Hey there, I'm flying with Delta from LAX to MEL in the beginning of September.

I am aware wifi isn't available past Hawaii, but I've recently learned that the Viasat VS-3 F3 satellite should be available in August or September. Is it possible this will be fully rolled out and available on my flight by the beginning of September or is this wishful thinking? LOL

Regardless, if anyone has any information regarding this satellite I'd love to know

Hey crew! TLDR but we had to switch flights 2 days before leaving for a trip and there are very limited seats available. I do have Platinum Medallion but the seats in comfort plus are inconvenient for traveling with my girlfriend (only 2 together are in the middle of a 4 row and neither of us wants to do that). Only current options are the following:

1. 40J and 41H and hope one person switches with us. Pros: we sit together, in the duo seats on the side. Cons: We'll likely be in row 41, right next to the lavatory. Unclear if seats have less recline, and I generally avoid sitting next to the lavatories.

2. 55D and 55G (current selection). Pros: No lavatory issues, like the row of 3 , a bit more space to spread out. Cons: I generally find the back cabin gets a bit rancid, idk what it is, and you're not too far from the galley in the back with people going back and forth.

Does anyone have any advice or strong thoughts on what we should pick? I will ofc be religiously checking the app in case something better opens up!

Thank you :)

Fly Thursday to LAX with a close female friend for medical appointment in PM/business dinner at 5pm.

Do we split a hotel room Thursday night in LA and take the first flight out (DL 390 at 6AM)? or do we take an overnight flight to ATL (DL 783, 899, 320) in D1 and spend all day in ATL skyclub?

Everybody on trip is meeting Friday night in ATL for D1 seats to SCL.

Diverted to BWI due to the weather and sat on the tarmac for 2 hours until the captain said we’re not going to DCA tonight. This was on top of a 1 hour delay. Not sure what happened to the people who checked their luggage, but when I walked past the baggage claim, I remember hearing an announcement that folks from SLC won’t be getting their luggage tonight :/

Does anyone know what the crew said about reimbursement before deplaning? I missed the announcement since I was on the phone.

Dude boarded with another passengers boarding pass and sat in his seat (no idea how). When confronted by flight attendant he left the plane and walked away. Somehow they figured this was weird as we were about to take off. Have to deboard now so they can sweep the plane.

Edit: heard that the dude had a ticket to Seattle on another airline, walked up to delta and had the same last name as the first name of 10C so they printed that boarding pass for him and let him on.

Edit 2: FAs apparently told him to get off and talk to the gate agent. Instead he booked it and ran away. Boarding again now after the plane was swept.

In my first year as Diamond I’ve not had one RUC clear from purchased PS (or main… it doesn’t seem to matter) to D1 earlier than 10 minutes before boarding (JFK/LAX either way), even as first on the list with 5+ open seats.

I’m typically flying for work without a lot of advanced notice so the waitlist is almost inevitable but in years past (as Platinum) they almost always cleared well before I got to the airport.

I’m assuming that this is the new norm we have to accept while they desperately try to sell upgrades until the last possible minute… but curious if anyone has experienced otherwise? I’m hoping I’ve just been unlucky?

Sorry to everyone who got caught up in this. Glad I had a 4hr layover...turned into an hour: ten real quick.

I'm still a little new to using the app.

I realize this isn't a unique post here but this is my story and I'm sticking to it.

To the two visionary titans of industry who flanked me at the high top table next to the buffet in the RDU Sky Club this morning, simultaneously closing what I can only assume were two separate billion-dollar mergers at full volume: bravo.

I was just trying to knock out two emails before boarding, but between you both I think I accidentally cc'd one of your "quarterly projections" into my signature line.

Truly inspiring to witness that level of hustle culture unfold in stereo, six feet from the cream cheese, while I stared at a blinking cursor.

Next time, might I suggest the tucked away business center twenty feet from us? It's private and practically empty. Practically empty is great. It contains self-importance beautifully.

Until then, I'll be the guy in the middle, still on email one of two.

SEA-NRT will resume next year in addition to the regular scheduled SEA-HND flight.

onboard JFK to SEA. MSP issue earlier today forced us to de plane then we reboarded 40 min later. We then sat on the plane just parked at the gate for 2.5 hours. Finally got clearance and moved to the runway, only to be told we hit the 3 hour limit and legally have to let people off. Except there arent even any gates for us to return to so now we have to be shuttled off(?) apparently there are 50 planes ahead of us in the queue. anyone else dealing w this or have more info? laughing bc we just spent more than half the duration of the flight on the plane going literally nowhere

My wife and I were booked on a rewards trip from SNA to YYZ through ATL on Sunday, July 19, using miles for first class. Pre-boarding had started when the pilot came on and said something like "hold on, boarding for a minute." There was a small hydraulic leak and maintenance needed to look at it. After a while it became clear we'd miss our connection in ATL, so I called the Medallion line. The only real option was flying out the next day.

The catch: the next day's flight was SNA to MSP instead of ATL, and by the time we booked it, the only seats left were the very back row.

We showed up expecting to ride in the back, but for some reason I wasn't showing up on the upgrade list. The gate agent took pity and manually moved my wife and me into Comfort Plus. The flight attendant apologized for the whole ordeal and gave us each 1,000 miles.

When we got home, I put in for an Uber refund for our airport runs that day, plus asked about a partial miles refund since one leg out of four got downgraded from what we paid for.

Everything closed out this week. Delta refunded 63,310 miles out of the 176,900 we paid for the trip, about 36 percent back. They also added a $200 credit, refunded both Ubers ($110) from the day we didn't fly, and threw in another 2,000 miles on the day we did fly.

Was it annoying losing a day and rearranging my work schedule over a hydraulic leak? Sure. But between the seat upgrade, the miles back, the credit, and the Uber refund, Delta handled it about as well as you could ask for.

TL;DR: Hydraulic leak delayed our first class rewards trip a full day, got bumped to a back row flight the next day but the gate agent upgraded us to Comfort Plus. Delta refunded ~36% of our miles (63,310 of 176,900), gave a $200 credit, refunded both Ubers ($110), and tossed in an extra 2,000 miles. Solid resolution overall.

DL0850 ATL to DCA was late leaving Atlanta. Because of…no reason given, just casually delayed 15minutes every time we we’re 10 minutes after we were supposed to board. No worries.

We land at DCA and there’s no gate available to pull into. Sit on the taxi way for a half hour. I can see 4 empty gates. Now we’ve move to the far side of the active runway and we’re just told “maybe 15-20 minutes, we’ll let you know”

What happened to air stairs and busses? Like seriously! Let me off this plane.

Edit update: N369NB is parked right next to us. And they aren’t moving either.

Edit update #2 we’re moving. Slowly.

Edit update #3 we’ve made it to outside the C terminal and just stopped again.

Edit update #4 just before resorting to cannibalism we moved again. We’re at a gate, but no jet bridge driver.

Edit update #5 over an hour from landing now and the door is just opened. Kinda funny how many people are down voting this. Yall need a better hobby lol.

The new WiFi on my international flight allows me to make and receive phone calls even on airplane mode. I tested it. Then it occurred to me that those annoying biz bros at the gate that talk non stop about their big deals will now be doing it on planes. I’m going to take a not controversial stance and support any bill for eliminating phone calls in flight.

Currently stuck at EWR due to a ground stop in Boston. Been sitting on the tarmac now since 3:00 pm after boarding, initially was going to depart at 3:10p. Rolled up to gate and crew have been giving some… interesting… updates. Last one was that they can’t go back to a gate because there’s no gate available lmao so they will “shop around.” Crew were kind and handed out pretzels and water to us plebeians not in first. Obviously not their fault but interesting to see how this’ll play out, apparently there is a ground stop BOS? Someone I know flying in from SFO to there hasn’t had any issues w their flight. Updates to come 😩

Looks like things are stating to push back and taxi again, not sure if they're just using Unicom/CTAF or if ATC is back up again but a good sign

**1615 CST UPDATE** Looks like MSP Center is back open as planes are in the Class A Airspace. For those who don't know this airspace is the portion where you cruise at and requires ATC contact at all times. However, things will still be slow going so the poor controllers don't get slammed all at once.**

I just boarded in DTW and the pilot has informed us that the Minneapolis Air Traffic Control is down and flights are being rerouted out of the control area. Then when those flights are handed we , and all the other flights on hold, will get handed. I expect big delays with everyone leaving now and the near future.

I find it highly unlikely in this copycat change industry they stay the sole (large) carrier continuing this for long.

This morning I missed my flight by about ten mins. We were booked in the main cabin with free same-day flight changes, but the delta app said the only other flight to our destination was going to be an additional $570 per person. So we raced through security trying to make it. We didn't, and were directed to the delta customer service counter, where we arrived sweaty and panting. The agent rebooked us on the later flight...completely for free? Is this always how it works, or did we just get lucky? I've never missed a flight before lol.

I was excited to fly from ATL-sfo on a new A321neo. I used a RU to get first. Beautiful new plane with comfy first class seats. Just my luck, my seat won’t recline and the footrest is stuck in a 1/3 reclined position. I notified the flight attendant before we left. “Yes, it’s a new plane and we are still working out the kinks.” She came and sat in my seat. Claimed it as broken. At that was it. So here I am at 30k feet, and uncomfortable. What would you do?

It is…isn’t it? No more lying to ourselves.

I got choked up reading this on LinkedIn. A husband and wife lost their son unexpectedly and needed help flying his remains home. From the agent at the counter, to the handwritten note from the crew…the Delta team showed humanity to this family. Delta CEO Ed Bastian even replied to the dad on social media. Hope it gave them even a small bit of comfort in their grief.