Originally Posted by
contrails
Do not attempt to take DL on this flight unless you have another plan, and I would also consider UA as a backup plan as well.
Get a ZED pass to FRA/AMS/CDG/LHR etc. and take DL or UA or whoever from there.
I was almost bumped from the DL flight and there were 80 seats open that night on a 777-200LR.
Do not let anyone including a 777 pilot tell you that the LR is any better than the ER, either. It might have more range but the issue is entirely about cargo. Ask any manager on duty at the ticket counters at these places if you are curious.
Just curious, what the he?? kind of cargo is being shipped in mass quantities from DBX to ATL?
After visiting DBX a few different times, I personally don't see the allure at all for tourists (other than the novelty of skiing in an indoor shopping mall which get's old after the first 30 minutes) and surely did not see an export that was worthy of mass import unless there is a shortage of sand, heat or humidity in the US.
Aloha,
LUV