Originally Posted by
Supersonic Swinger
Experiences from some of my Delta flights:
1) The two biggest dressing downs I've ever received from airline staff have been from DL at ATL and LGA each time I tried to bring an airside coffee on with me during boarding.
2) At check in for a DL JFK-TLV flight, a friend had to empty items out of their carry on into their checked luggage to bring it underweight, and had to throw out a couple of items which wouldn't fit.
Things of a similar nature have happened to be me on BA, UA, QF and SQ. I just accepted it each time as one of the little moments that happen in travel and for the sake of your blood pressure and cortisol levels, you probably should too.
I bring coffee onto Delta flights nearly every time I travel. Religiously. Never once had an issue.
For your luggage issue, at least they caught it at the check in counter, where it could be weighed. My Nazi lifted my suitcase like a dumbbell curl and pronounced it to be overweight, on board the aircraft, while the boarding passengers waited and watched. Of course, since this was quite arbitrary, there was no opportunity to remove items and move things into my backpack, b/c she had no idea how much it was overweight, just that "it was".
For the record, they announced that it was 2 KG overweight, after it had been confiscated and checked. Nice. And furthermore, I have no idea as to the dimensions, just that it fits, and has been accepted as carryon for the last 6 years on every carrier I've used. Virgin as well, so it isn't oversized, by any means.
Let's just call this for what it is: a ridiculous attempt to further dumb down the process, and enhance the likelihood of checked baggage fees.