Delta simply does not know how to police their boarding!
Jul 17, 2017, 10:04 am
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Jul 17, 2017, 11:46 am
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Jul 17, 2017, 1:30 pm
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It will never happen until Amex no longer has a partnership with DL. Part of that partnership is your card gives you "priority" boarding.
Verbatim from the site:
Find room for your carry-on bag and settle into your seat sooner. Priority boarding allows you to board the plane sooner, stow your bag and settle in your seat before takeoff.
Verbatim from the site:
Find room for your carry-on bag and settle into your seat sooner. Priority boarding allows you to board the plane sooner, stow your bag and settle in your seat before takeoff.
Jul 17, 2017, 2:33 pm
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Jul 17, 2017, 3:16 pm
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Jul 17, 2017, 4:39 pm
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DL has created its own Boarding problems with printing Zone #1 and #2. The casual flyers actually think they are going to board first and second. Some GAs manage it well, but most do not. They need to eliminate the printed Zone 1 and 2.
1. Board persons requiring assistance and stroller children/families
2. "PREM" (FC and DM)
3. "Priority" (PM and GM)
4. Zone 3 (FO and C+)
5. Zone 4
6. Zone 5
7. Zone 6 (for larger aircraft)
1. Board persons requiring assistance and stroller children/families
2. "PREM" (FC and DM)
3. "Priority" (PM and GM)
4. Zone 3 (FO and C+)
5. Zone 4
6. Zone 5
7. Zone 6 (for larger aircraft)
PREM (premium cabin and DM). Same as PREM currently.
SKY (rest of SkyPriority, including GM+). Same as SKY currently.
PRIORITY (FO, DL AmEx, partner elites including SPG crossover, etc.). This is what now is zone 1.
GENERAL (most everyone else, i.e., kettles in main cabin coach).
BASIC ECONOMY (those with E fares).
This avoids the problem of zone 1 really being group 3. Also, DL AmEx people get "priority" as promised.
Someone earlier suggested that the preboard group go after PREM and maybe after SKY too. That makes some sense in terms of allowing time for those PDBs to be served.
Jul 17, 2017, 5:32 pm
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I was thinking 2nd grade fire drill, but, yeh. I flew a r/t on Southwest last week. There are things to admire about the airline but line-up boarding isn't one of them.
Jul 17, 2017, 6:21 pm
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Plus it isn't like we cut in front of Business class folks, we were on a short connection and they already boarded.
Jul 17, 2017, 9:09 pm
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A GM may be a low-rank Medallion but it's better than nothing. Not everyone is either rich enough to fly a lot on their own dime to get Diamond or travels for business enough to get it, don't see why the lower medallions shouldn't use the benefits they get? Plus how many families do you know who can afford to fly 7 people in business class for like 35k USD minimum?
Plus it isn't like we cut in front of Business class folks, we were on a short connection and they already boarded.
Plus it isn't like we cut in front of Business class folks, we were on a short connection and they already boarded.
Jul 17, 2017, 10:16 pm
#101
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Sorry, I tend to be bad at reading whats a joke and whats serious which is strange because IRL I joke a lot. And thanks for clearing up what I said, courtesy is a better term.
Jul 17, 2017, 10:44 pm
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Also, Delta has too darn many boarding classes. I'm more of a fan of JetBlue's setup: 1) Special needs, 2) Status (any) / Premium, 3) Everyone else. It really plays out more like 2 boarding groups than anything else and flat-out works.
Gate lice is definitely a problem, but always will be with the Kettles.
Jul 18, 2017, 1:36 am
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Maybe I'm stupid, I don't know, I fly DL a lot out of SEA, and I really just don't care when people board. A lot of the trouble is with people that don't fly often apparently panicked that something awful will happen if their bag doesn't fit in the OH. Worst case your bag is gate checked and you have to wait a bit on deplaning, it isn't that big of a deal. I just don't understand all the added stress to save a few minutes. Also, in my experience, the GIDS, at least in SEA, almost never shows the boarding group that I can recall.
Jul 18, 2017, 4:30 am
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If OH space wasn't a factor, people would not be in a rush to board. Well, ok, some kettles still would.
Make 1st checked bag free, charge for carryon, Medallion/F/C+/Priority excluded. Yes, that's still a lot of pax/plane usually, but if you're almost certain of OH space, it still wouldn't be a crush.
Make 1st checked bag free, charge for carryon, Medallion/F/C+/Priority excluded. Yes, that's still a lot of pax/plane usually, but if you're almost certain of OH space, it still wouldn't be a crush.
Jul 18, 2017, 5:11 am
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Being the DM snob that I am, I rarely see the CF boarding and really didn't know the part of the plane behind FC existed (all TIC).
I do get frustrated with the Zone 1 people camping out at the front of the queue and then don't move out of the way when PREM and SKY are called, but I made a contract, so no more complaining.
I do get frustrated with the Zone 1 people camping out at the front of the queue and then don't move out of the way when PREM and SKY are called, but I made a contract, so no more complaining.