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Skip Baggage Claim: Delta To Eliminate Luggage Collection And Re-check For International Arrivals

by Gary Leff

Apr 21 2024

Delta Air Lines is working with the U.S. government so that connecting passengers arriving off of international flights won’t have to collect their checked baggage and drag it through customs themselves. Starting with flights arriving from Tokyo Haneda, and potentially by the end of the year, passengers will be able to check bags through to their final connecting destinations in the United States. Update: the pilot of this program will begin at Seoul Incheon airport, not Tokyo Haneda.

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Delta Diamond Passenger Uses Trick to Fly Business Class, Leave The Kids In Back – And Avoid Extra Fees

by Gary Leff

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Apr 15 2024

A Delta Diamond medallion booked his family on an international trip in premium economy. They were going to fly Delta’s Airbus A350 – but when the airline changed the aircraft they were planning to use to one of their ex-LATAM planes without that cabin the whole family was downgraded to extra legroom coach.

So he decided to upgrade himself and his wife, and leave their three kids in back.

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Police Remove Multiple Stowaways Discovered On Delta Flight From Atlanta To Los Angeles

by Gary Leff

Apr 14 2024

A passenger sitting at the front of the coach cabin on the Airbus A350 saw a family of 5 seat themselves in the ‘Comfort+’ section. However two of those seats were already occupied. A flight attendant comes in to sort out the ‘duplicate seats’. But those weren’t the only stowaways – three others actually made it to Los Angeles.

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Back To The Future: Delta Air Lines Returns To Boarding Zones, Downgrades Diamond Elites

by Gary Leff

Apr 09 2024

Delta Air Lines is moving from ‘branded boarding’ to having 8 boarding zones starting May 1, although things are even more complicated than that because there are still groups that are called to board before and in the middle of those zones.

This is supposed to streamline boarding and be better for customers by… copying American and United, and copying Delta itself from 2017.

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