Being Delta’s Guest - SkyTeam Elite Experience
Feb 25, 2018, 5:35 pm
#18
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: DL PM, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 8,414
I think OP wants to be treated as a top level elite on every Sky Team airline, and does not fully understand the different between airline elite status and airline alliance status. The only way to have an experience approximating alliance wide top level status without having status on each airline is to buy premium cabin tickets.
Feb 25, 2018, 9:35 pm
#19
Join Date: Aug 2008
Programs: HHonors Gold, Marriott Lifetime Gold, IHG Gold, OZ*G, AA Gold, AS MVP
Posts: 1,874
Although I can see why some people would get frustrated- sometimes it does feel like Delta brands themselves as being very deeply in bed with AF/KLM, setting the expectation that they're more than just alliance partners.
Feb 25, 2018, 9:42 pm
#20
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: SEA & RDM
Programs: UA - 1MM, DL Diamond, AS MVP75, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Gold
Posts: 8,041
Feb 26, 2018, 12:29 am
#22
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, MM, NR; HH Diamond, Bonvoy LT Gold, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Diamond, others
Posts: 12,159
Feb 26, 2018, 7:08 am
#23
Suspended
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: MEM
Programs: Starbucks Green Card
Posts: 5,431
They are more than just alliance partners, they have a joint venture.
Feb 26, 2018, 2:17 pm
#24
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: DL PM, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 8,414
True. And, they are still different companies who reward their own loyal customers with a higher level of priority than the customers of the join venture partner. This is reasonable. Presumably, if op-ups needed to happen on a AF flight, the OP would get one before a DL DM.