Mystery DL flight # to ATL.
Aug 28, 2017, 8:15 pm
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No thanks. I would hate to have purchased a "normal" ticket for an apparently scheduled flight with a legacy airline and discover that many of the seats on the aircraft have bee sold to charter customers, perhaps a group. If I had wanted to fly a charter flight, I would not have purchased a ticket on DL.
Aug 28, 2017, 8:28 pm
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No thanks. I would hate to have purchased a "normal" ticket for an apparently scheduled flight with a legacy airline and discover that many of the seats on the aircraft have bee sold to charter customers, perhaps a group. If I had wanted to fly a charter flight, I would not have purchased a ticket on DL.
Aug 29, 2017, 7:25 am
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I believe I bought ticket on a charter flight on UX once. I think it had a strange flight number and couldn't find that it was normally operating route. I bought it at the last minute.
Aug 29, 2017, 10:24 am
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No thanks. I would hate to have purchased a "normal" ticket for an apparently scheduled flight with a legacy airline and discover that many of the seats on the aircraft have bee sold to charter customers, perhaps a group. If I had wanted to fly a charter flight, I would not have purchased a ticket on DL.
Aug 29, 2017, 10:46 am
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I am curious. You get on a plane full of strangers at airport A and fly to airport B. What is different about a charter flight that would differentiate it from a normal scheduled flight route? How would you as a passenger have a different experience if you did not know? Do Charter People look different or smell bad or something? DL gets you safely from A to B for the price you pay, like a regular flight.
Aug 29, 2017, 5:22 pm
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The other odd thing is that ever since I booked the flight earlier this month, there hasn't been a single seat showing in either FC or C+, and I have remained in Y ever since, and not even been upgraded to C+ at the 5-day window, or since! I've never had that happen before, as at the very least I have always been instantly upgraded to C+, upon booking, to ATL, on every flight. I'll be interested to see where I am on the upgrade list at T-24! I wonder what's different about this "extra" flight?
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Aug 29, 2017, 6:20 pm
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Right now, it appears to be almost sold out! Only 1 F seat left. It shows W0 - So, does that mean that C+ is sold out?
Aug 29, 2017, 6:47 pm
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Aug 29, 2017, 7:26 pm
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Aug 29, 2017, 7:39 pm
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Aug 30, 2017, 6:33 pm
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After a loooong 18 minutes of flying <according to flightaware> it looks as though your carriage has arrived at SFO! 
Also, it appears to be sold out now. No seats showing for sale on Delta.com nor ExpertFlyer.
Good luck if you're able to take a VDB!
Also, it appears to be sold out now. No seats showing for sale on Delta.com nor ExpertFlyer.
Good luck if you're able to take a VDB!
Last edited by davetravels; Aug 30, 2017 at 6:42 pm Reason: typo
Aug 30, 2017, 8:54 pm
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I finally got upgraded to C+ at T-24 and I'm not sure where that seat came from, as a dummy booking never showed any availability in C+, so someone must have cancelled their flight, and I am currently #1/38 for 0 seats for FC on an M fare!
Aug 30, 2017, 9:00 pm
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Did'ja get a VDB bid offer when you checked in?