You mean T8 :). Even with the fun of going down to the tunnel to get to T6, taking the non-airconditioned connector to T7, then across the sometimes madhouse UA terminal to T8, and dealing with surly UA GAs (they make the lousy DL LAX GAs seem pleasant), it's still better than driving up the 101. But not cheap.

I know, off topic.

They don't see the vouchers. Those go straight into your SM account as e-credits. This isn't a refund of fare paid or voucher for cancelling a non-refundable fare, this is a customer service gesture. Company will have no way of knowing who was issued one or for how much.

At least one cancellation (the gate next to mine) was cancelled due to weather... Weather that arrived after a 5+ hour delay.

I don't think so. UA is in Airside 3 (west side), along with Airside 1. DL is in Airside 4 (east side), along with Airside 2. Last time I was in MCO you could get between Airsides on the same east or west side of the terminal. But you won't be able to get between Airside 3 and Airside 4 while staying in the sterile area. You would have to exit security and then hope TSA lets you through to an airside that isn't on the side your flight is departing from.

I believe they can both be accessed post security since they're both in Terminal B, but I'm not sure. At this point, I'll take anything I can get. Right now, tomorrow seems manageable. but with how today is going down. Kind of skeptical.

IBM India supports the mainframe. It got outsourced from the US a year or two ago.

My 5:45 AM BZN - SLC flight cancelled and I was sent via SEA instead. I get in almost 3 hours later. Not the end of the world. On my BZN - SEA flight, they offered a volunteer $1,000 DL $.

"A" and "B" refer to the landside stuff at MCO (check-in and baggage claim and parking) unfortunately so both airlines in "B" doesn't help one transfer between the two while staying airside. For your departing terminal in MCO, you have to look at which "Airside" you're in. As I noted above, UA is in Airside 3 and DL is in Airside 4, on opposite sides of the central terminal area.=, unless they've built some airside connector all the way across the terminal since the last time I was in MCO (6+ years ago).

^ You are correct, but our policy used to be that we were supposed to apply vouchers received in the course of company travel towards future company travel. This disruption is large enough, that my company travel department likely will be aware that these are being issued in large numbers to folks traveling on Delta yesterday and today. We're a large enough company that it will be a noticeable number of travelers.

So I'll call and check on the policy.

You are correct on all counts. ^

On the return, I will schlep bags in SFO which I think will be somewhat easier than LAX with the train system between terminals.

David

TSA should only care that you have a BP for that airport. The airline shouldn't matter. If they ask simply say you're going to the United Club. They normally only ask to make sure you understand there's no access to your gates from that particular security checkpoint.

Delta has been losing long-time and experienced employees left and right over the past 12-24 months, between early out packages and layoffs. On top of that, they are not necessarily replacing retirees and are instead relying more and more heavily on contractors. And their IT pay scale has been, and continues to be, sub-par when compared with every other sector/business, even with their touted 14.5% pay raise last December. Put it this way - I took a 30% pay cut when I converted from a contractor for Delta to a Delta employee, as did another contractor who converted after I was downsized. And he could have gone elsewhere, as a contractor, and made at least $20/hr more than he was getting at Delta. My reasons for converting were some additional job security plus better benefits. Unfortunately, a new manager (hired from an outside financial firm) and new management cost-cutting decrees put an end to my goal of spending at least 10 years as a Delta employee (and thus qualifying for Retiree flight benefits for the rest of my life).

Both of those CC's run off of DL's internal systems, IIRC.

There are UPS systems and backup generators at all data centers. This wasn't because of a "power outage".

"Power outage" is pure PR BS to me until someone publishes reliable, verifiable information to the contrary. We went to *great* lengths to ensure a power failure would not bring down business-critical systems. My team had a DR plan in place for years that would ensure our system could be up and running in the event ATL "became a smoking crater", and every business-critical system needed to have one of those, also. Not sure about other back-end systems, but ours could be executed within an hour (more like 15-20 minutes, in reality).

They have not. You'd have to take the tram back to the central hub and then hope you don't have to go back thru security to get on the tram to your other gate.

The whining:

I still haven't memorized MCOs layout aside from Airside 4, my debit card just expired so I'm out of luck as far as getting into any lounge, specifically the club at MCO or a SkyClub rn :p.

So, yeah.. Tomorrow wil be fun. Very. -Oh right, and if I do get on, it's Y in a 739, great..

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Okay, now with that out of the way... For now. I'm optimistic about the flight out there's a chance I'll get on. So long as DL doesn't do anything stupid and fliesdelta doesn't jinx us again we should be good. Was painful to watch as the 7:45AM flight today went from 110 seats to 30 -in one day!

But either way, I'm still thankful. I could be on Spirit right now, but I'm not. So, that in itself is a blessing.

I agree but what TSA should do and what their competence level will allow them to do are two different things. Like most other gov't agencies, they like to say "No" just because they can, and perhaps provide some lame excuse to go along with their "No" which has no basis in reality.

That's just it - to go from the east side to the west side, there's no "hope". It's just "you can't". 1 and 3 are on the west side with its own checkpoint. To get to 2 and 4 from 1 and 3, you have to ride the train to the central hub, exit the secure area, cross the terminal (past the food court, shopping areas, and the Hyatt), and then go through security and take the tram to 2 or 4. Depending on the security set-up, you *may* be able to transfer between 1 and 3 OR between 2 and 4 without clearing security since 1 and 3 use the same security checkpoint and 2 and 4 use the same security checkpoint, but even this is dependent on the set-up that is currently in use both by TSA and when you get off the tram. IIRC, I've seen both (where you could and where you couldn't transfer), but my memory could be fuzzy. I flew out of MCO quite a bit from 2005 through 2010 but haven't flown there since.