The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hasn't had a permanent leader since early 2018. At that point Michael Huerta, who had been appointed by President Obama, stepped down. It's surprising that the role has been vacant for over a year, since it…
Through April 3, 2019, there are some great welcome bonuses on Delta’s co-branded American Express cards. The increased Delta Amex bonuses include the following:
Delta SkyMiles doesn't publish award charts. The price you see online is the price you get. Their logic is that the shopping experience for award flights should be the same as the experience of booking a revenue flight, where you also have dynamic pricing.…
Through April 3, 2019, there are some great welcome bonuses on Delta's co-branded American Express cards. Some of the increased Delta Amex bonuses include the following:
Over the past few years we’ve seen basic economy fares expanded greatly at the “big three” US carriers. Airlines market these as being lower fares that enable them to compete with ultra low cost carriers, though in reality they’ve used these to try and…
Finding nonstop business class award seats from the US West Coast to Europe can be challenging, especially for travel in summer, when everyone seemingly wants to go. That's why there's an especially noteworthy amount of award availability at the moment,…
Delta has quite a few widebody aircraft on order, including A350-900s and A330-900neos. The airline started taking delivery of A350-900s over a year ago, and now has about half of the 25 planes that have been ordered in their fleet. Meanwhile the airline…
American, Delta, United, and Hawaiian, have all just filed with the US Department of Transportation requesting additional flights to Tokyo Haneda. Let's look at what they're requesting, and how we got to this point. Tokyo has two airports -- Narita and…
Last May Delta announced that they'd start flying to India as of 2019. They said they'd fly to Mumbai, though didn't reveal out of which hub they'd operate the flight, and also didn't give a more exact timeline of when the flight would start. Usually…
Last month Delta started supplying new Diet Coke branded napkins for passengers in flight. Nothing unusual about that, but what did raise eyebrows was the unusual instructions on and purpose for these napkins (beyond their normal use). They encouraged…
Back in early 2013, Delta SkyMiles announced that they would be adding revenue requirements for earning status, starting with the 2014 program year. This began a long and ongoing trend of airline frequent flyer programs moving toward revenue-based requirements.…
Delta will be the first US airline to take delivery of the Airbus A220, which is an absolute joy to fly. Not only does the plane have low operating costs, but given that we're talking about Delta, the cabin will be very nice as well, with a proper first…
For a while I’ve been looking to try the only flight with a fully-flat bed out of DCA. Delta does a once-daily rotation between Washington Reagan National and Los Angeles on a 757-200, which offers a Delta One cabin in the front. (Several other domestic…
No, this isn't a typo, so much as a "last hurrah" (or swan song) for anyone who had Delta Platinum or Diamond status in 2018. Delta's Choice Benefits program allows all Platinum and Diamond Medallion members to select from a series of "freebie" gifts.…
Of the "big three" US airlines, Delta has the oldest average fleet age (somewhere around 16.1 years, compared to United's 15 years, and American's 10.7 years). I actually think Delta has the right idea. It's silly to buy new planes when you can instead…
Whether we're new to the game or seasoned experts, we all make mistakes from time to time. And while I've largely been able to keep it together ever since my disastrous China Eastern non-journey from a year ago, apparently I was due for a travel mishap.…
Delta's war on Qatar Airways is back in full swing, despite the US and Qatar having come to an agreement earlier this year. The latest attack from Delta comes in the form of an op-ed from CEO Ed Bastian, which is dishonest and hypocritical, to put it…
Since May 2017, Delta SkyMiles and Lyft have had a partnership, allowing SkyMiles members to earn bonus miles for Lyft rides. With this partnership you ordinarily earn one SkyMile per dollar spent on a US ride, and two SkyMiles per dollar spent on airport…
Delta has announced that they're overhauling their boarding process. Or at least that's how they view it. I'm not sure it's quite as radical as they think. Zone boarding has been the standard in the airline industry for decades, and going forward Delta…
In 2018 we've seen the major US airlines crack down on emotional support animals. The first airline to do this was Delta, as they announced changes, though the other major US airlines followed as well. Delta announced a second set of changes to their…
Delta SkyMiles sure is a quirky loyalty program. We know that Delta is doing everything in their power to make SkyMiles a revenue based program in just about every way. This involves not only how they award miles, but also how you can redeem them. Increasingly,…
