Delta One is the name of Delta’s premium business class product, available primarily on long haul, international routes. However, it’s also available on select domestic flights, including premium transcontinental services. Delta seems to have plans to expand the domestic markets in which it offers Delta One, which is pretty cool… I think?
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Delta One will be available in Atlanta to Los Angeles market
As flagged by JonNYC and first reported on Reddit, Delta has plans to expand its Delta One product. Specifically, as of March 29, 2026, wide body flights between Atlanta (ATL) and Los Angeles (LAX) will be marketed as Delta One, rather than being marketed as first class.
The airline offers up to three daily wide body flights between the two airports, on aircraft like Airbus A350s and Boeing 767s. So through March 28, 2026, the forward cabin on those flights is sold as first class, while as of March 29, it’s sold as Delta One.
It does appear that Delta has mildly increased fares to accompany this change, as I see fares on several of these frequencies going up somewhere around $100-400 one-way, despite similar availability in the lowest premium fare classes.
For what it’s worth, previously Delta One was only offered domestically on premium transcontinental routes (like Boston and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco), and on select flights to Hawaii.
What are the implications of this Delta One change?
With the forward cabin on some flights between Atlanta and Los Angeles soon being marketed as Delta One, what are the implications?
- Medallion elite members will only clear upgrades on the day of departure, rather than at their traditional upgrade windows
- Passengers will be eligible for Delta One Lounge access; there’s not yet a Delta One Lounge in Atlanta, though passengers can use the Delta One Lounge in Los Angeles
- In theory the soft product should be upgraded a bit (in terms of food, drinks, amenities, and bedding), though I wouldn’t even count on that too much, since domestic Delta One food and drinks aren’t on the same level as what you’ll find on long haul flights
On the surface, I don’t think this is a bad idea on Delta’s part. If you’re going to fly a wide body in a market, you might as well update the soft product a little bit, and hope that it’ll lead to better yields. Now, this will make the Delta One Lounge LAX a bit busier, but then again, during many hours of the day it’s currently empty.
It’ll be interesting to see to what extent this concept is expanded in the coming months. Atlanta to Los Angeles is a fairly high yield market in the forward cabin. So I wonder if this is the only domestic Atlanta route that will get the Delta One designation, or if we could see this added to more routes as well.
Bottom line
As of late March 2026, Delta will expand its Delta One branded domestic flights. Specifically, the airline will start selling the forward cabin on wide body aircraft flying between Atlanta and Los Angeles as Delta One. The airline flies a good number of wide body planes in the market as it stands, so the idea it to improve yields and offer passengers a little more.
What do you make of this Delta One expansion?
This actually sucks for Plats in ATL as this was one of the better routes to use RUCs and get a lie-flat seat. Now it won't be eligible at booking so will never happen.
Unless and until Delta improves its hard product, no thanks.
Does that mean they'll be selling "Premium Select" on those segments also?
this gives you some idea of how the 763s will be used until DL is ready to put them out to pasture outside of the busy summer season.
DL puts alot of widebodies on domestic routes in the winter, largely from ATL and DTW to the west coast so those will be marketed as Delta One.
when the resolve the Delta One equipped 321NEOs, it opens up more domestic routes that can support D1.
Good. There should be more and more 'premium' (like, actual lie-flat) for transcon, especially red-eye routes. Delta, American, United, jetBlue have the products. Alaska barely does with Hawaiian, but it's 737 recliners are 'brutal' by comparison on a 5-hour redeye from West to East Coast. With more a321neos and a321XLR with new 'suites' coming on-line, DL and others should get this going. FLL-SEA is like 6+ hours (should be lie-flat). Hey, American, are you listening?...
Good. There should be more and more 'premium' (like, actual lie-flat) for transcon, especially red-eye routes. Delta, American, United, jetBlue have the products. Alaska barely does with Hawaiian, but it's 737 recliners are 'brutal' by comparison on a 5-hour redeye from West to East Coast. With more a321neos and a321XLR with new 'suites' coming on-line, DL and others should get this going. FLL-SEA is like 6+ hours (should be lie-flat). Hey, American, are you listening? Bring back lie-flat for MIA-LAX (and include SFO!)
I fly in FC to/from LA 6-8x a month. For the last 1-2 years, FC on ATL-LAX has both been priced obscenely and often sold out well in advance. It’s basically not a connecting option for me now. The sell outs are so frequent that I’ve questioned whether DL was blocking some flights because of some contract with a big customer. In other words, the demand sure seems there.
SLC-JFK costs north of $3k one way these days with one wide body frequency so far. Wonder if they are testing the market
I've been on DL's 752 with the 2-2 lie-flat for SLC-EWR a few years back. Wasn't sure if that was a re-routing flight for the airline, or just a premium seasonal offering.
Delta has tried New York–Seattle and Boston–Seattle as Delta One routes in the past, but those experiments didn’t really work—though, to be fair, they were using 757s and 767s at the time.
I would have expected Los Angeles–Miami to get Delta One before Atlanta. What about Atlanta–San Francisco? Or Atlanta–Seattle?
Four hours is an awfully short flight for Delta One.
I imagine the service will amount to a single plated meal—appetizer, main, and dessert served...
Delta has tried New York–Seattle and Boston–Seattle as Delta One routes in the past, but those experiments didn’t really work—though, to be fair, they were using 757s and 767s at the time.
I would have expected Los Angeles–Miami to get Delta One before Atlanta. What about Atlanta–San Francisco? Or Atlanta–Seattle?
Four hours is an awfully short flight for Delta One.
I imagine the service will amount to a single plated meal—appetizer, main, and dessert served at once. I also can’t imagine they’ll serve a full meal on the red-eye, either after departure or before landing. And unless something has changed, Delta doesn’t serve champagne in Delta One on domestic flights.
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Not those not actually rich South Beach wannabes.
LAX-MIA is a low load factor route on significantly smaller planes than the type of planes that have DL One. Why would DL put that type of plane on that route? AA cant even make a premium product work on LAX-MIA. It is not a route, despite the so-called "glamour," that can support this type of product and the yields this product needs. Glitzy but nobody willing to pay the premium.
ATL-SEA will never get...
LAX-MIA is a low load factor route on significantly smaller planes than the type of planes that have DL One. Why would DL put that type of plane on that route? AA cant even make a premium product work on LAX-MIA. It is not a route, despite the so-called "glamour," that can support this type of product and the yields this product needs. Glitzy but nobody willing to pay the premium.
ATL-SEA will never get it if NYC-Seattle cant support it. Despite everything you hear, SEA just, in general, does not generate high yields. The fares on NYC-SEA and BOS-SEA are still way lower than on NYC-LAX/SFO. Tech companies, which drive corporate business in Seattle, are stingy and do NOT pay for business class for the majority of their travelers.
Anyway, these fares seem high and there's no way I'd pay that much for a 4 hour flight. I wish DL luck.
I miss the 752 with 2-2 lie-flat on JFK-SEA; wish they'd bring that back (or use one of the new a321XLR with lie-flat), because it's a 5+ hour flight, often redeyes going east. Currently, no one, not DL, UA, AA, B6 offers lie-flat on transcon SEA that I'm aware of (maybe ATL-SEA sometimes).
I wonder if it will be possible to book a one-way flight for less than 100,000 SkyPesos?
Best we can do is 97K, and you have to head to the airport right now. Leaves in 3 hours.