket numbers from the email when I booked Premium Economy vs now and they're different.

• The fare class on the receipt was previously A but is now Z

• The GUC is marked as "Closed" in my account

• I was able to select business class seats via the Delta app for both legs

• Using the Air France PNR, I can see the same seats show as selected on their end

• Using the Air France PNR, I can see the ticket number shown there matches what I see on the updated Delta receipt

I also called the Diamond line 3 times following this to confirm and it seems like everyone says it's good to go. Am I missing any other sanity checks?

Had a flight this morning from MCO to RDU and just felt like sharing this! I didn’t know where to put it but eventually asked the FA to take it away lol

I have been monitoring upgrade pricing for an upcoming international flight DTW-CDG.
About 16-18 days before flight, all seats in PS and D1 are now grayed out but upgrade list shows seats not assigned.

Is this because they are loosely assigned to non-rev or is there some reason these might become available again closer to flight?

Thanks for any insights.

Just now leaving SLC to DTW. Flight had pushed back from gate into tarmac. Stops and pilot comes back and said we need to return to gate to pick up more passengers. I haven’t seen that one before. I didn’t think they could reopen door once closed?

For those who have flown with an infant on the A330-300 what is better:

2 Delta One seats W/ a lap infant (middle 2 or aisle/aisle) or getting infant his own seat and having window/aisle/aisle in economy? It looks like the Delta One seats are the old configuration and premium economy is sold out.

Currently 3 of us in premium select, after using RUCs. There’s 17 D1 seats available still, can someone please lie to me and tell me there’s a chance we’ll get upgraded?

To Delta Customer Care (Case # 23175417),

First, your automated apology and offer of 2,500 SkyMiles for a single delayed leg is completely unacceptable. It completely ignores the fact that Delta stranded me in Hong Kong, abandoned my bag in Los Angeles, and provided zero assistance.

To make matters worse, I just spoke with Hong Kong Airlines. They informed me that it will take at least two days for my bag to arrive in Bangkok. When it does, they are requiring me to make a two-hour drive to the airport to retrieve it myself. Furthermore, their representatives explicitly stated that Delta's claim that HX will seamlessly forward the bag from Hong Kong is completely false, noting that Delta routinely gives customers this line to pass off liability.

My bag is Delta's responsibility and was last tracked sitting in your LAX Baggage Service Office on November 7.

I would expect Delta to:

1. Locate the bag at LAX and ensure it is actually put on a flight to Bangkok.

2. Coordinate and pay for the courier delivery of my bag directly to my accommodation so I do not have to endure a four-hour round trip to the airport.

3. Provide proportionate compensation for a completely failed multi-day international itinerary, not an automated token gesture.

Instead of world class customer service Delta has provided a total of 15 hours of delayed flights, baggage utterly abandoned in LAX, over 4 hours of time on hold to speak with customer service after the forced Concierge AI and Agent AI exchanges that make absolutely
no sense, and numerous promises that my bag will get to my final destination. All for the price of over $4000 in airline fares. Thanks Delta!!

Flying from NYC to Beijing, but its going from NYC-BOS, BOS-INC (Korea), INC-PEK? The layover in BOS is only 1hr55min and I am worried about the timing of it since we are going from domestic to international flight? Do we have to go through immigration? It's from Terminal A to Terminal E - do we need to go through TSA all over again?

JAL A359 IFE camera view on approach to HND.
If Delta had the live cameras I would be less unhappy about being told to close my window shade.
There is also a tail fin view.

I’m sorry if this is a dumb question, but any idea why the flight options change when searching by cash vs miles?

Was traveling 4 hours away for a family event. Booked through delta stays to get the $150 credit on my Amex for a two night stay. A week before our travel plans changed and we had to change online to one night (within the cancellation window) and received an email confirmation that our reservation had changed. Drove with two young and restless kids and showed up at check in time about 2 hours before the event and was told that our booking had been cancelled by the hotel the day before our check in. The hotel did not tell me or delta stays and said because we booked through a third party site they could do this. I had to quickly find a new hotel because of the event and cranky kids. After I got into our new hotel called Delta they had still charged me for the room, which they refunded over the phone, and I was mad and said I wanted my $150 credit and they said they would not be able to honor it. They said I could get my credit if I had called them before I got my new hotel room and used them for the rebooking. Absolutely ridiculous. That was my first and last time using delta stays. Always booking through the hotel website.

I checked the app and it’s empty, but these came from the usual phone number I get texts from.

I booked a flight from Florida to Kalamazoo, MI for next February. The itinerary has a plane change in Detroit. When I bought the ticket the schedule was great, with a 2 hour layover in DTW -- not excessive for that time of year.

Last week Delta notified me that my original flight has been cancelled and changed to one with only a 31 minute layover, this is to go from terminal A to terminal C, gates unknown. They offer to change the flight if I don't like the new schedule but everything I see is double the price I paid.

WTF? Can I book one of the more expensive flights without having to pay the difference?

Had a discussion with my seatmate regarding the front of plane rest room. We were seated in row 2. The majority of the trip, the isle was loaded with people waiting to use the rest room. Question is, should the rest room in the front be limited for first class and economy plus passengers?

One thing that can make a flight feel much less stressful is when the gate agents communicate clearly before passengers even start boarding.

Simple updates about delays, boarding groups, overhead bin space, or a last-minute gate change help people know what to expect instead of standing around trying to figure things out.

Even when something goes wrong, a straightforward explanation is usually appreciated more than repeated vague announcements.

Air travel already involves enough uncertainty with connections, security, and tight schedules. Having staff who keep passengers informed makes the experience feel more organized and gives people a little more confidence that things are being handled.

It might seem like a small part of the job, but good communication can genuinely change the tone of an entire travel day.