DL removes westin heavely blanket in domestic F？
Oct 17, 2018, 12:13 pm
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Somewhere in the old B-C tunnel under ATL, there's a rotating cast of FOs diligently ripping the Westin tags off of the gray blankets. I expect them to start reappearing in FC cabins by Thanksgiving.
Oct 17, 2018, 12:24 pm
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Hey, that's a new benefit and that tunnel is called the FO Sky Elite Lounge Dungeon. Don't make fun of it.
Oct 17, 2018, 2:50 pm
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Tacky Marriott wants to be in bed with miserable United.
Oct 17, 2018, 8:09 pm
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Oct 17, 2018, 10:21 pm
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Why would it be gradual? I would expect them to announce a new partner and just switch it out, especially in D1. I'm curious what direction they will go and if they will try to stick with a hotel? UA has Saks and AA has Casper.
Oct 18, 2018, 5:57 am
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Oct 18, 2018, 3:50 pm
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The unbranded blue blankets were always intended for Y and the gray Westin blankets for F. But in my experience, Delta did a terrible job provisioning the blankets correctly. More often than not, the F cabin saw a mix of blue and gray, if not all blue. Frankly, the quality was very similar between the two, so I'm not sure why Delta bothered differentiating by cabin. They certainly weren't able to execute on that plan.
Oct 18, 2018, 7:51 pm
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They may have run out. I'm not aware of any regular DL flyer I know that doesn't have at least one or two of them.
Oct 18, 2018, 10:13 pm
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When Delta launched the gray, Westin-branded blankets in F, they also upgraded the Y blankets from the old red "felt" to the blue, unbranded, woven blankets.
The unbranded blue blankets were always intended for Y and the gray Westin blankets for F. But in my experience, Delta did a terrible job provisioning the blankets correctly. More often than not, the F cabin saw a mix of blue and gray, if not all blue. Frankly, the quality was very similar between the two, so I'm not sure why Delta bothered differentiating by cabin. They certainly weren't able to execute on that plan.
The unbranded blue blankets were always intended for Y and the gray Westin blankets for F. But in my experience, Delta did a terrible job provisioning the blankets correctly. More often than not, the F cabin saw a mix of blue and gray, if not all blue. Frankly, the quality was very similar between the two, so I'm not sure why Delta bothered differentiating by cabin. They certainly weren't able to execute on that plan.
Oct 19, 2018, 9:05 am
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Nov 2, 2018, 6:45 am
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Maybe too many of them ended up on E-bay... The DL blue ones actually seem to be a bit bigger based on Ebay listings (60" x 45" vs. 60" x 40"). I don't think these are the same as Y blankets (which are generally felt, not woven).
https://www.ebay.com/i/163299300494?chn=ps
The DL blue ones actually seem to be a bit bigger based on Ebay listings (60" x 45" vs. 60" x 40"). I don't think these are the same as Y blankets (which are generally felt, not woven).https://www.ebay.com/i/163299300494?chn=ps
It is amazing how many of the DL headphones end up on eBay too, not the LSTN headphones I mean the cheap ones that come in foil packaging on domestic flights.
Nov 2, 2018, 9:08 am
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Yup. Just checked wayback machine, and this page did indeed used to feature Westin & a grey blanket: https://web.archive.org/web/20180316...m-economy.html
