Originally Posted by
Traveler_boy_25
T4 is massive, has plenty of food options and an amazing Sky Club. T5 has terrible food options and they closed the one lounge in there. Delta is number 2 for on-time performance while B6 is 9--that speaks for itself.
So DL doesn't go to 2 cities. That's why they have partners. DL goes to plenty of places that no other US Carrier goes to like Stuttgart, Lagos, and NIce.
For people that fly domestic/Caribbean, sky club is not an option even if you fly first class. There are a lot of nice lounges in T4. But guess what, if you are not flying international Business class. You are not getting in. As for food options, it really depends on your preference. I'm actually a fan of Bar Veloce and have no interest in burgers. I really like the vibe in T5 and I almost never do connections.
Aside from that, nothing about food option + lounge has any relevance with age of the terminal. And you should know by now that T1 is getting expanded across T2/3 and T5 is getting expanded across T6/7. So over the next decade, these will be the newest and nicest terminals. I would be shocked if there isn't going to be some lounges opening up in T5. Hopefully, they will be accessible with pp.
As for OTP, again. You repeat the same thing from a few months ago which has no relevance here. It doesn't matter what DL's OTP at ATL/MSP/DTW/SLC are. To people in NYC, the only number that matters is the OTP at JFK/LGA/EWR. And to people in Boston, the only number that matters is OTP at BOS. And in these markets, JetBlue OTP is 1.5 to 2.5% worse than airport average. So to say that they only cancel or are late is factually false. If I fly JFK-LAX only. Why would I care about DL's OTP out of other cities?
DL and its partners map to Asia is pathetic. They are unworkable for anyone that does majority of their travel to non-Seoul/Shanghai part of Asia. HK and Singapore are 2 of the largest markets in the world and ST have far and away the least options there from North America amongst the 3 alliances.