New BOS to JAX, CHS, MCI, BNA & PIT
Jan 16, 2018, 10:37 am
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New BOS to JAX, CHS, MCI, BNA & PIT
Interesting adds to BOS on the heals of more SEA flights.
https://news.delta.com/delta-continu...p-destinations
https://news.delta.com/delta-continu...p-destinations
Jan 16, 2018, 10:40 am
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Love this little fare/route/service war going on between B6 and DL at Boston. Big wins for the customers...
With that said, no way will I fly in Delta One to the west coast unless it's a substantial (~$100) discount to B6 Mint. It's simply an inferior soft and hard product.
With that said, no way will I fly in Delta One to the west coast unless it's a substantial (~$100) discount to B6 Mint. It's simply an inferior soft and hard product.
Jan 16, 2018, 10:51 am
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Love this little fare/route/service war going on between B6 and DL at Boston. Big wins for the customers...
With that said, no way will I fly in Delta One to the west coast unless it's a substantial (~$100) discount to B6 Mint. It's simply an inferior soft and hard product.
With that said, no way will I fly in Delta One to the west coast unless it's a substantial (~$100) discount to B6 Mint. It's simply an inferior soft and hard product.
As an east-coast based flyer I very much enjoy having B6 around as a real competition for DL domestically - I hope they make some inroads in ATL as well!
DL still lists BOS as a hub on their marketing materials, route maps, etc. See http://dl.fltmaps.com/en
Jan 16, 2018, 10:57 am
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I mean you really could argue it's a hub now. They control most of the gates at terminal A, they have 2 skyclubs and offer flights to Europe, nearly all DL hubs, the LGA shuttle and a number of focus cities like is highlighted in this Press Release.
Jan 16, 2018, 10:59 am
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Jan 16, 2018, 11:07 am
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I find the D1 experience to be better in many ways - B6 has no lounge at JFK T5 or anything good at SFO (where there is a GREAT SC), the 757 and A330 (which they fly to LAX at least) seat is probably around as good, and I find the IFE in D1 to be better, if that matters. B6 offering free wifi is good, but that's about the only consistent benefit IMO.
When delta installs messaging chairs to their D1 seats I'll give it some consideration. For now, I'll stick with mint
Jan 16, 2018, 11:13 am
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I agree that DL wins on the ground experience, provided you don't have Priority Pass (which understandably is not included with either product). If you do have Priority Pass the B6 Logan Terminal now has 3 lounges and at LAX/SFO you have access to other PP lounges as well.
When delta installs messaging chairs to their D1 seats I'll give it some consideration. For now, I'll stick with mint
When delta installs messaging chairs to their D1 seats I'll give it some consideration. For now, I'll stick with mint
Jan 16, 2018, 12:50 pm
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It's never been a hub in the sense of a significant connecting point. In the tag paragraph at the end of the press release, Boston is in the list of "key hubs and markets" (it was "hubs and key markets" as of a year or two ago): they don't distinguish which is a hub and which is a key market/focus city. I believe they changed the phrasing from "hubs" to "hubs and key markets" when they added Boston and Los Angeles to a list that had included Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, and Tokyo-Narita sometime in the 2011-2014 timeframe. (I noted that change at the time, but my memory is fuzzy when.) I think it's pretty fair to describe Boston as a "key market" or "focus city": significant service to airports that aren't DL hubs, but not designed to have a significant amount of connecting traffic. (That, of course, is a geographic limitation, since BOS doesn't and isn't likely to play a SEA-like role in flowing traffic to a wide variety of European cities because the combination of JFK, DTW, AMS, and CDG do that quite well.)
Delta offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, São Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, and Tokyo-Narita.
Jan 23, 2018, 8:15 am
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One reason I really like Delta is something included in this article:
They have a real commitment to removing single class RJs which American currently doesn't.
All Boston flights with First Class seating
Delta is enhancing existing service to Buffalo, N.Y. also effective June 8. Delta will offer customers larger CRJ-900 aircraft with seating for 12 in First Class, 20 in Delta Comfort+ and 44 in the main cabin, featuring a two-by-two seating configuration and complimentary entertainment via Delta Studio in addition to in-flight WiFi access. With this upgrade, all Delta Boston flights will feature First Class service.
Delta is enhancing existing service to Buffalo, N.Y. also effective June 8. Delta will offer customers larger CRJ-900 aircraft with seating for 12 in First Class, 20 in Delta Comfort+ and 44 in the main cabin, featuring a two-by-two seating configuration and complimentary entertainment via Delta Studio in addition to in-flight WiFi access. With this upgrade, all Delta Boston flights will feature First Class service.
Jan 23, 2018, 10:09 am
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