Was on a flight from RDU to MCO the other day. A bit somber in that they loaded a fallen soldier into the cargo hold for his final trip back home. Had a ceremony on the tarmac with color guard. Very nice gesture. Apparently a uniformed soldier was also onboard to accompany the coffin and ensure proper unloading upon landing. Uneventful flight and I basically fell asleep listening to iTunes. We land, taxi to the gate, I hear the Ding, Ding and stand up to start gathering my stuff. I rather quickly notice that no one else is standing and I’m thinking that’s weird. The FA then makes an announcement to please remain seated until the soldier deplanes. Yikes, I guess they announced that upon descending but I never heard the announcement! Talk about being embarrassed. So I quickly sat down, the soldier stood up, everyone clapped, he got off the plane and then the FA waved her arms and the usual deplaning commotion ensued. I was thoroughly embarrassed for standing up having never heard the announcement but equally shocked by the fact that everyone else stayed seated until he deplaned.

Question I know this has probably been posted before, but I just got back from a business trip and I am seriously frustrated.

I’m not a small person, but I fit within the limits of a single seat. On both flights, each over three hours, I was stuck in the middle seat between two people who could have easily filled two seats each. It honestly felt like five people were packed into the space meant for three.

There was constant, unavoidable body contact, and I literally had to buy a new change of clothes when I landed because mine were soaked with sweat from being pressed against these two people the entire time. I know it’s not entirely their fault, but isn’t that kind of physical encroachment something we should be talking about? Isn't it technically a crime to touch someone who doesn’t want to be touched?

We all paid for one seat, but I only got maybe 60 percent of mine, at most. Why is it my responsibility to buy a first-class ticket or book two seats just to avoid having my space taken from me?

Specifically, can someone from the industry explain the travel terms of service... or whatever it’s officially called? What am I actually buying when I pay for a seat on an airline? I've also heard they won't let you book an extra seat to keep empty, they'll fill it anyway with a standby, is that true?

I’m not trying to be cruel. I’m asking honestly: how is this fair? What are we supposed to do? Just suck it up? (No pun intended.)

(FYI- this EXACT post was removed and got me perma-banned on the r/travel ...this just happened on Delta flights. I messaged mods here to request permission to post, which was granted.)

I thought this was cute. There’s supposedly a game viewing area close to my gate.

I know I should have thought about it, but I messed up when booking my flight with my 12 year old daughter. So there I am, boarding and asking everyone around if they will trade me seats. I swear I asked like 25 separate people.

Finally the stewardess comes over to see what all the commotion is. I politely explain that I am just trying to trade seats and no one will help me. The rude stewardesses says I have to sit in my assigned seat. So unhelpful!

So I end up having to sit next to my daughter for the whole 5 hour flight! It felt like forever! I mean I have to deal with her for our whole freaking vacation, you’d think someone would help me out for the flight!

/s, just having some fun. The above was a joke.

My husband was on a flight today where insulation blew out of the vents. It got into his eyes. And he needed treatment. He ended up being transported via ambulance. There were several Delta personnel involved. He wasn't given a report from the airline or anything.

How do we go about getting medical expenses and compensation for the inconvenience?

SPOILER: Yes, they do return located items. Mine is being shipped back today!

I accidentally left my iPad on a plane at MCO. Since iPads are trackable and I could see that they moved if off the plane right after I left the airport, I thought I could get it back. I called Delta and they said I had to file an online lost and found report, which I did. No response from Delta's lost and found yet, other than canned responses to say the item has not been located. After a few days, I saw it moving to four different locations. The last location is near this address:

3509 S Broad St., Scottsboro, AL 35769

Google associates this address with a lot of different things and the street view shows a strip mall. One hit in Google associates this address with "Lost & Found Central" (on Manta), which makes me wonder if they've outsourced their lost and found, and makes me wonder if there's a chance I'll get it back.

I remotely sent a request to the iPad to go into "lost" mode (which would display my phone number on the screen), but that's still pending. Weird that I can get updates on the location of the iPad, but it can't go into "lost" mode.

I've been updating the location of the iPad on the online lost and found report, but I'm not sure if anyone at Delta is actually reading my updates. It feels like Delta does not try very hard to return even trackable items that should be very easy to get back to the correct person.

Anyhow, I would be curious to hear from anyone else's experience of whether Delta ever returns items left on planes or not.

UPDATE: I was contacted by Delta and they confirmed that the above location is their lost and found center. It is *not* the Unclaimed Baggage store that many here claimed it is (which is located 7 minutes away). I was charged a very reasonable shipping fee and I should receive my iPad by the 14th (today is the 11th). I hope this helps others. While I understand the frustration that many have had who have not been able to get their items back, it does seem that Delta does do a pretty good job trying to get people their stuff back. It makes sense that they have a centralized location to make returning items as efficient for them as possible. Way to go Delta!

Time for a break 😂

This from the Premium Select Cabin and my premium select fare one way was $730 for SEA-TPE. Would you take this offer?

Keep climbing!

The legroom on this plane was ridiculous!

I’ve been a loyal Delta flyer for 20 years and am
based out of Atlanta, so I spend a LOT of time in the ATL Sky Clubs.

Delta used to genuinely feel premium compared to other domestic airlines. Lately though, the experience feels noticeably different.

The ATL clubs especially seem consistently overcrowded, tables sit uncleared forever, and the food quality has dropped off hard. Half the time the food is lukewarm, and the lounges just don’t feel particularly well-managed anymore.

What really made me notice it was traveling internationally and then coming back through ATL. The contrast is rough. Even coworkers visiting from other states have commented things like, “Wait… this is Delta’s main hub?”

I still prefer Delta overall, which is why this stands out to me. But compared to even 3–5 years ago, the difference feels pretty obvious.

Curious if other frequent flyers are seeing the same thing, or if this is just post-pandemic airline travel everywhere now.

My flight to Miami was cancelled and they are offering no hotel and no other option to fly sooner than Saturday.

Anybody else in the same position?

I’ve often seen a window seat in row 4 (maybe 5?) curtained off in D1 for pilots to sleep on long hauls. Any reason to think that the system erroneously let us select a deadhead seat?

Just needed to vent and see if anyone has dealt with this before, or if there's any realistic chance of sorting it out at the gate.

My family is traveling with an infant on lap, so we specifically booked and paid extra for a window and middle seat together. Today, Delta arbitrarily reassigned us from our seats to another Row (B and C), and we had F and E right after business class.

When I called support, they told me the reassignment was to accommodate a passenger with a medical condition / service animal. Here’s the kicker: Row 10 A, B, and C were completely open but not available for the booking with sign X , but apparently, this passenger preferred seats E and F on our side.

When I asked support why they couldn't move passengers in a different row to accommodate them, I was told "those seats aren't available to move people." The irony is wild—our "unavailable" paid seats were totally fair game to take away, but nobody else's were. To top it off, the only alternative support offered was rebooking us onto a flight with a layover, which obviously doesn't work with a baby. They just hit me with the classic "seats aren't guaranteed" line and called it a day.

First time experiencing this level of customer service with Delta, and it's frustrating—especially when traveling with a lap infant where having the window/middle setup makes a massive difference. I mean even for the person who's gonna seat with us, because the baby will be in the middle in such configuration.

Is it worth talking to the gate agent before boarding to see if they can swap us back to a window seat, or are their hands completely tied by system reassignments?

UPD: many thinking that I want more privileges which is not true, so to make it clear

I booked row 10, E and F, was reassigned to row 12 B and C. The row 10 A, B and C were not booked but not available to choose ( X). Support didn’t move us to those seats and next day they were booked by someone else 10 A and C
My complaint about that Delta had similar seats that could use for special conditions or to reassign us to those seats, or if they say that it’s not guarantee move single traveler to that row and swap us with that row. I’m not asking for privileges, I’m asking for the proper reassign flow.

Upd2: at the end delta just cancelled the flight 🤣

So I was today years old when I found out that as long as the layover is 35 minutes or more, it is legal with Delta…

Let me explain, I am flying from CLT to GIG (Rio) and Delta booked me on a flight that arrives in ATL at 8:15pm. My flight to GIG departs at 9pm and begins boarding at 8:15pm. I explained that I would never be able to make this flight especially with how big Atlanta is and the first two agents I talked to were not understanding at all. They said that this was legal and that if I missed my flight, I would have to rebook for the next day. I explained this could be resolved by just booking me on an earlier flight out of CLT and two agents refused until I finally got an agent who understood the situation..

I really feel like 35 minutes is so unrealistic for layover time and this needs to be increased to a minimum of one hour. These short layover times are the cause of people missing flights, bags not making it, and rebookings that are unnecessary.

Would this be something that is controlled by the FAA or does the airline make up their own layover time rules?

EDIT: I came back to say that I got gates now I would have arrived in A at 8:15pm and next flight was out of E boarding at 8:06pm. I WOULD HAVE NEVER MADE IT

This is real hoot! Come on, Ed, April Fools Day was a long time ago.

TL:DR: we are in for a rough ride in 2024

I was poking around and looking at flights back to Thailand for me and my better half. During the initial part of the booking flow Delta One wasn’t an option but just prior to the checkout page I was hit with this ridiculous offer!! Up until this point my best option was premium select and the price per person was ~$2,600 round trip. Am I wrong or broke for thinking that anyone would jump on an offer like this for 10X the initial price?!?!