Basic Economy as Platinum = stand by list?
Mar 21, 2018, 2:48 pm
#31
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No one said they were reissued, I am just suggesting that they are from my experience. They "usually" wont issue a seat prior to the gate agent, from my understanding unless they were reissued into MC. If OP lets us know is they are on the upgrade list now, then we can be certain. If they are not, I am wrong on the MC thing and it would be good to know for certain.
Mar 22, 2018, 5:38 am
#33
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ATC traffic hold - ground stop for all flights going to JFK until 9am. Probably from low ceilings and winds, which means less landing slots, and the regional jets get canceled first to allow larger planes to land.
Mar 22, 2018, 5:43 am
#34
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they could’ve just delay the flight tho, no? Why cancel?
Mar 22, 2018, 5:49 am
#35
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Usually when that happens at a busy airport like JFK, you get a huge backup of traffic and the airport then can't handle all the incoming flights when the ground stop is released... so ATC tells airlines they have to drop a certain number of landing slots. DL ops decided it was better to cancel than have the aircraft held up for hours. Perhaps they are using the equipment for a different flight now instead of having an early morning delay impact the rest of the days operation.
Mar 22, 2018, 7:26 am
#37
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(unless you're referring to the split ticket, which is a dumb risk without very generous layover buffer).
Mar 22, 2018, 8:25 am
#38
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cool story bro.
True. I didn’t have a choice but to split the ticket.
True. I didn’t have a choice but to split the ticket.
Mar 22, 2018, 8:48 am
#40
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KE F award ticket (JFK-ICN) and no availability to combine the leg used for repositioning (DCA-JFK).
I just took Uber to JFK instead, which will get me there in 30 mins, plenty of time for my flight. It all ended up as being a minor inconvenience.
I just took Uber to JFK instead, which will get me there in 30 mins, plenty of time for my flight. It all ended up as being a minor inconvenience.