Delta eliminating Delta One for Bogota
Feb 25, 2023, 11:51 am
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Delta eliminating Delta One for Bogota
Has anyone noticed starting mid April or so, New York to Bogota will no longer have Delta One? Even the Atlanta hub to Bogota will lose Delta One later this year. This leaves no premium seating from any airlines going to Bogota?
Feb 25, 2023, 4:07 pm
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I suspect this is a seasonal move, as the 767 will probably be needed for TATL flying. In the past, this route has been operate by a non-D1 757 in the summer. Past couple of years it's flipped to a 767 by October
Feb 25, 2023, 4:38 pm
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I hope that’s the case but I checked the flight by end of 2023 and no Delta One either. Do they change the First class bookings into D1?
Feb 25, 2023, 4:50 pm
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If the service is changed, yes. I booked the ATL-BOG route in first and it was changed to D1 a few months before departure. A few things to note, though, is that the catering is often somewhere in between (small thing, but none of my ATL-BOG D1 flights have been catered with D1 wines, for example) and the ATL-BOG route is often the sacrificial lamb for downgauging to 752 if a hiccup in the 763 fleet requires things to be reshuffled.
Feb 25, 2023, 4:57 pm
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If the service is changed, yes. I booked the ATL-BOG route in first and it was changed to D1 a few months before departure. A few things to note, though, is that the catering is often somewhere in between (small thing, but none of my ATL-BOG D1 flights have been catered with D1 wines, for example) and the ATL-BOG route is often the sacrificial lamb for downgauging to 752 if a hiccup in the 763 fleet requires things to be reshuffled.
Feb 25, 2023, 5:04 pm
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This route often flips between D1 and F service, as covered in previous threads, including
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta-air-lines-skymiles/2096687-downgrade-delta-one-first-class.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta-air-lines-skymiles/1043499-no-more-complimentary-upgrades-atl-bog-7.html
Feb 25, 2023, 5:31 pm
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Feb 26, 2023, 9:04 am
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Assuming you mean from North America, AC still has widebodies scheduled on YYZ/YUL-BOG. But they're sending old ex-SQ A330 with angle-flat seats (sold as premium economy). So debatable if that's considered premium but seat is better than a recliner, not as good as lie-flat, and no business class service.
Feb 26, 2023, 10:56 am
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Assuming you mean from North America, AC still has widebodies scheduled on YYZ/YUL-BOG. But they're sending old ex-SQ A330 with angle-flat seats (sold as premium economy). So debatable if that's considered premium but seat is better than a recliner, not as good as lie-flat, and no business class service.
Feb 26, 2023, 1:09 pm
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Feb 26, 2023, 5:24 pm
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I flew ATL-BOG yesterday in C+ (PS seats), less than an hour before boarding there were 16 empty D1 seats (being sold as D1 therefore no comp upgrades). Inability to sell D1 on that route could be a factor. Or maybe it’s that 980/981 seem to never be on time, ever.
Feb 26, 2023, 6:13 pm
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Yields on these routes also look to be pretty anemic. Hard to find many routes of the stage lengths involved here where fares for the front cabin are as cheap as the ones on these.
Feb 26, 2023, 6:16 pm
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Also unless something changed, theu were using sad boxes on my last flight to/from BOG. (Even when sold as D1)
Feb 27, 2023, 10:48 am
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