Dieuwer

Nope. No photos.

amolkold

Methinks the OP may have taken the photos out of his Dropbox folder, and so they are not available publicly.

However, they provided more than enough proof when they were available.

atldlff

First, let me start off by saying, kudos to Delta for the implementation of this program. ^ For those of us that are Atlanta based, you can’t help but notice that Southwest is coming to town and their marketing has been turning up the volume. It is getting louder – Billboards, Radio spots, now Atlanta specific TV ads, and it is likely to get much louder as we get closer to February launch. Anything that Delta can do to set itself apart, IMO, is a smart move on their part. WN is a very formidable competitor.

BTW - The new Porsche facility will be at the location of the former Ford Hapeville plant - just outside the very east end of the ATL airport directly between Runway 26L and 26R. I hear there will be a test track, which I want to personally check out! On a nice weather day, open the sunroof and you can drive and plane spot at the same time! On second thought...

Is this a published benefit? Clearly not, and I don't think it should be - this is something available only in ATL, and only on a limited basis. With that said, I am betting over the next few weeks we will see more and more FT members getting a cool ride at the ATL airport either to a connecting flight or if you are ATL based - maybe even a ride to your car. If that happens to me, I will be sure to get some pictures and post on here!

Is this exclusive to Diamond? Based only on High Dollar spend customers? I am willing to bet NO.

For those that are lucky enough to get selected for this - Feel the Delta/Porsche love and enjoy the ride! Please post your experience so the rest of us can enjoy

itsaboutthejourney

^^

andymo99

I first ate Smart Start cereal on JFK-IST in 2001. It then became a standard for me for several years. Very true story, and not just said for cerealmarketer's benefit.

andymo99

I think cerealmarketer has it exactly right. This is an innovative program geared at a very tiny subset of customers. Yet we, the masses, are demanding "transparency" and details.

This strikes me as the sort of situation where "if you have to ask, it's not for you." This program should be geared toward those who are in true rarefied air. They are super-wealthy and/or real celebrities and/or in control of an enormous amount of air spend (well beyond their own travel). Almost by definition, those elite (and when I say "elite" I do not mean some schmuck who flies 25k - 200k+ MQM/year) are not spending their time on FT obsessing over whether they'll get picked up planeside or how to get free upgrades or how to get in on a Skymall promotion or sorting out why there are no widebodies serving LAS from MSP. They are too important for that.

Truth hurts, but that's how I see it. Again, one of those situations where "if you have to ask, it's not for you."

If someday I get picked up planeside in a Porsche, I'll be psyched, snapping photos, and bragging to friends. But I will never expect such service nor will I be disappointed if it doesn't materialize.

elitetraveler

It would be interesting to see if folks who get the service are:

- Full Fare BE to NRT, HKG, SIN, LHR, DXB, FRA/Germany, ZRH
- Have used DL PJs


Just a guess that those routes could be of high interest as they have high quality competition with F cabins.

PRWeezer

^ Very well put. As the DL rep said, they're still working out exactly how it will work, but the aim is surprise & delight. IMHO as someone who works in the PR biz, if this had been backed by a big PR push it could have come across as a "nanny, nanny boo, boo here's another new perk that's not for you!" Besides, that would have set high expectations among elites & would kill the surprise & delight part of the program. Perhaps they hadn't expected it to gain so much traction in social media so quickly, before they tested the program & put a final stamp on how it would roll out. I'm sure the attention it did get was beyond anyone's expectations (even to the extent that I myself made a snarky comment earlier in the thread about this story being planted here...though I'll have to trust the OP that it wasn't).

Fun perk for those who get it, and yet something else for those who don't get it to gripe about. And all this before the program is even officially launched! In the grand scheme of things, FT is made up of a small group of very vocal customers. In other words, not getting this perk (or even not knowing about it in advance) might be a big deal to a small group of people, but the masses may not ever even know it exists. Or, they might happen to notice a Porsche on the ramp and think, wow, who's that big wig, then move on with their lives.

I'll never be in the super elite ranks, which helps to manage my lowly expectations.

sbrower

Why is it so difficult to figure out what HVC might be? Let's try a few metrics:

1. Ability to control more than $5 million dollars per year of travel expense going to Delta; or,

2. Annual travel purchasing tickets costing at least $250,000/year with average value not below 40 cents/mile

Thomas Hudson

If you are doing metrics, shouldn't it be Euros/Km?

briq

Last night my flight from PHL arrived at an ATL E gate; I was diverted from the disembarking stream of passengers with two other diamonds and sent down the jetway stairs to the ramp, where a brand new Porsche SUV idled. We were thence given a mini tour of ATL as we were conducted to the B gates for onward connections. The driver/chauffeur explained this was a service Delta provided to big-name VIPs, and was expanding it to include DMs. It was quite a treat. I felt somewhat ashamed that I was traveling on a lowly T fare.

Thanks, Delta.

Zomba

The reason for all of the schedule changes lately is that DL is working to implement metric time.

/Simpsons reference

reed2x

Forget delta, Porsche will be making all the money of this marketing ploy.

I also have a concern about safety/liability issues and airport ops. The ramp is a dangerous and crowded place.

Thomas Hudson

If I gotta go, getting run over by a 767 whilst in a Porsche is not a bad way.

RatherBeOnATrain

It would be more practical to equip the Porsches with cowbells, so they would have something to ring when passing LUV gates.