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One Delta passenger shared a photo of a woman whose big jacket was tied around her seat back – taking up space from the passenger behind them, and covering that passenger’s screen.
Coach seats can be uncomfortable, and a bit of extra padding is clever. Using your jacket for back comfort is actually an ingenious hack – except it takes away comfort from the person seated behind you.
Delta hasn’t announced that they’ll be flying Los Angeles to Manila yet. But that’s the plan, and the flight’s schedule has even leaked now.
Passengers spent 5½ hours aboard Delta’s Tokyo–Minneapolis flight before a mechanical problem forced an 11 p.m. cancellation. With too few hotel rooms, Delta prioritized travelers with medical concerns and families with babies—prompting passengers to joke, “Everyone make babies right now.”
Delta has rolled out Basic Business, Basic First, and Basic Premium Economy: cheaper-looking premium fares that strip away lounge access, seat assignments, flexibility, bags, and mileage earning without meaningfully lowering prices.
Delta is already the largest airline at LAX, but its Los Angeles push is really about more than adding routes to Newark, Philadelphia, Dulles, Manila, or Asia. United’s long-haul network makes it Delta’s real threat in LA, and the bigger prize is premium relevance in one of the country’s richest markets, where Delta can drive high-margin American Express card spend.
Delta’s pilot union has launched a passenger-advice site that points travelers to delay tips, DOT complaints, compensation rules, and Elliott Advocacy, but the real message is aimed at management. As Delta struggles to recover from disruptions, pilots are trying to frame cancellations as a management failure of staffing, scheduling, technology, and operational investment ahead of contract negotiations.
Delta Air Lines is expected to launch Austin to Paris flights next summer, giving the carrier’s growing Texas focus a major international boost. The move would fit with Delta’s larger Austin strategy: growing their American Express card, capturing 15 gates in the airport’s expansion, building a massive new Sky Club, and turning its current club by the international gates into a Delta One lounge.
Delta has already become the largest carrier at LAX, and now it appears to be pressing its advantage while American and United are gate-constrained. After moving up Newark–Los Angeles by four years, Delta may add Philadelphia and Washington Dulles next, filling in more competitor hubs so Los Angeles customers have fewer reasons to fly anyone else.
Delta is adding Newark–Los Angeles flights, taking a run at one of United’s most lucrative routes and a market where United has hubs on both ends. But Delta will start with just two daily A321neo flights and no lie-flat seats, making this less a Newark offensive than another piece of its broader push to win Los Angeles.
Delta’s second Delta One Lounge at LAX appears to be finished already, just weeks after we first learned it existed. Employees are reportedly being invited to preview the space and try the food, suggesting the Terminal 2 lounge is staffed, built out, and close to opening as Delta pushes harder for premium travelers in Los Angeles.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
