Delta Christmas Meltdown 2020
Dec 25, 2020, 8:40 pm
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Dec 25, 2020, 9:20 pm
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I am not usually excited to be flying Skywest instead of mainline, but this morning I was happy I wasn’t on a DL mainline flight. Service aboard the E175 was great, btw.
Dec 26, 2020, 12:49 am
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Not even 9:00 am in the East and Delta has already cancelled 10 percent of its mainline schedule today (122 flights). Another 52 flights are delayed. ATL has the third most cancels of any airport in the world but the weather looks fine there. United has had 28 cancellations today and American is at 1.
Dec 26, 2020, 4:31 am
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Dec 26, 2020, 4:33 am
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I agree this is a concern. I doubt DL will ever be the same again. I do hope I am wrong.
Dec 26, 2020, 4:49 am
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It’s a vicious cycle but we all have our years of prosperity and years of trials & tribulations.
Dec 26, 2020, 7:06 am
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Total cancels ended up being 133 yesterday. Hopefully Delta saw the writing on the wall and sacrificed Christmas Day to save the post-holiday rush. Only 6 cancellations for today thus far.
Dec 26, 2020, 7:16 am
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If anyone thinks any specific carrier is going to be the same again then they’re deluding themselves. We all will have to adapt and move forward with whatever companies are doing during this pandemic and with their post-pandemic recovery.
It’s a vicious cycle but we all have our years of prosperity and years of trials & tribulations.
It’s a vicious cycle but we all have our years of prosperity and years of trials & tribulations.
Dec 26, 2020, 7:32 am
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People not in the same party were sat next to each other on a 2-2 CRJ contrary to what I understood as policy.
The FA made an announcement once we were on board saying we should have been told, but that anyway we had a chance to take a later flight (right right, last flight, leave it to Christmas Eve, sure) if we were uncomfortable, but hey it's a 38-min flight so maybe just hold your breath.
Seriously. It didn't affect me apart from the general increase in bodies breathing (to avoid which is why I take DL exclusively at the moment) as I WFBF'd but I found it pretty shocking, unless policy changed while I blinked - but in that case why make the announcement?
Dec 26, 2020, 7:39 am
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My flight on Dec 24 was MORE than covid full.
People not in the same party were sat next to each other on a 2-2 CRJ contrary to what I understood as policy.
The FA made an announcement once we were on board saying we should have been told, but that anyway we had a chance to take a later flight (right right, last flight on Christmas Eve, sure) if we were uncomfortable, but hey it's a 38-min flight so maybe just hold your breath.
Seriously. It didn't affect me apart from the general increase in bodies breathing (to avoid which is why I take DL exclusively at the moment) as I WFBF'd but I found it pretty shocking, unless policy changed while I blinked - but in that case why make the announcement?
People not in the same party were sat next to each other on a 2-2 CRJ contrary to what I understood as policy.
The FA made an announcement once we were on board saying we should have been told, but that anyway we had a chance to take a later flight (right right, last flight on Christmas Eve, sure) if we were uncomfortable, but hey it's a 38-min flight so maybe just hold your breath.
Seriously. It didn't affect me apart from the general increase in bodies breathing (to avoid which is why I take DL exclusively at the moment) as I WFBF'd but I found it pretty shocking, unless policy changed while I blinked - but in that case why make the announcement?
DL is still seat blocking in F if traveling solo.
Dec 26, 2020, 8:43 am
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What’s ridiculous is how much of a premium DL is still trying to charge today with all that’s going on with their poor reliability and minimal in-flight services which was the “DL premium.” I’ve noticed on several routes, UA and AA have completely pulled back on filing BE fares while DL is going all-in by matching the AA and UA Main Cabin fares as BE and increasing their up-charge to $40 one-way. What’s ridiculous is that there really isn’t any need to buy up from BE these days with DLs middle seat blocking and very little premium business traffic. If anything, AA and UA should be going full force with BE right now as they aren’t blocking any seats.
Dec 26, 2020, 8:58 am
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What’s ridiculous is how much of a premium DL is still trying to charge today with all that’s going on with their poor reliability and minimal in-flight services which was the “DL premium.” I’ve noticed on several routes, UA and AA have completely pulled back on filing BE fares while DL is going all-in by matching the AA and UA Main Cabin fares as BE and increasing their up-charge to $40 one-way. What’s ridiculous is that there really isn’t any need to buy up from BE these days with DLs middle seat blocking and very little premium business traffic. If anything, AA and UA should be going full force with BE right now as they aren’t blocking any seats.
Dec 26, 2020, 8:58 am
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