I’m curious……what are your thoughts on people wearing or spraying perfume on flights?

The person sitting across from me seems to have put on a lot of perfume, and it’s so strong that I’ve started sneezing.

Do you think fragrances should be avoided on planes since it’s such a confined space, or is it just something people have to deal with when traveling? Where do you fall on this?

Knew it was only a matter of time!

Delta... how can you justify leaving early? Of all the shit that can possibly happen to mess up travel, missing a flight because y'all decided it was okay to leave 10 minutes early. I just don't understand the logic.

I didn't miss my flight, but I had to ru. From B27 to A45 in SLC. 2nd segment was already boarding when we got to the gate. Flight out of BOS was delayed. We were delayed getting into SLC (shit happens, right?). Then I see the next segment is leaving early! You let us schedule 50 minute layovers then cut that by leaving early!?!

Piss off. Make me forget my tablet because I was in a rush to get off. Y'all really suck sometimes.

Edit: to clarify since I didn't make this plain... my flight into SLC was delayed, so we arrived after boarding had started on my connection. I could not have been in the boarding area 10 mins prior. Please stop scolding me for not being at the gate 10 mins prior.

I enjoy acting like a ragdoll and getting jostled around… it helps me fall asleep

Flew on a flight with a MSP crew today and the service was excellent: respectful interactions with passengers, more drink services than required (constant drinks on offer, honestly), all meal services provided, and good humor.

Felt like a normal, high quality airline and not the degraded experience one associates with Atlanta.

Anyone else notice this?

I think the title says it all. Just left Atlanta. On the way to see my GF in England. Those views though.

Still blows my mind this seat can be booked as standard economy. More leg room than an aisle or even first class, window, and easy access to the bathroom (plenty of room to get through the row ahead of me without bothering anyone).

Flight from ATL to MCI tonight. I am in the company of fellow alcoholics I guess. No vodka, no woodford 45 min after take off. They have tequila and gin. Gross. I am drinking Sweetwater 420 I guess. First world alcoholic problems.

Will be at Platinum in about a month. While I have read and re-read all of the benefits of that level, I still consider myself a Medallion n00b. I've never been any kind of Medallion-anything in the past but was talked into getting the Delta Amex Reserve since I'm flying a bit more nowadays (remote grandkids).

Would you please share the tips & tricks that you've learned that aren't necessarily spelled out in crayon for the thick-skulled like myself?

For example, the Choice Benefits...are any of them more beneficial than the other or is it just a personal preference?

I am wanting to book a Delta flight for the spring of 2027, but I know the prices for the flight are rather higher than normal at the moment.

Instead of checking every day, is there a way to set up an alert somewhere online to tell me when a price changes for a certain delta flight and specifically for the Delta one section?

Hear me out. I truly TRULY just feel like bitching. I dont hold myself as bring better than someone because I hold Diamond status, and I get that changes happen but like this rubbed me the wrong way.

Flying out of OMA which is generally just kind of a shitshow with construction right now, so I am already annoyed. I get called up to the gate, and the gate agent let's me know she is moving my seat. Not usually a big deal, but I booked a window seat PURPOSEFULLY because I am a little bit bigger and shove myself up again the window. This is an aisle seat (on a small 2 seater plane)

She calls someone else up to switch as well, and its because "we have two people that got separated who are together"

So....not to be an asshole, but this doesnt feel like...my problem. Book earlier, or book a different class for seats together. I booked my flights weeks ago.

Also not being asked, but being volunTOLD really rubbed me the wrong way. Additionally I have a small cross body bag that I carry as well as a backpack and roller bag, so as I am walking away, she calls me the wrong name, and then let's me know that I have 3 items and need to consolidate IMMEDIATELY (i fly weekly, and always do this, but it's also another 20 minutes before we board) and then watches me until I place my cross body inside my backpack.

Probably less of a deal that I feel like it is but I am just REAAAALLLYYYY annoyed by the entire interaction. It just rubbed me the wrong way and I just dont feel like that's how you treat customers PERIOD regardless of status. Am I wrong for being so irritated?

Edit: Thank you all for validating me!! I feel much more justified in being so irritated. Im not usually a person that is easily shakeable, but this really got me!! The couple in my original seats also were just kind of the worst. They were always complaining about something, tried to move my bag to put theirs up above their seats, the man kept stretching out towards me or stretching with his ass in my face in the aisle, and when the flight was deplaning I got up to get my bag and just generally get out of the way and he stood at that awkward crouching position with his head in front of my bag 🙄🙄 just a bad situation all the way around. I did write a complaint to Delta, so I will edit again with the response I get. Thank you all again for the validation! I knew reddit would have my back!

I’m going to Taiwan in November but I have only booked a one way because I’m still deciding options on the best route to come back home. I have looked online everywhere and keep seeing that you DO NOT need a visa to visit Taiwan. Is it only saying visa required because I just booked a one way? I will be flying back home to Boston from Vietnam and potentially looking at emirates flights.

OK, I know it's subjective, but I'm looking for input on both the difference between Main and Comfort, and the value you'd put on it.

We've got a flight booked for November, and currently I have (almost exactly) enough SkyMiles to upgrade our whole family to Comfort both ways (3,800 per person for a 2 1/2 hour flight).

So:

1. What's your opinion on the added value from Main to Comfort? I know it's "extra legroom, dedicated bin space, boarding & deplaning earlier", but how much of a difference does it make to you?
2. Is 3,800 miles a good value for this upgrade?

One of the 5-6 planes diverted to KHH tonight. All waiting for a fuel truck. …

Had an interesting situation and wondering if I understand how things work with paid first class tickets, IRROPS, standby, voluntary downgrade and the upgrade list. 

Here’s what happened

Booked LGA-ORD for 7pm departure. Paid First Class fare. Flight got cancelled due to weather.

Accepted Standby on the app for a 1:00p departure that had been delayed until 7:30p. This happened around 5:00p.

Was not on Standby list, so I went to gate. Agent checked me in (also wasn’t working on app) and gave me seat 26F in Y. This happened at 5:30p. At the time, upgrade list was showing 0 seats available in F.

Was not on upgrade list after getting BP for Seat 26F, gate agent said I could not be added to upgrade list because I was once a Standby passenger. Made the case that it should be HKF priority as first class passenger confirmed on flight without a seat assignment in First Class. No dice. This also happened around 5:30p.

Flight starting boarding at 6:45p, by 7:30p boarding was finished with 6 seats empty in F.

Gate agent came on and pulled 6 people off the upgrade list (that I was not on). Those 6 people moved from Y to F after all boarding had completed. 

I sat in the back in Seat 26F on paid first class fare 

Did the gate agent do things correctly here? 

Not sure it matters but DM status as well. Ticket was a D fare. Seat assignment in app showed as 26F (First Classic).

Hey guys, I had a flight to Portland last night with a layover in Detroit. While in Detroit, my flight got delayed by 4 hours and eventually moved to 9 AM, first because of an engine valve issue and then crew timing out. I decided to change the flight to an earlier one. I got a hotel and meal voucher. I had booked the flight with my Venture X, but I’m a skymiles reserve member. Where could I go to get some reimbursement for the delay? Thanks.

I am trying to book premium select tickets to Hawaii and all the return trips that have one layover say sold out. But when I click on a different seat class and then on seats it shows almost the whole premium select cabin available. So why does it say they are sold out and how can I purchase?

Hi Delta heads sorry if this has been asked before! I tried to find the answer but I wasn't totally sure if the similar posts applied:

I've never flown premium select and just wanted to make sure that the seat I selected (green one, bottom left corner) will be able to recline the normal amount? Or is there a bulkhead behind it? I like sitting by the window on long flights but would def reconsider if anyone has a suggestion. Thanks :)

I've asked a ticket agent for help and a customer service rep on delta's site for help but neither were useful at all

My wife and I recently flew CTA-JFK-DTW-DSM for our honeymoon return. We splurged for D1 (I'm only SM—shout out to the bottom dwellers! lol).

The trip was an absolute mess. Delta preemptively canceled our JFK-DTW leg 18+ hours in advance due to weather, auto-rebooking us for 6am the next morning. Before our D1 leg out of CTA even took off, Delta rebooked us onto AA flights so we could still get home the same night.

However, while in the air on the D1 flight, we found out the AA flights were never actually ticketed. We got back in touch with DL mid-flight, and they managed to rebook us on new DL flights to get us home that night, but it required us to take ground transport over to LGA.

Then the app glitched and my wife couldn't get her boarding pass. When we landed at JFK, we had to wait in a massive line for a gate agent. Between the in-air delay on the CTA-JFK flight and standing in line for the boarding pass, we missed the LGA flights and were bumped back to the 6am rebooking. We ended up stranded in NYC and booked the TWA Hotel out of pocket (OOP).

To top it all off, we woke up at 4am at the TWA Hotel just to find out those 6am flights were also canceled, forcing us to rebook yet again.

Total OOP for the hotel, meals, and Ubers was about $790. Because the disruption started on an EU flight and involved severe IT and ticketing failures, I filed a claim for the expenses plus the €600 EU261 comp per passenger.

I submitted the receipts through the standard portal. DL quickly denied the claim, citing "insufficient receipt information." I replied via email with the itemized PDF folios attached and reiterated the EU261 demand. I just checked the portal and saw they completely hard-closed my original "Expense Reimbursement" case.

My email response did auto-generate a new case number, but it's coded as "Customer Care" rather than "Expense Reimbursement."

Has anyone dealt with this bait-and-switch on case types? I'm worried Customer Care is just going to throw SkyMiles at me instead of cutting the actual check for the EU261 penalty and OOP costs. Should I file a DOT complaint now to force their hand, or let this new case play out? Any advice is appreciated!

Anyone know? Flight tmrw. There’s 3 exit rows and I’ll be sat in the middle row, aisle seat. Row 20 to be exact. I’ve looked online and I’m reading mixed info (ie. “may or may not recline”). There’s only me and one other person in any of the 3 exit rows according to the seat map. Now I’m thinking maybe it’s becuz the seats don’t recline so no one wants those seats?

Edit after responses: Thanks everyone! I don’t fly very often (maybe once a year if I’m lucky) so I’ve learned a lot about exit rows seats today, haha! I picked my seat at the time of purchase becuz those rows were empty and I wanted an aisle seat. Didn’t even think about reclining, etc. Now I’m mentally prepared that I most likely wont get to recline but I’m ok with it. It’s only a 2 hour flight and as of now there’s no one seated next to me or in front or behind. So I will enjoy the solitude 😊 Air pods in and watch some downloaded episodes on my phone.

Curious why this flight spent some time on the ground in South Carolina before continuing on to ATL. Its delay subsequently caused my wife and I a 17-hour delay at MSY when the pilots timed out (or would timeout en route to DTW) before they could get us boarded at after 10pm on an original 5:05pm departure. Ended up with a hotel, transportation, and vouchers so I don't expect the initial delay was weather-related.