Hall of Rants: Whats the Most Random and Pathetic Thing You Can Complain About?
Apr 22, 2018, 7:24 am
#1831
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I'm sure there's some dude with a monocle and a cat at Delta's secret mountain HQ telling his minions to turn the knob on hold time estimates, throwing back his head and laughing.
Apr 22, 2018, 8:20 am
#1832
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
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I legitimately think that they're lying about hold times to encourage people not to call. That would be fine, IF DL had usable online self-service tools.
Apr 22, 2018, 8:58 am
#1834
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
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Apr 22, 2018, 4:24 pm
#1835
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: BNA
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Not specific to Delta, but why do families with kid gets to board first? It's your ....ing lifestyle choice to have a kid, and now you're more important than an elite? Total BS.
People with disabilities, old people, I can understand. Nobody chooses to be disabled or old. But you choose to have your kid, so shut the .... up and board with the rest of cattle class.
People with disabilities, old people, I can understand. Nobody chooses to be disabled or old. But you choose to have your kid, so shut the .... up and board with the rest of cattle class.
Apr 23, 2018, 7:27 am
#1836
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I agree with this 100% and I have kids. Makes me crazy when they call for boarding for infants, those with strollers and/or carseats and people with kids older than mine start boarding. And they usually bring along their entire party of able bodied adults with them. Somehow one 12 year old kid boards along with 5 adults, on what planet do they require extra time and assistance in boarding?
Apr 24, 2018, 9:34 am
#1837
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I have figured out that when someone describes a airline/hotel employee as "rude" that this means "the employee wouldn't break rules and/or give me an upgrade" about 90% of the time.
Apr 24, 2018, 2:03 pm
#1838
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Not specific to Delta, but why do families with kid gets to board first? It's your ....ing lifestyle choice to have a kid, and now you're more important than an elite? Total BS.
People with disabilities, old people, I can understand. Nobody chooses to be disabled or old. But you choose to have your kid, so shut the .... up and board with the rest of cattle class.
People with disabilities, old people, I can understand. Nobody chooses to be disabled or old. But you choose to have your kid, so shut the .... up and board with the rest of cattle class.
Apr 24, 2018, 2:12 pm
#1839
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Because people with kids often take longer to board and get settled in, so throwing them in with the rest of boarding slows down the boarding process while they hold up everyone while trying to get their kids and themselves settled in to their seats. I do agree that too many families abuse this (and the airlines permit the abuse) but allowing families to board first is a decision to make things easier for the family and faster/smoother for the airlines as they can get settled in at a time when they aren’t holding up a line.
Apr 25, 2018, 12:28 pm
#1840
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: PDX
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When I book a paid flight in the DL app, it used to note the Low Fare Guarantee above the search box, which naturally went away when toggling to an award booking. Now it just says, "Book Better. Fly Better." but still goes away with award booking. So I guess there's no booking better or flying better when miles are the currency? 
Apr 26, 2018, 8:53 pm
#1842
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: PIT/WAS
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Picking up my in-laws from the airport tonight. Their LCC flight has been delayed all day, so from checking their flight status all day, when i type "fly" into the browser, it auto fills Frontier's website and not FT.
Apr 27, 2018, 6:57 am
#1843
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Last edited by davetravels; Apr 27, 2018 at 8:13 am
Apr 27, 2018, 7:12 am
#1844
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The fact that ft makes you use their awful mobile website instead of hooking up with tapatalk is a crime against humanity
Apr 27, 2018, 7:54 am
#1845
Join Date: Apr 2011
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