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Pat McAuliffe of Barstool Sports went viral complaining about a Delta flight, with over 16.5 million people viewing his video losing it over a child screaming on the plane – and saying that the parents weren’t doing enough to stop it.
Delta’s brand new Naples to Atlanta flight melted down on May 27 before even leaving Italy. Flight 279 sat on the ground for more than seven hours, and was then cancelled outright. Roughly 200 exhausted passengers were herded onto buses and driven a dozen miles to a hotel where the airline had reserved just 13 rooms.
Most U.S. airlines have air vents above the seat. You can turn them on if you’re hot, and turn them off if you don’t want to be blown on. But who controls the vent? Does each passenger have dominion over the one above their seat – or is it a common utility, and you have to accommodate the preferences of everyone around you? Conflict on a plane can take place over the seemingly simplest of things, as one Delta Air Lines passenger learned. Currently on a flight head westbound. I am on the right side of a 3 passenger row. The person sitting in the middle has now 3 times closed my AC vent either while “adjusting” their own vent or when I stood up to go to the bathroom. The vent is pointed towards…
Delta, Air France KLM and Virgin Atlantic are partnering with India’s IndiGo, and Delta will return to India with flights from Atlanta to Delhi.
Delta now sometimes charges you more if you’re traveling alone – add a second passenger and the fare drops. It’s written right into the fare rules for some of their least expensive fares, that you must be accompanied by someone else on the itinerary to be eligible for their lowest price.
About an hour into the five hour flight, flight attendants were alerted that a dog was in distress. A call for medical assistance produced an onboard veterinarian who stabilized the animal, but the assessment was that the dog needed professional treatment. The Airbus narrowbody with 181 customers and six crew aboard made a 300-mile detour to Delta’s Minneapolis–St Paul hub.
Delta stopped passing through the coach cabin offering complimentary earbuds on May 15. This includes the extra legroom ‘Comfort+’ section. They still proactively pass them out in premium cabins.
They don’t tell you this, but the earbuds are still available on request.
Things are going to get more complicated buying and flying Delta starting October 1. There’s a more cumbersome decision gauntlet to run just to buy a ticket and more upselling. Delta clearly thinks it’s worth it for their bottom-line.
Delta was expected to start offering new bedding and a mattress pad in long haul business class in early May. That was delayed because the cost of the Missoni products become prohibitive under the new tariff regime.
Now – just like with taking delivery of new Airbus aircraft without tariffs – Delta has figured out a way around the most draconian fees so that they can move forward with the product plan.
American Airlines flight attendants negotiated to get boarding pay, like Delta pioneered for its flight attendants and to get Delta’s profit sharing formula. The goal of flight attendants in negotiations at American Airlines was to get paid like Delta’s. Yet after years of negotiations, tremendous drama, and multiple attempts to get permission from a Biden administration-dominated National Mediation Board to strike Delta flight attendants still earn more. There is much confusion over this. Yesterday Delta announced a 4% pay increase for flight attendants effective June 1: Delta’s new pay scale! Thoughts? byu/No_Telephone4961 inflightattendants The airline provides pay increases every year. When flight attendant union contracts expire (‘become amendable’), cabin crew at unionized airlines go years without an increase. There’s a claim, though, that come October 1, American Airlines flight attendants will be earning more than…
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 »
