Originally Posted by
hockeyinsider
I've flown in and out of Tokyo NRT about 12 times this year. Every time there have been Delta-uniformed agents greeting one or two business-class passengers and escorting them from the jet bridge. I've only seen one Delta agent greet a business-class passenger on flights through other airports.
Could be nothing but Tokyo has to be an important market for Delta, notwithstanding its reduction in NRT flights. My guess -- and it's only a guess! -- would be that it's trying to keep its top-level elites in Asia with 360. I thought I previously read somewhere that medallion qualification rules were different in Asia, as well.
I get the jet bridge escort when arriving at NRT. Also when boarding at NRT they usually ask me if I want to board first, even ahead of the passengers needing additional time (I always decline their offer). I am a diamond but not 360, however, I think this special treatment has something to do with my company and the fact that me and many of my colleagues make frequent trips to Japan and delta is trying to win our business. My colleagues have reported similar experiences. Frankly the escort is a bit of waste of time. It requires me to make small talk in very poor Japanese after getting off a 13 hour flight.