DL’s 75S strategy is…odd
Jan 26, 2023, 6:49 am
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I hear you and agree, but there’s a fairly active thread in the DL forum about recent celebrity sightings on DL flights. Most recently there was a post about Prince Harry on their JFK-LAX flight. You’d be shocked at
how much those with immense wealth and even royalty in their blood fly commercial, albeit the most premium cabin available on the flight.
When Price William and Kate, Princess of Wales came to Boston recently they flew BA F as opposed to private.
how much those with immense wealth and even royalty in their blood fly commercial, albeit the most premium cabin available on the flight.
When Price William and Kate, Princess of Wales came to Boston recently they flew BA F as opposed to private.
Feb 4, 2023, 11:49 am
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I ended up on one of these ATL-RDU two weeks ago. Now that RDU-CDG is a 767-300, and Delta is running a 767-300 ATL-RDU-CDG-RDU-ATL to make it work, it was certainly a surprise.
Of course at the time I was a mere PM on an L Fare so I was something like 11th on the upgrade list and the flat beds hardly mattered to me.
Of course at the time I was a mere PM on an L Fare so I was something like 11th on the upgrade list and the flat beds hardly mattered to me.
Feb 4, 2023, 7:02 pm
#18
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I still can't process why they aren't running 757s of any config into places like CMH but ATL-ORF and -RIC are getting them.
Hub-to-hub though, so I probably shouldn't be too confident as a Plat.
Feb 5, 2023, 9:33 pm
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I'm not sure this is specific to the 75S, but as a SEA-based flyer, a lot of my routes that used to utilize one version of the 757 or another (SEA-MSP, SEA-DTW, SEA-MCO, SEA-JFK, SEA-HNL/OGG/LIH) are now being flown on the A321neo and even the 739. I've only flown about 8 segments thus far in 2023, but I've not been on a 757 yet, which is unusual. I think Delta's strategy is to start utilizing all variants of the aging 757 on the lower-demand and non hub-hub routes you mentioned, likely due to the proliferation of both the 321neo and just the standard 321. I definitely miss the D1 seat option on routes such as SEA-JFK, but hopefully the 321neo is outfitted with a lie flat seat at some point in the future.
Feb 5, 2023, 9:51 pm
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I ended up on one of these ATL-RDU two weeks ago. Now that RDU-CDG is a 767-300, and Delta is running a 767-300 ATL-RDU-CDG-RDU-ATL to make it work, it was certainly a surprise.
Of course at the time I was a mere PM on an L Fare so I was something like 11th on the upgrade list and the flat beds hardly mattered to me.
Of course at the time I was a mere PM on an L Fare so I was something like 11th on the upgrade list and the flat beds hardly mattered to me.
Feb 5, 2023, 11:17 pm
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I don’t have high expectations for seeing the A321 with lie-flats on anything but 1x JFK
Feb 6, 2023, 12:15 am
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Not sure I understand what the question is. Is CMH more deserving? I don't think DL ops ranks cities by worthiness and gives the 757s to the cities at the top of the list.
Feb 6, 2023, 6:46 am
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I'll miss the 75S (75E before that)... I flew lots of TCONs to SFO and LAX on that fleet, plus some random TATLs (KEF, BRU, DUB) etc. My very first FO qualifying flight was on a 75E flying FRA-JFK in 36D. These days I mostly find them on JFK-ATL...
Feb 6, 2023, 12:44 pm
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Just noticed that DL has a 75S in storage in the desert. Specifically, N713TW. Wouldn’t these be the perfect size plane to operate routes like SLC-OGG or SEA-KOA or SEA-LIH to offer D1 service to smaller Hawaiian markets that still command premium fares?
I wonder why that specific frame hasn’t flown since March ‘21?
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N713TW
I wonder why that specific frame hasn’t flown since March ‘21?
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N713TW
Feb 6, 2023, 1:44 pm
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Just noticed that DL has a 75S in storage in the desert. Specifically, N713TW. Wouldn’t these be the perfect size plane to operate routes like SLC-OGG or SEA-KOA or SEA-LIH to offer D1 service to smaller Hawaiian markets that still command premium fares?
I wonder why that specific frame hasn’t flown since March ‘21?
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N713TW
I wonder why that specific frame hasn’t flown since March ‘21?
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N713TW
Feb 6, 2023, 1:57 pm
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It'll come out eventually, N624AG is also parked, and has been for a while. They are still the younger birds and will likely return to the active fleet eventually.
Feb 6, 2023, 6:51 pm
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I've even considered doing SEA-SFO-JFK just to be able to sleep and not feel like I lost 20 IQ points for an entire day. Ugh.
Last edited by manacit; Feb 6, 2023 at 10:54 pm
Feb 6, 2023, 7:59 pm
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Someone at Delta thinks their A321neo product beats the 75S, and that couldn’t be further from the truth. I think the new 321neo seating and configuration is actively worse than even other narrowbodies - it’s shiny, but wildly uncomfortable.
I wish they’d put the 75S back on premium transcons, but I guess those days are well and truly over now. When the flatbed equipped 321s arrive, I expect them to dabble in long and thin TATLs rather than restoring comfortable seating to the likes of SEA-BOS/JFK.
I wish they’d put the 75S back on premium transcons, but I guess those days are well and truly over now. When the flatbed equipped 321s arrive, I expect them to dabble in long and thin TATLs rather than restoring comfortable seating to the likes of SEA-BOS/JFK.
