Delta picked me up in a Porsche
Dec 2, 2011, 4:43 pm
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Dec 3, 2011, 8:46 am
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Over on Airliners.net, there was a thread discussing the Porsche pickup, and one member said that LAX will be getting Porsches as well--they'll be sourced from local dealers. Given the amount of entertainment industry contracts DL has, this makes sense to me. Another interesting tidbit I found: DL used to do this for super HVCs, but used Ford Explorers instead--they've been "enhanced" (
) to the Porsches now. Another picture of the vehicles was also posted. -Travis
Dec 3, 2011, 8:58 am
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Nice pics! ^
Over on Airliners.net, there was a thread discussing the Porsche pickup, and one member said that LAX will be getting Porsches as well--they'll be sourced from local dealers. Given the amount of entertainment industry contracts DL has, this makes sense to me. Another interesting tidbit I found: DL used to do this for super HVCs, but used Ford Explorers instead--they've been "enhanced" () to the Porsches now. Another picture of the vehicles was also posted.
-Travis
Over on Airliners.net, there was a thread discussing the Porsche pickup, and one member said that LAX will be getting Porsches as well--they'll be sourced from local dealers. Given the amount of entertainment industry contracts DL has, this makes sense to me. Another interesting tidbit I found: DL used to do this for super HVCs, but used Ford Explorers instead--they've been "enhanced" (
) to the Porsches now. Another picture of the vehicles was also posted. -Travis
Dec 3, 2011, 6:50 pm
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Maybe I'll see them tomorrow on the way home from SF. Doubt it but hey weirder things have happened.
Dec 3, 2011, 11:13 pm
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Raises a question, what if your flying on an award ticket in F/J through the mega hub? Will that bring out the magical Porche?
Dec 4, 2011, 12:11 am
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Yup, that's the porsche I saw whipping around ATL. Can't wait for a youtube video of a 388 hitting the porsche. 
Dec 4, 2011, 12:19 am
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With Southwest's expansion into the ATL market, I can envision a commercial with one of their 737s rolling over the top of a DL-marked Porsche with some smarmy comment about bags flying free...
Have arrived back to ATL now at least 6 times now since the known beginning of this program and still no Porsche treatment...
Have arrived back to ATL now at least 6 times now since the known beginning of this program and still no Porsche treatment...
Dec 4, 2011, 10:13 am
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Thus it likely has more to do with terminating in ATL.
Dec 4, 2011, 10:19 am
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when I got the maagical Porche pick-up, I was flying lga - atl - zrh on paid F/J so there are some other common denominators that are used.
Dec 4, 2011, 10:19 am
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Dec 4, 2011, 11:17 am
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There's a thread on anet about this. A few folks over there seem to think its faster to take the train from T or A terminal to E. They seem to think its a huge waste of resources. Blasphemy I tell you! Jealousy gets you nowhere!
When i got the magical Porche pickup, I got from A terminal to E terminal in about 5 minutes. Plus, the escort to the delta skyclub was also a nice way to end the magical ride.
When i got the magical Porche pickup, I got from A terminal to E terminal in about 5 minutes. Plus, the escort to the delta skyclub was also a nice way to end the magical ride.
Dec 11, 2011, 10:11 am
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Six weeks after the Porsches were first announced on FT, the crack reporters at ATL's fishwrap have finally written about it:
Atlanta Journal Constitution:
Delta, Porsche partner to give rides at Atlanta airport
3:46 p.m. Friday, December 9, 2011
Atlanta Journal Constitution:
Delta, Porsche partner to give rides at Atlanta airport
3:46 p.m. Friday, December 9, 2011