The Delta Forum Lounge Thread — Everybody is Still Welcome! (2022 - Forward)
May 30, 2022, 11:20 pm
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a. This makes it harder, but certain flights tend to arrive and especially depart from gates in certain areas, so details would help. For example, DCA tends to go from a low C gate while MSY and BDL from mid-C, as do most of the large (CRJ-900 for example) RJs. The 757s tend to use F gates, international G1 through G6 or sometimes F for departures. F and especially G can be long walks, but G has wide moving walkways when they're working. There's a downhill (and uphill vv) walk to the C, F, and G gates.
b. There are some surprisingly good airport hotels (on light rail line to MOA or with free shuttle service, but double check COVID-19 schedule changes) that aren't expensive. I don't know which ones DL uses for misconnects.
c. I suspect you're able to run fast to a gate, but are you traveling alone? Will you have carry on bags to slow you down? Will you be sitting near the front, ideally in an aisle seat, for the first segment of the connection? This sounds like summer travel, so be aware that we can have severe late afternoon thunderstorms that slow everything down.
I know the airport well and am not a good runner, but I would be inclined to go for it. However, I know the airport well and don't need to look at a map before running for it. OTOH if the airport is busy and you must go between a F/G gate and a low C (or D or E, which are unlikely) gate, people in the main concourse with all the shops can really slow you down. Large groups abreast walk slowly and people suddenly just stop to window shop. It can be very frustrating. Finally, "Minnesota nice" generally includes airport agents.
b. There are some surprisingly good airport hotels (on light rail line to MOA or with free shuttle service, but double check COVID-19 schedule changes) that aren't expensive. I don't know which ones DL uses for misconnects.
c. I suspect you're able to run fast to a gate, but are you traveling alone? Will you have carry on bags to slow you down? Will you be sitting near the front, ideally in an aisle seat, for the first segment of the connection? This sounds like summer travel, so be aware that we can have severe late afternoon thunderstorms that slow everything down.
I know the airport well and am not a good runner, but I would be inclined to go for it. However, I know the airport well and don't need to look at a map before running for it. OTOH if the airport is busy and you must go between a F/G gate and a low C (or D or E, which are unlikely) gate, people in the main concourse with all the shops can really slow you down. Large groups abreast walk slowly and people suddenly just stop to window shop. It can be very frustrating. Finally, "Minnesota nice" generally includes airport agents.
b. I'd rather not get aquainted with the MSP airport hotels
c. I run half-marathons but I feel this may be my most intense race yet!
May 30, 2022, 11:25 pm
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I’d go for it, especially if the alternative is waiting til the next day to fly home. The one time I got
stuck overnight, Delta didn’t pay for my hotel but gave me a discount voucher for a La Quinta that wasn’t anywhere close. I probably should have pushed for a voucher because it was the failure of their de-icing equipment at DAY that caused me to mis-connect.
stuck overnight, Delta didn’t pay for my hotel but gave me a discount voucher for a La Quinta that wasn’t anywhere close. I probably should have pushed for a voucher because it was the failure of their de-icing equipment at DAY that caused me to mis-connect.
May 31, 2022, 4:26 am
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Happy first day back and work USFTers.
mattp1987 I'm with you...just finished weeding/de-rooting/planting groundcover on the rear 1/3 of the hedgerow. Fingers crossed that the groundcover seeds. Oh, and if anyone is in the market for a midweight rototiller, I highly recommend the SunJoe 13a 16" model. It did a nice job cutting thru old Rose of Sharon roots.
It's another hot one today (close to 90), so I'm off to pick up the new 230v A/C unit for the first floor. Hopefully it functions as well as the reviews.
mattp1987 I'm with you...just finished weeding/de-rooting/planting groundcover on the rear 1/3 of the hedgerow. Fingers crossed that the groundcover seeds. Oh, and if anyone is in the market for a midweight rototiller, I highly recommend the SunJoe 13a 16" model. It did a nice job cutting thru old Rose of Sharon roots.
It's another hot one today (close to 90), so I'm off to pick up the new 230v A/C unit for the first floor. Hopefully it functions as well as the reviews.
May 31, 2022, 5:00 am
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May 31, 2022, 5:47 am
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It's not even 8am and already 79°F I woke up around 6 as I got too warm. AFAIK the air conditioning is still being repaired for a few more days, but I may try it and see what happens later.
ETA: up to 82° and climbing to a high of 94° today
The rest of the week should be more pleasant.
ETAA: as of 20 minutes ago the pipework was signed off and I now have AC!
-J.
I woke up around 6 as I got too warm. AFAIK the air conditioning is still being repaired for a few more days, but I may try it and see what happens later.ETA: up to 82° and climbing to a high of 94° today
The rest of the week should be more pleasant.ETAA: as of 20 minutes ago the pipework was signed off and I now have AC!
-J.
Last edited by GW McLintock; May 31, 2022 at 7:17 am
May 31, 2022, 9:37 am
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If that’s the alternative then of course go for it, what do you have to lose. I’d assume Den-dfw (assuming based on prior posts) has other options. You’ll probably make it, but I think the risk is higher than average. What I meant by what happens if you miss connect was - are you going to miss an important meeting/wedding/funeral/etc.?
May 31, 2022, 10:22 am
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Yeah, I could take the DEN-DFW direct but need a few more $$$ to requalify for DL Silver for 2023 and needed to try and land at DFW at the same time as Mrs. WS93 who's coming in from EWR at 10p. Since the UA flight landed at 8:30 I didn't want to sit around the gate area for an hour and a half.
May 31, 2022, 10:35 am
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Yeah, I could take the DEN-DFW direct but need a few more $$$ to requalify for DL Silver for 2023 and needed to try and land at DFW at the same time as Mrs. WS93 who's coming in from EWR at 10p. Since the UA flight landed at 8:30 I didn't want to sit around the gate area for an hour and a half.
May 31, 2022, 11:22 am
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May 31, 2022, 12:19 pm
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I’d go for it, especially if the alternative is waiting til the next day to fly home. The one time I got
stuck overnight, Delta didn’t pay for my hotel but gave me a discount voucher for a La Quinta that wasn’t anywhere close. I probably should have pushed for a voucher because it was the failure of their de-icing equipment at DAY that caused me to mis-connect.
stuck overnight, Delta didn’t pay for my hotel but gave me a discount voucher for a La Quinta that wasn’t anywhere close. I probably should have pushed for a voucher because it was the failure of their de-icing equipment at DAY that caused me to mis-connect.
May 31, 2022, 12:39 pm
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... aaand the other microbrewery in Corner Brook
I like these better, but both places were decent.
I like these better, but both places were decent.
May 31, 2022, 9:58 pm
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<rant=on>
I've been flying my Filipinos to/from PH on Delta since 2017. Brought them here on DL in 2017, return visit to PH in 2019, another trip in 2020 was canceled due to the pandemic.
So it's time again, this time I decided to save a few $ by booking directly on delta.com rather than thru Travelocity. Big Mistake! Friends do not let friends visit delta.com, ever! The only thing worse than delta.com is a connection in Manila, although I do have a fond but weird memory of United's foot fetishist checking out my feet as I waited to board MNL-GUM one year.
Deltamatic barfed, and after hours in Reservation Hell my credit card is maxed and we have no tickets. They offered to hold the tickets until 3 June, so if their bogus charges drop off by the 3rd, I can take another lap through through Delta's conceptualization of Hades. And this after hours of negotiating with Spousal Unit II, who thinks the best available routing is through O'Hare* (which thankfully cost $1200 more, which I refused to pay). It took a lot of effort to get her to accept MSP-LAX-ICN-CEB-ICN-ATL-MSP for $2100 per ticket and the soul of her first-born.
The tickets now cost 2X the last ones we flew and their reservations service stinks. Price ↑, Service ↓
I'd post this in the forum itself, but it might be too upsetting for all the blind loyalists.
<rant=off>
<palindromicPostCount=false>
*She's been to O'Hare once, outbound on MSP-ORD-ICN-CEB, when American was offering everyone free shuttle rides from their gates to the international terminal. She doesn't yet understand that that is not the "real" O'Hare.
I've been flying my Filipinos to/from PH on Delta since 2017. Brought them here on DL in 2017, return visit to PH in 2019, another trip in 2020 was canceled due to the pandemic.
So it's time again, this time I decided to save a few $ by booking directly on delta.com rather than thru Travelocity. Big Mistake! Friends do not let friends visit delta.com, ever! The only thing worse than delta.com is a connection in Manila, although I do have a fond but weird memory of United's foot fetishist checking out my feet as I waited to board MNL-GUM one year.
Deltamatic barfed, and after hours in Reservation Hell my credit card is maxed and we have no tickets. They offered to hold the tickets until 3 June, so if their bogus charges drop off by the 3rd, I can take another lap through through Delta's conceptualization of Hades. And this after hours of negotiating with Spousal Unit II, who thinks the best available routing is through O'Hare* (which thankfully cost $1200 more, which I refused to pay). It took a lot of effort to get her to accept MSP-LAX-ICN-CEB-ICN-ATL-MSP for $2100 per ticket and the soul of her first-born.
The tickets now cost 2X the last ones we flew and their reservations service stinks. Price ↑, Service ↓
I'd post this in the forum itself, but it might be too upsetting for all the blind loyalists.
<rant=off>
<palindromicPostCount=false>
*She's been to O'Hare once, outbound on MSP-ORD-ICN-CEB, when American was offering everyone free shuttle rides from their gates to the international terminal. She doesn't yet understand that that is not the "real" O'Hare.
Last edited by MikeMpls; Jun 1, 2022 at 5:56 am Reason: Hands type faster than the brain thinks.
Jun 1, 2022, 12:14 am
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Hi MikeMpls. It's great to "see" you back here again.
Jun 1, 2022, 5:31 am
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Yep. Love it.
Tres excited today. Former ivy/pachysandra beds are being dug up today (removing all the old ivy and Rose of Sharon roots). Then, I can plant wildflowers (until the final plan is in place). Whoot whoot.
Unfortunately, a skunk decided to spray something last night, so my yard smells like Skunk. At least it's not Pumpkin
Tres excited today. Former ivy/pachysandra beds are being dug up today (removing all the old ivy and Rose of Sharon roots). Then, I can plant wildflowers (until the final plan is in place). Whoot whoot.
Unfortunately, a skunk decided to spray something last night, so my yard smells like Skunk. At least it's not Pumpkin