I am a United 1k flyer, who recently received comped DL status to Gold Medallion, as I'm living in Atlanta for three months.

I have lots to comment on how horrible Delta treats its elite fliers, but was pleasantly surprised this morning.

I was confirmed in (U) on DL #1420 (767-400) from LAX to ATL this morning, Jul 5th... I logged on to Delta.Com to hope to change my seat to an aisle or something better than what I had coming out to LAX.

I noticed next to 1420 "Call Delta" and noticed another flight 2 hours later listed, #429 in confirmed in F class!

I called Delta just to see what was going on, because this seemed so unlike them, given how stingy they are about F class. The SMS agent seemed almost proud to point out, when he checked my reservation (I didn't mention that I saw the F class) that Delta took good care of me today.

Is this a rare thing? Or does DL frequently fill up F inventory when flights cancel?

-A