Originally Posted by
azeckel
She told me that Delta was having inventory problems because they had so many people "protected" on flights that they may or may not take, so they have ended that process. If you ask me, they're having inventory problems because they fly far too close to capacity during peak travel times and NOT because they were protecting frequent flyers from being stuck on missed connections, but I digress...
All DL would have to do is have DLMatic drop the protected segment if you fly the original one (or any other one for that matter). One the ET segment (or its equivalent) has been used, it can drop all the unused segments.
I had DL protect me on multiple itins (even different cites) two weeks ago, so I find these "no protection flight" reports not in line with my experience.