Zone "Sky"
Mar 12, 2012, 8:31 am
#77
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: PHL
Programs: DL GM
Posts: 115
Flying out of PHL tomorrow and noticed that I am in zone PREM for both legs, although I was only upgraded for the second leg. I have never had that happen before, usually zone 1 (back when I was FO) for non-upgraded leg and PREM for upgraded. Is this a IT glitch or new SOP?
Mar 12, 2012, 8:50 am
#78
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: ATL
Programs: Delta GM, Marriott Platinum, Hertz 5*
Posts: 2,530
Flying out of PHL tomorrow and noticed that I am in zone PREM for both legs, although I was only upgraded for the second leg. I have never had that happen before, usually zone 1 (back when I was FO) for non-upgraded leg and PREM for upgraded. Is this a IT glitch or new SOP?
Now if it were a glitch that made things worse for everyone (i.e. the award calendar) then it would immediately go to the bottom of their seemingly endless project pipeline.
Mar 12, 2012, 9:06 am
#79
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Flying out of PHL tomorrow and noticed that I am in zone PREM for both legs, although I was only upgraded for the second leg. I have never had that happen before, usually zone 1 (back when I was FO) for non-upgraded leg and PREM for upgraded. Is this a IT glitch or new SOP?
Mar 12, 2012, 9:41 am
#80
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: PHL
Programs: DL GM
Posts: 115
No, have a short connection so I booked the closest row to the front i could, and I'm not tall enought to care too much about exit rows. I would have assumed I would get Leg1=SKY & Leg2=PREM. I'm just not looking forward to the confused GA that tells me I'm not in first class when I try to board, eh, prolly just wait for SKY to board.
Mar 12, 2012, 11:23 am
#81
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: DL PM, Hilton Gold, Amex Platinum, National Executive, IHG Platinum
Posts: 129
Just printed a BP for tmrw and saw this ...
What are FOs getting now? Zone 1 or 2? I'm all for them getting in a zone ahead of an SM with just an AmEx. But if they're Zone 1, we might have some DYKWIA FOs trying to board first.
This seemingly easy process is getting too complicated.
What are FOs getting now? Zone 1 or 2? I'm all for them getting in a zone ahead of an SM with just an AmEx. But if they're Zone 1, we might have some DYKWIA FOs trying to board first.
This seemingly easy process is getting too complicated.
Mar 12, 2012, 11:36 am
#82
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SLC
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 191
Says the DYKWIA PM.
I'm sorry my $35000.00 expenditures on Delta to earn FO are not "impressive" enough to warrant "special treatment" in your eyes.
A FO travels more than 95% (guestimate) of all Delta customers and I think that deserves some recognition.
Mar 12, 2012, 5:37 pm
#83
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: EYW
Programs: DL GM
Posts: 302
I don't really know why FOs with exit row seats were in Zone 1 in the first place, but just pointing out that in some cases the quote above is incorrect.
Should be able to make it to GM this year and escape the constant devaluation of FO. Hopefully DL doesn't come after the GMs next.
Mar 12, 2012, 5:43 pm
#84
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For a FO with an exit row seat (which describes the majority of my flying) this is not the same process. Previously I was able to board with SP in Zone 1, now I'll be boarding after SP in "Zone 1" which is really the old Zone 2. Don't imagine it will much difference out of EYW, but it will in ATL.
I don't really know why FOs with exit row seats were in Zone 1 in the first place, but just pointing out that in some cases the quote above is incorrect.
Should be able to make it to GM this year and escape the constant devaluation of FO. Hopefully DL doesn't come after the GMs next.
I don't really know why FOs with exit row seats were in Zone 1 in the first place, but just pointing out that in some cases the quote above is incorrect.
Should be able to make it to GM this year and escape the constant devaluation of FO. Hopefully DL doesn't come after the GMs next.
Mar 12, 2012, 5:45 pm
#85
Join Date: Nov 2010
Programs: WN peon (was A+), IHG Plat Hilton HHonors Gold DL SkyPesos PM (still a peon) US Chmn, Hawaiian Haole
Posts: 1,166
Both my BPs today were marked zone 'Prem' (one a FC upgrade and the other a no-FC CRJ200). On the FC flight, the GA boarded the usual FC, then zone 1, on the CRJ200 Zone 1 first (no preboards in either case). The new boarding order evidently hasn't reached the GA level yet.
Mar 12, 2012, 5:46 pm
#86
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: EYW
Programs: DL GM
Posts: 302
In any case, from the perspective of a FO who frequently sits in exit rows, this is yet another unwelcome change.
Mar 13, 2012, 11:27 am
#87
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: MSP
Programs: DL GM, Hyatt
Posts: 215
Now when I board, I will be wondering if it is Zone "Sky" or Sky Zone.
http://blog.delta.com/2011/07/11/del...for-your-kids/
http://blog.delta.com/2011/07/11/del...for-your-kids/
Mar 13, 2012, 11:52 am
#89
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: BHM
Programs: DL DM, HH Silver, Marriott Silver
Posts: 58
"Your Choice of Trip Extras" explains it all.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...i-fi-pass.html
How do you explain to someone that they just paid extra for the third or fourth boarding group? You call it "Zone 1", and fail to mention that you are behind pre-boards, First Class, and Sky-priority.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...i-fi-pass.html
How do you explain to someone that they just paid extra for the third or fourth boarding group? You call it "Zone 1", and fail to mention that you are behind pre-boards, First Class, and Sky-priority.
Mar 13, 2012, 12:04 pm
#90
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: ATL
Programs: Delta GM, Marriott Platinum, Hertz 5*
Posts: 2,530
"You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Sky Zone."