TommyD2

Another vote for leaving it the way it is.

seldon

Please, please, please leave the boarding process alone. Otherwise any F passengers who get to the gate late will find all the overhead space taken up by Y passengers' bags. Not cool.

TTT

Anyone notice this on the SP page?

So does that mean there will be "premium" seats and "priority" seats - or is this just restating what is already the Medallion benefit?

Would be nice if SP got you bulkhead seats on PMNW aircraft!^

GUWonder

Much ado about nothing -- old stuff, new packaging.

pragakhan

Does doing it this way allow Delta in the future to make SkyPriority say... Sell-able?

For $55 for your RT flight you can add the benefits of SkyPriority to your itinerary!

Let the conspiracies commence!

dll

Seems to be rolling out already (as others have reported). I had a SkyPriority tag on my checked bag yesterday and was mildly optimistic that might actually mean what it suggests it would.

So, I wasn't surprised when my bag was among the last 10 coming off the belt. Well, perhaps the training continues.

Crazyhotelguy

Its.that clasic misguided training.... The bag was probably the first on and is thus , now the last off!!! US has this same problem.

MikeyZBT

What airport? My wife, just last week, got the Priority tag and got the bag off very early in ATL and also here in SAN.

MikeyZBT

^^^ Exactly what I was saying in my post above.

Good to see someone else actually agreeing with me. He has an obsession with commenting about the award issues in every single thread, but not all of us really care that much about it.

mersk862

Indeed. While I wish the award calendar was a bit more accurate, it works 90%+ of the time for what I want it to do.

End of the day, some of these Sky Priority are things that I will actually find more valuable. The fact that SP folk in Y get a free drink/snack is a great plus. Actually putting in SP lines at baggage services offices is a great plus for me, especially as I've been checking my bag more often lately - same thing with priority baggage. Zone 1 boarding is rather nice as well. These things are all new to me as a Delta flyer over the past year, and I find them more beneficial to my regular travel experience.

dll

Checked in LAX, transferred in MSP with a final destination of CMH. I actually watched the bag come off in MSP and it was #3 off the plane, so it's working there! Don't know what order it went on in MSP bound for CMH, though.

FlyingHigh20

I hate to re-iterate what others may have already said - but perhaps in multiples, the point will get across to Delta.....but... what exactly is the point of this program?! Nothing has changed.

-Same priority boarding (except the few times I'm not upgraded, I go to Zone 1 now...not a huge change)
-Same priority lines for checkin/security
-Same "Medallion" phone lines
-Baggage priority is slightly better, but still same for Plats.

The only thing are drink/snack coupons when not upgraded. Yes - thats definiltely welcomed, but thats hardly justification to start a new program. And NWA gave 1000 WP miles when not upgraded - which is what I'd rather have than drinking coupons or coupons for the worthless/overpriced snack boxes.

Very sad Delta. Try again.

FlyingHigh20

Fair enough - but arguably award availability and functionality of the award calendar (which is the MAIN benefit of a loyalty/frequent flier program) is so far messed up, that it deserves far more "priority" than this lame excuse for a new "improved" Sky"Priority" program, which is a re-hash of existing benefits.

fpm

I have been on dozens of flights out of ATL where the list of upgrades > 50 passengers. Assuming some of those were FO, that still throws dozens into the 'early' boarding herd. This will be a mess.

SMI - I propose you and others that are involved with this change spend the next few weeks in ATL, LGA, JFK, LAX, & MSP observing the boarding process. When you witness the mess that has developed, please revert to the current process.

The last ten years have seen several changes to the boarding process and the current has proven to be the smoothest.

Please use this opportunity to make the south security lines at ATL true elite lines. Post a couple of Delta employees and have them enforce the policy.

Baggage handlers at many airports are not Delta employees and don't give a RA about priority tags.

mersk862

For GM+, they receive 4 drink chits a year. I could have easily burned through mine already on single-class CRJs had I not decided to skip the drink there. Living in a hub and doing a lot of travel on the MSP-ATL route, I often find myself sitting in the back there too. Basically, end of the day, I can better save my chits.

I do agree with you that it'd be great if it was a drink coupon on all flights though. I do remember SMI mentioning that the new chits would be good on the entire itinerary, so that would at least take care of a 1-class CRJ.

My one "flaw" right now is for international itineraries (or those with only 1-class RJs); in the former, I don't think you can OLCI; in the latter, it's a bit dubious to have some SP folk that came in on a mainline plane get chits while others aren't eligible.