Comments on: Delta to improve service on cross-country flights http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/06/19/delta-to-improve-service-on-cross-country-flights/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:03:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Valerie R. http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/06/19/delta-to-improve-service-on-cross-country-flights/#comment-68 Valerie R. Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:36:00 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/06/19/delta-to-improve-service-on-cross-country-flights/#comment-68 I was once a Delta loyalist partly because I charged everything & got free miles & because I lived in LA & flew the transcon to NY frequently, they flew wide bodies and had a pretty good business class section. Then I moved to SF and was rekegated to flying the narrow body 757 with only 2 classes of service, old cracked leather seats, the cabin was so small and the amenities so bad that I stopped flying Delta because frankly it was a waste of miles and an ever bigger waste of $ to have to endure that horrendous 757 configuration. I also stopped flying Delta when it became absolutely impossible to redeem a first class or business class award even with 6+ months notice at the regular mileage level. I turned in my Delta Skymiles and now rack up my miles on Southwest. Granted it is flying cattle class but what isn't these days and we can almost always get a seat last minute especially on a last minute flight to LA which from SF is $200+ on short notice. Such is the state of flying today. I was once a Delta loyalist partly because I charged everything & got free miles & because I lived in LA & flew the transcon to NY frequently, they flew wide bodies and had a pretty good business class section. Then I moved to SF and was rekegated to flying the narrow body 757 with only 2 classes of service, old cracked leather seats, the cabin was so small and the amenities so bad that I stopped flying Delta because frankly it was a waste of miles and an ever bigger waste of $ to have to endure that horrendous 757 configuration. I also stopped flying Delta when it became absolutely impossible to redeem a first class or business class award even with 6+ months notice at the regular mileage level. I turned in my Delta Skymiles and now rack up my miles on Southwest. Granted it is flying cattle class but what isn’t these days and we can almost always get a seat last minute especially on a last minute flight to LA which from SF is $200+ on short notice. Such is the state of flying today.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/06/19/delta-to-improve-service-on-cross-country-flights/#comment-67 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:11:00 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/06/19/delta-to-improve-service-on-cross-country-flights/#comment-67 I've heard that Delta will not install lie flat beds in "first class" aka Business elite on Delta until several years later if the routes prove profitable and the airline exits bankruptcy in fairly decent shape. I believe there will be a couple inches of legroom more in each seat but nothing to jump up and down about. Also Delta will be using 757s (good plane) but also the 737 (good plane for shorter trips but not trans-con) on the routes. Why not just use all the old Song planes, and keep the fleet simple? And why so many cities? I mean I can understand, Atlanta/ NYC/ Boston to LA, SFO and SEA, but Cincinnati? Rob http://www.theairlinehub.com I’ve heard that Delta will not install lie flat beds in “first class” aka Business elite on Delta until several years later if the routes prove profitable and the airline exits bankruptcy in fairly decent shape.

I believe there will be a couple inches of legroom more in each seat but nothing to jump up and down about.

Also Delta will be using 757s (good plane) but also the 737 (good plane for shorter trips but not trans-con) on the routes. Why not just use all the old Song planes, and keep the fleet simple? And why so many cities? I mean I can understand, Atlanta/ NYC/ Boston to LA, SFO and SEA, but Cincinnati?

Rob
http://www.theairlinehub.com

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