I just assumed this morning someone would acknowledge a great find, but they didn't, so I will. THANKS!!! I need to make a trip in January and doubt I would have found this had you not mentioned it. I love Flyertalk!!!
While we're on the subject of out-of-the-way routings through ATL on DL, I was pricing a roundtrip from AUS-HOU/IAH the other day and have found that DL allows a change in ATL (or DFW) for only about $10 more than WN, CO, or AA (going n/s) . Lots of miles for $100 if you need to get to HOU/IAH and have the time to do all of that.