Cherokee's Delta Rants from "Alaska Hawaiian Merger"

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

So what are your plans this weekend?

Weekends over.


Tomorrow is vacation trading open for 2026.

Imma be hitting “trade” like it owes me money

Spring break end of March / early April. And trying to get August vac days. Plan is London and Dubai. I assume hit up London in August and Dubai for spring break, because London will be too cold in spring and Dubai too hot in Aug. Thoughts?

Also open to any must-do’s.

 

[Skåning]

Spring break end of March / early April. And trying to get August vac days. Plan is London and Dubai. I assume hit up London in August and Dubai for spring break, because London will be too cold in spring and Dubai too hot in Aug. Thoughts?

Skip the UAE and have Derg take you to Saudi!

Delta to begin first nonstop flight to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Beginning winter 2026, Delta will connect Atlanta to Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the airline continues its global growth.

news.delta.com

 

[///AMG]

I really feel dirty defending CC's point, but I'd also say he's not wrong. Every other carriers seats minors next to a parent in Basic Economy. It's strange that Delta doesn't. It would be like them charging business class passengers for booze on an international flight, when everyone else doesn't.

Sort of unrelated entirely, but long before i was airline pilot, we were flying home for the holidays on an airline that starts with a U, and on a short layover in HOU. Sitting at the gate, they proceeded (with no explanation) to cancel the flight, immediately re-name the flight some other random flight number, and then reticketed every passenger at the gate. We had originally purchased seats with our 1 year old being next to one of us (cant remember if it was me or her), in his own purchased and reserved seat…..by that, i mean we selected our seats when we purchased the tix. Well, when they shuffled everyone around, mini me ended up 10 rows behind us in a middle seat. I asked the gate agents, and they just said to talk to the flight attendants, so I did that, and they were busy boarding and entirely unhelpful. Eventually they just told me to ask people next to us if they would switch seats. Initial person was very rude about it, and it was the most angering task I’ve ever had to do on a flight. Finally someone said they would swap. Completely unbelievable, and i have to this day, never set foot on another airplane that has a name that starts with U on the side.

 

[Sculprit]

Imma be hitting “trade” like it owes me money

Is that what you call your unit?

 

[derg]

Weekends over.


Tomorrow is vacation trading open for 2026.

Imma be hitting “trade” like it owes me money

Spring break end of March / early April. And trying to get August vac days. Plan is London and Dubai. I assume hit up London in August and Dubai for spring break, because London will be too cold in spring and Dubai too hot in Aug. Thoughts?

Also open to any must-do’s.

See, isn’t that just a better way to feel a sense of community?

Have a great time in Dubai and London!

 

[luke3]

Weekends over.


Tomorrow is vacation trading open for 2026.

Imma be hitting “trade” like it owes me money

Spring break end of March / early April. And trying to get August vac days. Plan is London and Dubai. I assume hit up London in August and Dubai for spring break, because London will be too cold in spring and Dubai too hot in Aug. Thoughts?

Also open to any must-do’s.

Check out the Grenadier pub in London. It's walking distance to Harrod's and makes a great Beef Wellington. I really liked their Fish and Chips too. It's a cute historic place and since you're into cars, it's where they came up with the idea of the Ineos Grenadier SUV, hence the name of the car. I stumbled upon it just exploring around waiting for an AOG before Ineos was a thing and got lucky they had a little table left way in the back. I recommend a reservation

 

[ChasenSFO]

I really feel dirty defending CC's point, but I'd also say he's not wrong. Every other carriers seats minors next to a parent in Basic Economy. It's strange that Delta doesn't. It would be like them charging business class passengers for booze on an international flight, when everyone else doesn't.

Delta is saying put your crying baby somewhere else if you don't want to pony up, and I appreciate that. Even as someone with a 1 year old. I get it. There are enough non-family fares to fill the jets.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Delta is saying put your crying baby somewhere else if you don't want to pony up, and I appreciate that. Even as someone with a 1 year old. I get it. There are enough non-family fares to fill the jets.

It actually doesn’t matter. BE is a fare class, not a seat class. You can end up with any Econ seat.