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Old Sep 19, 2017, 12:12 am
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mjcewl1284
 
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Originally Posted by CommentatusMaximus
Delta pulled out of Taiwan in May. I'm stuck connecting via CI to Narita or Incheon to catch Delta. The change is a major downgrade, even complained to Delta Corporate about it.
I contemplated a move back to DL at the beginning of the year with UA's intro of the horrific 3-4-3 Y seating in their 777-300ERs. However, after DL announced TPE pull out, I was pretty much back to UA. Some of the routings I looked at to TPE after the cut left a lot to be desired.
Arriving into TPE at the earliest 9:10 pm via NRT and midnight via ICN (compared with UA arrival at 6:30 pm) is a serious downgrade, especially when I have to take a bus to central Taiwan on the majority of my trips.
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