Traveller, I feel your pain! Although, it may not be Delta's fault, it isn't any less aggravating when you lose 4 hours of your life sitting in a sardine tin, and the first class cabin is practically empty.

I actually was thinking along the same lines last week, when I was considering driving to CLT from RDU. It is about 2hr drive. But what I may do instead is use CLT as my base (rather than my hub) and flying to/from CLT once a week, back to CLT for each flight during the week (most of my trips are day trips and about 2 hour direct flights from CLT)

Plus I have a friend in CLT who is going to let me use a closet to keep clothes in, and sleepover if I need too.

It's all about making your time in the air more pleasant (and productive), because you will never get those lost hours back - which makes me think, what the #@#@ am I doing wasting time replying to some of these posts??!!)

Ciao, have a great rest of weekend!

You'll get hooked on this message board too, I can't believe all the time I spend here! But I suppose I could be getting into worse things! Have a great weekend too!

The first time you get a nasty mechanical and there is no plane in sight..for hours and hours..you will wish you were at that larger airport. Don't come on this board and whine when this occurs. You fail to see the intangibles...if you were really concerned with time, you would do more research. You are an amateur, at best. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

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Yes, I will think of you while I'm relaxing in my rocking chair in Charlotte sipping on a margarita, while you sweat it out trying to get upgraded on Delta

"Don't come on this board and whine when this occurs. You fail to see the intangibles...if you were really concerned with time, you would do more research."


Sonny, I've already done my homework. That's why I avoid ATL.

"You are an amateur, at best. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif"


I'm trying to help out my fellow travellers, but what are your is your purpose in posting on this website? To show everyone what a world traveler you are? If you don't have anything helpful or constructive to post, why do you post?

Get

A

Life

Moron!!



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I don't fly DELTA and I don't fly coach...look to the left...it's easy son. Go have your margarita while you wait for a replacement plane ...hahahahahahaha

My purpose here is to help fellow travelers with my extensive flying experience....but some people are as dumb as stumps. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif and will never understand.



[This message has been edited by IMStill4Travel (edited Feb 09, 2004).]

Point 1. Yes, I LOATHE, HATE, DESPISE Delta. I will walk/drive/crawl before I get on one of their planes. Rudest FA's in the business. I am the proud record holder of 11 straight flights as a Delta Silver member in a middle seat. I started to become a joke...

I too tried to get Delta to match my CO Plat status, but I never heard a thing. Not even a response.

And you bummed me out about the NW thing. I was going to try and do that so I could dump NonePass...looks like I am stuck...

No need to be an a****** to someone who's correct... US is obviously the right choice for the OP. And it's not like he'd be sitting at RDU for "hours and hours" - US's frequent flights to CLT would probably prevent this from happening. And actually, there's a better chance of a nasty mechanical if the OP connects through Atlanta, where he has twice as many flights on which things can go wrong.

Question - why try to play devil's advocate with this guy? I see you're US CP... why would you want him to be stuck on Delta?

Johnnie-

NW will not comp CO elites except in very, very rare situations... but they probably will comp you if you ask them to match your UA 1P status, especially since Norfolk is not a Northwest hub.

Give it a shot... odds are that you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Today, I called USAir to ask for elite status match of my CO Platinum status. I was told that it would cost $645 (non-refundable) and that I would have to log in 20,000-plus miles in the next three months to retain that status.

Have things changed that much since 2004? :td:

BTW, in 2005, CO matched my AWA Gold status, without any fee or obligation.

JP

Can't believe that you got status matched to Chairman's Preferred. I am Exec Plat on American and USAir matched me to Platinum, I was told that they only match upto to Platinum.

Note that this is an old thread; that was January 2004. The won't do it now.

Welcome to the new and improved USAirways. "We hate repeat customers and will do anything for a buck and our stock price is still falling like a rock" has become their new motto.

I was CP all but one year since the program was invented (1997) and Preferred Plus (but at the CP milage level) before that - barely Silver this year due to a family trip to Hawaii.