Delta picked me up in a Porsche
Apr 25, 2012, 8:25 pm
#424
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Porsche Pick up ATL
Happened to me and my biz partner last week / both Diamonds / 11 am arrival from FLL
Michael the driver was terrific / dropped us off at the baggage claim closest to Marta
Very nice perk indeed / he explained Porsche NA is building their new NA headquarters at the airport and had donated 8 vehicles to the program / said it was a great change from gate agent :}
Michael the driver was terrific / dropped us off at the baggage claim closest to Marta
Very nice perk indeed / he explained Porsche NA is building their new NA headquarters at the airport and had donated 8 vehicles to the program / said it was a great change from gate agent :}
May 15, 2012, 8:03 pm
#426
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Talked with a seat mate the other day - he is a PM and had the pick up service a few weeks ago.
Not sure if there had been other reports of this being done for PMs
Not sure if there had been other reports of this being done for PMs
May 15, 2012, 8:20 pm
#427
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May 15, 2012, 8:30 pm
#428
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May 19, 2012, 10:19 pm
#429
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This is what I initially thought as well, but if you take a look at some of the other travel boards out there, there have been reports of lower level elites getting the Porsche pickup service. It *appears* that it is based more on revenue than status though, to my knowledge, DL has not come out and said this.
May 20, 2012, 6:17 am
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May 20, 2012, 1:32 pm
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I guess as a PM in BE with a tight connection in ATL you have a good chance they are going to pick you up.
It's almost like NW's phantom upgrade program
It's almost like NW's phantom upgrade program
May 20, 2012, 9:29 pm
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While that makes sense a few weeks back I missed a connection to LHR do to late arriving aircraft in Memphis. The Skyclub agents were amazing and tried to have a Porsche pick me up. We landed at the end of A concourse and I had 18 minutes to make it to E. I was able to get there in time to see the plane with door closed. There was a redcoat there and he told me he tried to get a Porsche to pick me up but, they were all booked up with previous commitments. So I do not think that they are doing it for tight connections.
May 20, 2012, 10:21 pm
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This we *think* we know as fact that they are doing. Read back through this thread and you'll see lots of recipients of the Porsche pick up as having had tight connections through ATL. Now, the question is how tight is a tight connection. The only Porsche pick up I've received was when I was connecting through ATL (I live in ATL so rarely is this an issue for me) on a not-so-tight connection (in my opinion) that was unavoidable in scheduling flying to SAN. Driver told me that as a HVC with a "tight connection" (in the driver's words, in reality, I had about 30 minutes until my next flight began boarding and they delivered me to a set of stairs near the C37 SC) that DL wanted to ensure I made my next flight on time. I've read the conversations in this thread about drives to the parking lot, rental car counter, etc. and have even inquired of a couple of the ATL Red Coats that I know relatively well about the service and have been told several times now that DL is preferentially providing this service to HVCs on an as available service. There are very few Porsches and lots of HVCs that fly through Hartsfield on a daily basis. I don't think anyone claims to recognize a clear pattern as to how they pick who gets met, but tight connections seem to be one common theme here.