Originally Posted by rylan

I guess people aren't getting my point... if you are rebooked in your original fare class and put on standby because there are no seats available (such as during winter storm cancellations), you're going to be at the bottom of the pile for getting a seat on a flight.

Also, if the new auto-rebooking tool that is coming keeps your original fare class then doesn't that by default mean that irrops passengers no longer get priority on flights? That sounds like a change of policy to me. Will Delta no longer be giving priority to pax with travel disruptions?