RobOnLI

Dang it. And I selected row 6 on a 757 transcon for tomorrow because of FEBO! J/K. I am in row 6 though.

Actually, Delta's food options are pretty bad IMHO. The chicken is potentially healthy while the pasta is artery-hardening-as-you-fly.

-RM

vasantn

Of course, this has exactly a 50% chance of being accurate, since most of these responses are quite random.

HWGeeks

My JFK to SFO flight recently the FA served the upgrades last and the payings first.

She even made it a point to tell people she was serving the paying first and even said she might not have our first choice.

vasantn

I don't believe the FAs know who is upgraded and who is paid.

ifette

On INTL flights there's a manifest that clearly shows who is elite, who is on a paid fair, who was upgraded or used an upgrade instrument, and who was op-up'd. Given SFO-JFK is marketed as business elite, it wouldn't surprise me if the manifest were similarly detailed.

As for whether this information is on a domestic passenger manifest, perhaps one of our resident FAs would care to chime in?

vasantn

Do you have first-hand knowledge of this? AFAIK manifests only show elite status and MM status, unless things have changed in recent years.

Horizons

Well, they definitely know who is a Medallion MM. On two of my recent flights, the FA went around the cabin thanking specific pax for their million miler status and loyalty, and offering them first crack at meal choice. On the first flight, one guy behind me (whose seatmate was also MM) said something like "In fact, I am a 3 million miler", to which the FA replied, "My apologies for not greeting you as such. Our manifest only says 'million miler', but not how many millions." It was said politely, not snarky.

I couldn't quite make out her zigzags after she had hit the 4 or 5 MMs in the cabin, but it appeared she was going down the line of Medallion status. I had expected to be reasonably high up that chain, but even as a Platinum I was one of the last ones asked (in 4C on a 757 transcon, so roughly mid-cabin). She still thanked me for my loyalty.

I simply assume that DL has no particular policy in place that FAs must follow, so it's entirely up to how creative they're feeling that day. But AA strictly follows FEBO and UA fairly consistently follows MP status.

vasantn

Yep, exactly what I said.

ClipperDelta

Delta's pax manifests only distinguish among NRSAs, involuntary-bump-ups, and revenue pax. Among regular revenue pax, there is no indication who is using upgrade instruments or who is on an award ticket, or who is paying what fare category.

As for status, next to each pax name are indicatiors such as:

FF - regular Skymiles member
FO - Silver Medallion
GM/SkyTeam Elite - Gold Medallion
PM/SkyTeam ElitePlus - Platinum Medallion
SkyTeam Elite or SkyTeam ElitePlus - meaning pax who have AF or KE or AM or SU, etc., elite status
Also, MM to indicate MillionMiler (but not 2MM or 3MM, etc)

HWGeeks

Well the FA on DL719 on the 7th Jumped around the cabin going front to back serving people in a random order and those she didn't serve she told they may not get their first option.

I was in 3A. I think 2 people in Row 2 and someone in Row 4 was served before me along with the guy in 3B. My stomach grumbled while he ate lol.

ifette

Sorry, was recalling NW manifests. NW manifests had a ton of information, and given that the majority of my INTL has been SFO-NRT or via AMS, I have flown very few DL-op INTL flights recently. That's obviously now changed...

DLFlightAttend

Hey clipper

dont forget the

FC- Flying Colonel

then if it is blank next to their name.. they are full fare non skymiles member.

AndyTLe

Currently on DL 65 ATL-LAS (763). FEBO is being used.

4ABCD, 3ABCD, 4 EF, 3 EF, 2ABCD, 2EF, 1ABCD, 1 EF

avidflyer

I was on a BOS-SLC flight last week and they did FEBO.

3Cforme

I did DTW-MCO last week in 6C and they did not FEBO the lunch service.