Originally Posted by
MCI777
I hate to keep comparing AA to Delta but this one area where Delta is wayyyyyy ahead of AA. Case and point: two weeks ago I flew DL outbound MCI-ATL-ORF and returned on American ORF-CLT-MCI. Both airlines had delays on their respective segments but DL agents seemed empowered to make decisions in order to help the customer. With AA, all I got was "I can't, they won't allow me, it's not possible". The willingness and ability to help a customer on the AA side, just seems very limited these days.
And Delta is making so much more money than AA right now. AAs decisions to be cheap and limit agent flexibility is only shooting themselves in the foot in the log run.