“Do You Know Who I Am?”: The Definitive Thread of DYKWIA Stories
Jan 28, 2017, 12:42 pm
#7801
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 4,216
Jan 28, 2017, 12:48 pm
#7802
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Near ATL AVL GSP
Programs: DLDime & MM - Marriott LifePlat - Hertz Prez - Hyatt Dissapointedist
Posts: 224
Or... travel the day before. Or... have other contingency plans. Or...
Jan 28, 2017, 12:52 pm
#7803
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 3,394
Jan 28, 2017, 1:40 pm
#7805
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Back in Reds Country (DAY/CVG). Previously: SEA & SAT.
Programs: DL PM 1MM, AA PLAT, UA Silver, Marriott Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 10,348
I once used a 2 min delay to rebook to an earlier connecting flight. Originally had a 3 hour layover because the option with the 1 hour layover was significantly more expensive when booked. When I was notified of the 2 minute "delay" I pulled up the app to see what the options were. I rebooked to the shorter layover option through the app - same leg 1 to the hub with the 2 minute "delay@ connecting the earlier departure from the hub. (I was FO at the time so didn't have SDC/SDS privileges).
Jan 28, 2017, 2:08 pm
#7806
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,404
Jan 28, 2017, 2:16 pm
#7807
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. / Washington, DC
Programs: AA PPro/DL PLT, PPass, Marriott / Hilton Gold, JetBlue Mosaic, Hertz Presidents Circle, Amex Plat
Posts: 4,630
Jan 28, 2017, 7:06 pm
#7809
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Treasure Coast, FL
Programs: DL Diamond, Marriott LT Plat, HH Diamond, Avis Preferred Plus, National Executive
Posts: 4,578
Nope.
Now for the rest of the story he sat in F in the aisle next to me MSP-SEA.
Heard him tell his seat mate (I was in the aisle) he was perturbed Delta would not put him in F on the AS SEA-PDX leg.
Odds are it is a Q400 with no F.
He had two screwdrivers before takeoff and slept the whole way.
We landed about 3:45 Pacific and sure he would be in PDX by 6:00pm.
Now for the rest of the story he sat in F in the aisle next to me MSP-SEA.
Heard him tell his seat mate (I was in the aisle) he was perturbed Delta would not put him in F on the AS SEA-PDX leg.
Odds are it is a Q400 with no F.
He had two screwdrivers before takeoff and slept the whole way.
We landed about 3:45 Pacific and sure he would be in PDX by 6:00pm.
Jan 28, 2017, 7:37 pm
#7810
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 17,451
I once used a 2 min delay to rebook to an earlier connecting flight. Originally had a 3 hour layover because the option with the 1 hour layover was significantly more expensive when booked. When I was notified of the 2 minute "delay" I pulled up the app to see what the options were. I rebooked to the shorter layover option through the app - same leg 1 to the hub with the 2 minute "delay@ connecting the earlier departure from the hub. (I was FO at the time so didn't have SDC/SDS privileges).
And then
I've been VIPRed off of flights for smaller delays than this.
So I guess even a 15 minute delay can be meaningful. Lesson learned.^
Jan 28, 2017, 8:33 pm
#7811
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: VPS
Programs: IHG Diamond, Delta PM, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 7,265
I'm willing to be a Dangermouse and take a 40 minute domestic to domestic connection in ATL for the right ticket price because I know they pad the heck out of schedule times for short haul flights into there. But a 15 minute delay at that point definitely has me on my phone checking for a plan B option because a 25 minute scheduled connection there is starting to get iffy- even if it's same concourse and I can walk very briskly, when things are starting to stack up like that, the odds are too high you'll get to Georgia and then have a delay in getting gate assignment on top of it.
Jan 29, 2017, 1:26 am
#7812
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Orlando, FL Area
Programs: Delta SkySponge ExtraAbsorbent, SPG Gold
Posts: 29,988
Last week at the ATL C Sky Club there was an arrogant guy giving the agent a hard time about a seat assignment. He then goes on a rant and states that the MD-88's are as old as the B-52. I couldn't help it and busted out laughing.
Jan 29, 2017, 7:00 am
#7813
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP, DL FO, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 6,712
Someone was trash talking the MD88? Them's fightin' words...
Jan 29, 2017, 7:45 am
#7814
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Treasure Coast, FL
Programs: DL Diamond, Marriott LT Plat, HH Diamond, Avis Preferred Plus, National Executive
Posts: 4,578
Jan 29, 2017, 8:02 am
#7815
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 814
I would have to use all my fingers and all my toes to count the number of times a flight I was involved with has been delayed for XX minutes only to find out that the delay was shorter than expected. Arriving at the last minute at the airport is not a plan for success. Neither is wandering far from the gate just because a delay of less than an hour has been announced.