Originally Posted by manacit

There are more conspiracy theories in this thread than there are in a season of Ancient Aliens, my goodness. We've got facial recognition determining whether people are drunk, the wife of a Delta pilot trying to "get her husband's attention", and (my favorite) revenue management deciding that it'd be easier to accuse people of being too drunk so they don't need to be served.

Let's try this: I can say with relative certainty that Delta does not have any sort of hard policy around how many drinks one is allowed to have before boarding, but a GA/Red Coat saw an OP and judged them to be of concern, and they took appropriate action to ensure no expensive mistakes happened in air. This is basic risk management - Delta owes OP no alcohol if they think he's already intoxicated, and I am very happy that they erred on the side of not serving.

It is probably embarrassing for OP (I certainly would be), and if he's telling the truth, it sounds like it wasn't completely warranted. As others have said, there are two sides to every story.