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Jan 5, 2018, 10:43 pm
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The first one that I let go was a lady who clearly wanted to sleep but was assigned the aisle. I let it go for that reason.
The second one may have been an accident, but it was difficult to tell. I'm a big window seat person these days and had already given it up on the way down, so I wasn't about to again.
The second one may have been an accident, but it was difficult to tell. I'm a big window seat person these days and had already given it up on the way down, so I wasn't about to again.
Jan 6, 2018, 8:05 am
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The first one that I let go was a lady who clearly wanted to sleep but was assigned the aisle. I let it go for that reason.
The second one may have been an accident, but it was difficult to tell. I'm a big window seat person these days and had already given it up on the way down, so I wasn't about to again.
The second one may have been an accident, but it was difficult to tell. I'm a big window seat person these days and had already given it up on the way down, so I wasn't about to again.
Jan 6, 2018, 8:51 am
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Jan 7, 2018, 1:21 am
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I get the feeling this is the Delta general discussion thread, but let me know if my questions would be better answered somewhere else!
1. Are there plans to bring A350s to SEA? I see that they're mostly in DTW flying transpac flights, but I thought the point of SEA was to be a base for flights to Asia?
2. DL advertises a SEA-CVG flight, but every time I have tried to book it to visit my parents (or vice-versa), it ends up getting changed to a connecting flight through DTW/ATL/MSP. Is there a way to know when the flight will actually happen, or do we just hope that enough other people want to go SEA-CVG that day and the flight makes economic sense?
1. Are there plans to bring A350s to SEA? I see that they're mostly in DTW flying transpac flights, but I thought the point of SEA was to be a base for flights to Asia?
2. DL advertises a SEA-CVG flight, but every time I have tried to book it to visit my parents (or vice-versa), it ends up getting changed to a connecting flight through DTW/ATL/MSP. Is there a way to know when the flight will actually happen, or do we just hope that enough other people want to go SEA-CVG that day and the flight makes economic sense?
Jan 7, 2018, 1:40 am
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Welcome to FT and the Delta forum! This is indeed mostly a casual blow-off-steam thread, but
1. I doubt it; even if the point of SEA is to be *a* gateway to Asia, it's probably not going to be *the* gateway to Asia, and although I am not an expert by any means on aircraft capabilities and route planning I suspect using the A350 from SEA would be a waste of its range.
2. No idea, but might've gotten discontinued for winter? The non-stop seems to come back in March on the schedule at least.
General 350 thread:
2017 The Year of the A350
This is probably the most recently active but ominously named CVG-related thread
RIP CVG
1. I doubt it; even if the point of SEA is to be *a* gateway to Asia, it's probably not going to be *the* gateway to Asia, and although I am not an expert by any means on aircraft capabilities and route planning I suspect using the A350 from SEA would be a waste of its range.
2. No idea, but might've gotten discontinued for winter? The non-stop seems to come back in March on the schedule at least.
General 350 thread:
2017 The Year of the A350
This is probably the most recently active but ominously named CVG-related thread
RIP CVG
Jan 7, 2018, 10:36 am
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I'm going to miss the MD88s at CVG. I'm three miles away from the airport and the windows always rattle whenever one takes off.
Jan 7, 2018, 2:16 pm
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TERRIFIC start to this year 
woke up to a Delta Messenger “It’s time to check in for your flight to Orange County!” notification on my phone this morning
uh, no, I’m flying on Tuesday, w t foxo, ... except I had indeed booked for Mon (in thinking about it, the UG had cleared at booking on Wed evening, so I **should have** realized something was out of whack then) ... called the PM desk, got the “wait time is 25 to 28 minutes” recording, opted to remain on hold, and an agent picked up in less than five ... he moved me to the 655pm tomorrow with no issues, and confirmed the UG in real time
as much as I like sunrise flights, and as much as I’ll moan about another night in a hotel, it’s NOT having to roll out of bed at 0500 and it’s NOT having to sneak out of the house at 0545 while trying not to wake the dog
woke up to a Delta Messenger “It’s time to check in for your flight to Orange County!” notification on my phone this morning
uh, no, I’m flying on Tuesday, w t foxo, ... except I had indeed booked for Mon (in thinking about it, the UG had cleared at booking on Wed evening, so I **should have** realized something was out of whack then) ... called the PM desk, got the “wait time is 25 to 28 minutes” recording, opted to remain on hold, and an agent picked up in less than five ... he moved me to the 655pm tomorrow with no issues, and confirmed the UG in real time
as much as I like sunrise flights, and as much as I’ll moan about another night in a hotel, it’s NOT having to roll out of bed at 0500 and it’s NOT having to sneak out of the house at 0545 while trying not to wake the dog
Jan 8, 2018, 5:24 am
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TERRIFIC start to this year
woke up to a Delta Messenger “It’s time to check in for your flight to Orange County!” notification on my phone this morning
uh, no, I’m flying on Tuesday, w t foxo, ... except I had indeed booked for Mon (in thinking about it, the UG had cleared at booking on Wed evening, so I **should have** realized something was out of whack then) ... called the PM desk, got the “wait time is 25 to 28 minutes” recording, opted to remain on hold, and an agent picked up in less than five ... he moved me to the 655pm tomorrow with no issues, and confirmed the UG in real time
as much as I like sunrise flights, and as much as I’ll moan about another night in a hotel, it’s NOT having to roll out of bed at 0500 and it’s NOT having to sneak out of the house at 0545 while trying not to wake the dog
woke up to a Delta Messenger “It’s time to check in for your flight to Orange County!” notification on my phone this morning
uh, no, I’m flying on Tuesday, w t foxo, ... except I had indeed booked for Mon (in thinking about it, the UG had cleared at booking on Wed evening, so I **should have** realized something was out of whack then) ... called the PM desk, got the “wait time is 25 to 28 minutes” recording, opted to remain on hold, and an agent picked up in less than five ... he moved me to the 655pm tomorrow with no issues, and confirmed the UG in real time
as much as I like sunrise flights, and as much as I’ll moan about another night in a hotel, it’s NOT having to roll out of bed at 0500 and it’s NOT having to sneak out of the house at 0545 while trying not to wake the dog
Jan 8, 2018, 6:59 am
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Somebody booked a flight for me on the wrong day once - the day after I was supposed to leave. I got to the airport and had no reservation and had to scramble to get something. That was the point that I stopped letting other people book flights for me if I could help it. 
Jan 8, 2018, 7:55 am
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I didn’t check what inventory they were actually selling for that flight, but the lowest availability was ~$10 over what I had paid ... since I just asked to SDC, I don’t know whether it would have worked anyway or if the agent just did me a favor as a PM (although I did confess to having goofed up the original booking)
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Jan 8, 2018, 8:31 am
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*hangs head* I was using points to fly a friend up to visit me (she is RDU I am MSP). I booked the ticket backwards. I was so used to having everything depart from MSP I didn't even think about it. Neither of us realized it until she got to the airport to check in (a kettle who doesn't have the app). Thankfully diamond desk laughed at what I did and got her on a flight.
Jan 8, 2018, 9:23 am
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*hangs head* I was using points to fly a friend up to visit me (she is RDU I am MSP). I booked the ticket backwards. I was so used to having everything depart from MSP I didn't even think about it. Neither of us realized it until she got to the airport to check in (a kettle who doesn't have the app). Thankfully diamond desk laughed at what I did and got her on a flight.
Jan 8, 2018, 9:51 am
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TERRIFIC start to this year
woke up to a Delta Messenger “It’s time to check in for your flight to Orange County!” notification on my phone this morning
uh, no, I’m flying on Tuesday, w t foxo, ... except I had indeed booked for Mon (in thinking about it, the UG had cleared at booking on Wed evening, so I **should have** realized something was out of whack then) ... called the PM desk, got the “wait time is 25 to 28 minutes” recording, opted to remain on hold, and an agent picked up in less than five ... he moved me to the 655pm tomorrow with no issues, and confirmed the UG in real time
as much as I like sunrise flights, and as much as I’ll moan about another night in a hotel, it’s NOT having to roll out of bed at 0500 and it’s NOT having to sneak out of the house at 0545 while trying not to wake the dog
woke up to a Delta Messenger “It’s time to check in for your flight to Orange County!” notification on my phone this morning
uh, no, I’m flying on Tuesday, w t foxo, ... except I had indeed booked for Mon (in thinking about it, the UG had cleared at booking on Wed evening, so I **should have** realized something was out of whack then) ... called the PM desk, got the “wait time is 25 to 28 minutes” recording, opted to remain on hold, and an agent picked up in less than five ... he moved me to the 655pm tomorrow with no issues, and confirmed the UG in real time
as much as I like sunrise flights, and as much as I’ll moan about another night in a hotel, it’s NOT having to roll out of bed at 0500 and it’s NOT having to sneak out of the house at 0545 while trying not to wake the dog
Jan 8, 2018, 11:48 am
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Jan 8, 2018, 12:00 pm
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