December schedule set in stone?
Oct 21, 2020, 7:16 pm
#2
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At least domestically, I don't think they changed a thing. I booked a bunch of Christmas flights in February (pre-Rona) and have not had a single schedule change yet .
Oct 21, 2020, 8:18 pm
#4
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For my domestic routes, everything through the first week of December (the partial week starting on that Tuesday) has the same flight times and aircraft as the current post-pandemic schedule, but everything from the first full week (i.e., week of December 6) on is the pre-pandemic flight schedule and aircraft, so I suspect changes for flights that first full week and on may change.
Oct 21, 2020, 8:41 pm
#7
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As noted above, the December schedule starts on Dec 7th and the domestic schedule has not yet been significantly reduced from pre-Covid schedule (international flights have already had significant cuts). DL follows a regular pattern with their Covid domestic schedule updates/cuts. You can get a good idea of the reductions by following the OAG Changes posts on airliners.net (which are posted weekly on Tuesday morning). The bulk of October schedule cuts was loaded over the last weekend of August -- https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1450855. While, the November schedule cuts were largely set over the last weekend of September -- https://www.airliners.net/forum/view...?f=3&t=1452325. So you can likely expect the bulk of domestic December cuts to occur over this weekend or the next.
Last edited by xliioper; Oct 22, 2020 at 6:16 am
Oct 21, 2020, 9:27 pm
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As noted above, the December schedule starts on Dec 7th and has not yet been significantly updated domestically (international flights have already had significant cuts). DL follows a regular pattern with their Covid schedule updates/cuts. The bulk of October schedule was set over the last weekend of August -- https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1450855. While, the November schedule was largely set over the last weekend of September -- https://www.airliners.net/forum/view...?f=3&t=1452325. So you can likely expect the bulk of domestic December cuts to occur over this weekend or the next.
Oct 22, 2020, 2:48 pm
#9
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If a change does occur, don't expect a quick notification from DL...I've found changes to my itinerary on my own several times this year before any notification from Delta.com or the app.
I'd check on at least on a weekly basis to see about any flight or time changes...Good Luck!
I'd check on at least on a weekly basis to see about any flight or time changes...Good Luck!
Oct 22, 2020, 6:09 pm
#10
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If a change does occur, don't expect a quick notification from DL...I've found changes to my itinerary on my own several times this year before any notification from Delta.com or the app.
I'd check on at least on a weekly basis to see about any flight or time changes...Good Luck!
I'd check on at least on a weekly basis to see about any flight or time changes...Good Luck!
Oct 24, 2020, 9:01 am
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I've got a change pending for a trip on 12/2. It looks like it's going to work out in my favor but I'll wait until later today or tomorrow to see how it ultimately plays out. At any rate, I'm going to avoid a 6 AM departure from SRQ. 
Oct 24, 2020, 9:05 am
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The greatest risk to scheduling are government absolute restrictions, e.g., can't fly there and barriers, e.g. quarantine. Given that yours is a connection, presumably at AMS to somewhere, a change in transit rules for the Netherlands or for your destination may make a given flight not viable, either for DL or KL. The larger issue is that the flight operates, but you cannot effectively use the ticket.
Oct 24, 2020, 9:43 am
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Oct 24, 2020, 10:55 am
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I'm seeing some time and equipment changes to my December bookings as of this morning. Only showing on the website, haven't gone through to the app yet. For example, 12/23 former DL1485 BOS to SEA was originally leaving 5:30pm on a 739, now listed as DL304 leaving at 5:15pm on a 752.
