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Old Jul 17, 2016 | 6:58 pm
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Originally Posted by gator21
DL may have delays but at least they try and get the flight completed. So many airlines just give up and cancel flights but DL tries to complete the flight even if it means a delay. To me, that is important to know they attempt to complete all mainline flights.
Some people would argue that cancellation is better in that it theoretically opens more rebooking options.

Still, the time my rebooked 6 pm flight was delayed to midnight, I was very grateful that it actually departed and got me to where I needed to be, albeit at 2:35 am.
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