Originally Posted by
jrl22
the default "search by price" effectively blanks out or overrides anything you may put in for desired time ... the next step of the logic is "best match" which equates to shortest travel time
"dumb" is too kind
But even when a bunch of flights at the same price are presented, they're in random order, unrelated to what you specified or chronological order. I think DL shows the least full flights (that they would prefer be chosen).