Not Delta, but I've been keeping an eye on UA upgrade lists ex-CVG to gauge my potential upgrade chances if I give them a go. There have been several flights in the last few days with 10 or less people on board (mostly CRJ7s an ERJ175s).

MCO, or at least the touristy part of Orlando, is generally light the weeks between MLK and President's day (not inclusive). Snowbirds are already in place and a lot of vacationers plan around either of the school holidays.

Also, Mon evening through Thurs morning tend to be lighter loads ime, as most folks start their vacation Fri-Sun and consultants come home Thurs or Fri night.

yup. i worked in orlando for 5 yrs and there is a big dip in travel into and out of MCO this time of year. things will soon pick up and planes will be full. that week before easter is the absolute peak. airfares 2x-3x normal as well as hotel and rental car rates. the kids gotta go to disney and universal for break!

Yup, Mar 1 through the end of Easter week is nightmarish. Mosh pit boarding, mosh pit deplaning (due to mosh pit boarding waiting for the plane)... I'm not looking forward to it.

I dread trying to park at DTW during this time of year. Never any problems parking at my favorite lot for the rest of the year. But there have been a number of times during this period when they have been completely full and had to direct people to a remote overflow lot.

I'll add some more data points from Monday night:
BOS-JFK ~90%
JFK-DCA ~40%

I do mco-lax-mco roughly 6 times a year. I used to be upgraded all the time when they were the 6-7 row 752s, now I end up #1-8 on upgrade list after everyone has cleared. The planes are still usually full, even though there are even more direct flights with Frontier, Virgin, and Jet Blue on the route.

Middle of the week in February has to be one of the slowest times of year.

Perhaps people cancelled their flights preemptively in case of weather? But then the plane went out anyway?

SMF-PDX on 2/5 (AS metal) was 60% full

PDX-AMS on 2/5 was booked about 40-50% full in Y and 100% full in J with one upgrade processed at the gate out of a list of 3 hopefuls

LHR-PHL on 2/10 was booked about 60% full in Y and 100% full in J, but 3 of the J seats went to non-revs at the gate

of the passengers in Y on the LHR-PHL flight, close to 50% of them were a school-aged group traveling together

PHL-SLC-SMF on 2/12 both flights were 90%+ full in Y and 100% full in F

Boy, I wish.

Friday 2/10 LAX-ATL on the 777. Packed plane, I was #3 of 83 on the upgrade list. (RUC fail, no seats available.)

Friday 2/10 ATL-HSV on a 717. Packed plane, I was #11 of 40 on the upgrade list. Never ever saw that kind of upgrade list in or out of HSV. I ended up in a middle seat, which I can't even remember the last time I was in a middle seat on Delta.

David

2/14
SEA--BOI

One open seat in FC
C+ full
C- half full/empty.....depends on how you look at things:cool:

curious about the open F seat with C+ full.

Although not DL, I flew Turkish Airlines Tues ATL-IST. Everyone in coach that wanted a four-across row had a full row to him/herself. It was like sleeping on a sofa. There was never a wait for the lav and FAs served meals in minutes.

At MSP, TSA is now warning people to allow two hours. The worst times are expected to be 1-5 pm tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday.

When is MSP not a security disaster? So glad I don't have to originate at ATL, MSP, or NYC. DCA and CVG are always a breeze, as are the small regional airports in the deep south.