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There’s been a lot of nasty weather across the United States during the past few days — I hope you’re safe and well! Here’s a quick recap of what we covered on the blog this week.
The bigish news was Delta Air Lines introducing new “Experiences” — 11 of them in total. Passengers now have the option to spend more money for marginally more punch. In fact, we think the new branding and upcharges amount to somewhat of a sucker bet. (This news comes on the heels of Delta kicking its prized 360 members down the line in its boarding priority.)
The Experiences take effect for flights departing October 1 and later. That’s the same month that the annual Chicago Seminars Heritage Edition takes place! There’s a new venue this year and added “Masterclasses,” so make sure to check it out. I hope to see you there!
I love this: Michael, one of our writers, took part in a three-generation cruise!
Did you see a Red Bull stunt pilot turn a lake pier into a runway? It’s crazy!
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Thought I would share some weird stuff happening to Delta reservations. Have a few bookings for the summer and noticed that some of them were showing as “standby”. When I opened the reservations it alerted that the flights had changed and I had the option to stay on same flight or book a new one. My seat reservations were gone. Now the most weird thing is that flights had changed schedule by 5 minutes (one flight showed arriving 5 minutes earlier to the destination). Once I confirmed I wanted to stay in the same flight, it allowed me to choose my seat and the “standby” note disappeared. Same happened to my wife in different flights. I called the Diamond line and agent had no clue why the system was acting like that. She confirmed my flights were OK and told me to watch for any weird changes again. Not that I did not receive any notification from Delta about a schedule change on my flights.
Thanks for the data points. I find it interesting that Delta implements all these changes yet their IT continues to be wonky