The fallout from the changes to Delta’s SkyMiles Medallion qualifications has been swift and strong. But here’s what all of those status matches tell us from the other airlines. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new...
Delta Air Lines Reduces Earnings On Partner Tickets
In a move that has largely gone under the radar, Delta Air Lines is also cutting earnings on partner-issued tickets, effectively closing a backdoor that made it relatively easier to earn elite status on Delta. Delta Air Lines Reduces...
What SkyMiles Changes Will Delta Air Lines Roll Back?
Delta CEO Ed Bastian has promised Delta Air Lines will make “modifications” to the SkyMiles program, but what will those changes be? My Predictions For Latest “Modifications” To SkyMiles Program Earlier, I wrote about an appearance Bastian made yesterday...
Delta CEO Admits Carrier Went Too Far, Too Fast With SkyMiles Changes
Delta CEO Ed Bastian admitted that his carrier went too far, too fast with its recently announced changes to the SkyMiles program and Sky Club lounge access, but stopped far short of saying that these changes were unreasonable or...
Pathetic: Another No-Notice Delta SkyMiles Devaluation On Redemption Side
As if the new high bar to qualify for Medallion status was not anti-loyalty enough, Delta continues to whittle away at what little value is left in the SkyMiles program, this time with a devaluation on trips originating or...
Delta Adds More Transpacific Service From LAX
Delta Air Lines is ramping up transpacific service from its Los Angeles (LAX) hub with more service to the South Pacific and a return to Mainland China. Delta Adding More LAX Transpacific Flights The fight for supremacy in Los...
Silence Is Not Golden: Delta Air Lines Made Critical Communication Error
Jonathan Jacobs offers an interesting take on the recently announced changes to the Delta Sky Miles program, focusing not so much on the changes themselves as on the way in which Delta communicated them. The idea that Delta showed...
Delta Air Lines 767-300 Diverts To Remote Atlantic Island, Prompting Outrage In Ghana
Last week, a Delta Air Lines 767-300 traveling from Ghana to New York diverted to a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean due to a mechanical issue. What stranded passengers were purportedly told on the ground is quite eye-opening....
Tom Brady Blamed For Ruining Delta SkyMiles Program
Retired NFL Star Tom Brady joined the Delta Air Lines team as a “strategic advisor” just a week before changes to the SkyMiles program and Sky Club lounge access were announced. Now some are blaming Brady for the recent...
Delta SkyMiles Changes: Crazy Like A Fox Or Just Plain Crazy
More ink has been spilled over the major Delta SkyMiles devaluation this week and just how crazy it is. Perhaps it’s not crazy at all. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click...
How United Airlines Can Poach Discontent Delta Elites
The grass is not always greener on the other side and the changes at Delta Air Lines announced this week will not necessarily move people to abandon Delta. But the rather punitive changes Delta announced for its SkyMiles program...
Delta Air Lines Makes It Easier To Embrace Being A Free Agent
Part of me masochistically hopes that United Airlines will follow Delta Air Lines and make obtaining top-tier status so prohibitively hard that I will finally be liberated from the status hamster wheel. Delta SkyMiles Changes Make It Easier Than...
Delta Revamps SkyMiles Elite Status, Further Restricts Sky Club Access
As expected, Delta Air Lines is radically changing the way SkyMiles elite status is earned and also further restricting Sky Club access to credit card holders who fail to spend big on their cards. Big Changes Coming To Delta...
First Class Passenger Goes Berserk On Delta Flight
An eyewitness report claims a man seated in first class on a Delta Air Lines flight to Seattle went berserk, with actions that included attempting to open one of the aircraft doors, attacking a flight attendant, and also attacking...
Make Delta SkyMiles Great Again
It appears that big changes are coming to the Delta Air Lines SkyMiles program. Now is the chance to make Delta SkyMiles great again. How Delta Can Make SkyMiles Great Again…And Why It Probably Will Not One Mile At...
A Diarrhea Diversion On Delta Air Lines
DL194, you’re number two for landing. I’ll avoid further puns and get to the point: I feel horrible for everyone involved in a Delta Air Lines diversion over diarrhea. The crew, the sick passenger, and the other passengers onboard....
Great Idea: Mandatory Community Service For Delta Flight Attendants
The move by Delta Air Lines to require newly-hired flight attendants to complete mandatory community service in order to pass their probationary period is a great idea that I hope other US carriers will adopt. Community Service For Flight...
Delta Air Lines 767-300 Diverts To Amsterdam After Emergency Squawk
A Delta Air Lines 767-300 traveling from Berlin to New York diverted to Amsterdam after a mechanical delay onboard forced the flight crew to declare an emergency. These old birds are really starting to show their age. Delta 767-300...
Man Puts Delta Flight Attendant In Chokehold, Holds Shard Of Broken Glass To Her Neck, Threatens To Cut Off Her Head
A bloody passenger was finally subdued after grabbing a Delta Air Lines flight attendant, holding a shard of broken glass against her neck, and threatening to kill her if anyone came close. Bloody Incident On Delta Air Lines Flight...
Delta Air Lines 767-300 Flies Into Hailstorm, Suffers Extensive Damage, Diverts
A Delta Air Lines 767-300 diverted to Rome after encountering a punishing hailstorm upon takeoff from Milan. The damage to the 767 is extensive. Delta Air Lines 767-300 Flies Into Hailstorm, Diverts To Rome After Severe Damage On July...
