Originally Posted by
motytrah
1) The farce of "direct flights" and how DL management handles them . . .
Since I'm Hub bound and almost everything I fly is a true non-stop. What is the issue with it?
Wow! With more than 3000 posts, have you been living in a cave?
One example: The other day I was on DL61 which goes JFK/ATL/GIG. It arrives in ATL at concourse A and leaves from concourse T on a different plane altogether. It's planned - NOT a last minute aircraft swap. JFK/ATL is late, and the thru pax onboard assume they'll be ok going on to Rio! But noooo!! ATL/GIG leaves on time. Also, often times it's even a different aircraft TYPE indicating that the whole "direct flight" concept is kind of a scam! A side note is that the airlines only give FF miles from A to C as opposoed to A to B + B to C. Did I miss anything?