Originally Posted by
DLBeno
Certain routes (SLC-CDG, for example) and certain dates/time periods have embargoes where buddy pass riders are not allowed because they will more than likely get stuck for days at a time.
These embargo dates are distributed to all front line folks so that they can catch buddy pass riders just in case the "owner" of the buddy pass forgot about the embargo.
I have heard nothing about a complete embargo for all travel system-wide until 2009.
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All embargos except for Lagos, Nigeria have been lifted
With the exception of travel between Atlanta and Lagos, Nigeria, all market-specific travel embargoes for Delta buddy pass travelers have been lifted. Employees now can book travel for their buddy pass guests to all the international markets we serve, except for travel between Atlanta and Lagos, where challenges to the operation remain.
The previously restricted markets which are no longer embargoed are Salt Lake City to Paris-Charles de Gaulle; New York-JFK to Amman, Jordan; and JFK to Dakar, Senegal, which also affected travel to Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Delta buddy pass travel still is embargoed on certain days of the year. Only the market-specific embargoes, except for LOS, have been lifted.