Delta Air Lines is lauded as the gold standard of operational reliability, an airline which runs on time and does not cancel flights. But as Delta faces Thanksgiving and its busiest week of the year, it is cancelling hundreds...
Inebriated Pastor Urinates On His Seatmate During Delta Redeye Flight
A North Carolina pastor has been charged with assault after urinating on his sleeping seatmate during a Delta redeye flight. Pastor Confesses After Urinating On Seatmate The incident took place on a Las Vegas to Detroit flight on October...
Latest Delta SkyMiles Devaluation: Partner Award Prices Soar…Again
Saving for that perfect award redemptions on Delta? Congratulations! You must now pay tens of thousands of more miles for the same trip. Just another day in the accountability-free world of Delta SkyMiles. The latest Delta SkyMiles partner award...
Delta Captain Should Have Worn Mask, But Petulant Passenger Deserved To Be Thrown Off
“Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.” -Saul D. Alinksy, Rules for Radicals A Delta passenger was thrown...
Delta Removes Hearing-Impaired Passenger After Flight Attendant Confrontation
Andre Hilton is an interior designer in Atlanta. He’s also hearing impaired. He was also thrown off a Delta flight after trying to hold a flight attendant accountable. Delta Ejects Hearing-Impaired Passenger This is a story relating to masks,...
Delta Air Lines Trolls Competition Over Middle Seat Blocking
Delta Air Lines is happy to troll competitors on Twitter over failing to block middle seats, but won’t say how long it will continue its own seat blocking policy. Delta Air Lines, The Twitter Troll A tweet, aptly timed...
Horrifying: Unmasked Passenger Decks Delta Flight Attendant After Her Boyfriend Refused To Wear Seatbelt
In yet another story showcasing disgustingly poor behavior onboard a commercial flight, an unmasked woman got into the face of a Delta flight attendant then decked her. According to one eyewitness, the assault of a Delta flight attendant wasn’t...
My Delta Diamond Status Match Dilemma
I was one of the fortunate recipients of the email from Delta yesterday asking if I was interested in a status match to Diamond Medallion status. That presents an interesting dilemma for 2021…how much status is too much status?...
Details: Final Boeing 777 Flight On Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines surprised many of us by announcing the early retirement of its entire Boeing 777 fleet due to the pandemic. Now the final Delta 777 flight has been penciled in for the last day of this month....
Delta Will Continue To Block First Class Seats Into 2021
Since April, Delta has been blocking middle seats to promote social distancing onboard. It has also limited capacity in first class to 50% on narrowbody aircraft, a policy that was set to expire at the end of the month....
Boeing Tries To Hawk Surplus 737 MAX To Delta
Boeing has a surplus of 737 MAX aircraft and has secretly approached Delta Air Lines to try to unload them. Boeing Wants To Unload 737 MAX On Delta As the 737 MAX inches toward re-certification, Boeing has a problem...
Tragic Death In Delta Lavatory Leads To Policy Change
Delta Air Lines will carry an overdose-reversing drug after a tragic overdose led to a passenger death on a transcontinental flight. Deadly Delta Flight Leads To Stocking Overdose Drug Onboard The overdose occurred in 2019. A man was found...
Delta Air Lines Adds Three New LAX Routes
Delta is adding three new routes from its LAX hub, including new service to Palm Springs. The new routes comes as Delta continues to seek out demand in new places. New Delta Los Angeles – Fresno Service Delta will...
Will COVID-19 Return Bigger Planes to Shorter Flights?
Demand and efficiencies change over time, but there are a few good reasons why larger aircraft may be returning to shorter flights. If you are considering signing up for a new credit card please click here and help support...
What Does Delta’s Approach To Furloughs Teach Us About Labor Unions?
Delta Air Lines recently announced it would not furlough any flight attendants this year. Meanwhile, American Airlines and United Airlines plan to lay off thousands. Delta flight attendants are non-unionized while those at American and United are. Can we...
Delta Air Lines: No Flight Attendant Furloughs
It’s a particularly happy Labor Day weekend at Delta Air Lines, as flight attendants were thanked for their sacrifice and told that no furloughs were planned for 2020. How was Delta able to avoid flight attendant furloughs while others...
Delta Upgrades Black Woman Harassed By Her White Seatmate
It’s one thing to express a viewpoint. It’s quite another thing to harass a seatmate with unwanted conversation, especially on extremely sensitive topics in a confined space. I applaud Delta and other passengers onboard for stepping in to diffuse...
Delta’s New Upgrade Policy Appears To Encourage Shenanigans
Delta’s making it easier to upgrade companions, but favoring SkyMiles members with no status over Medallion Gold, Silver, and Platinum members. How does that make any sense? Delta’s Odd New Companion Upgrade Policy The issue is companions traveling on...
Delta Matches, American Exceeds United’s Elimination Of Change Fees
As expected, both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have matched United’s decision to indefinitely eliminate change fees. American Airlines has even gone a step further. American Airlines Eliminates Change Fees, Adds Basic Economy Benefits Effective immediately, American Airlines...
Delta Did Not Ban Navy SEAL Due To A Tweet…
The idea that Delta banned former Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill due to one tweet is suspect at best. Delta may be strict, but doesn’t invoke a “one strike and you are out” policy. The Real Reason Delta Banned Controversial...
