Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Sort of.
Depends on if it includes traffic. Not sure what DAL's reserve rules are, but that might be too far to sit reserve at a home... that's a big deal, especially at upgrade time. Many folks bypass upgrade until they can hold a line to avoid reserve, to the tune of hundreds of thousands $.
Delta reserve is long call, with a 12 hr callout, which can be escalated to short call 6 times per month. For most reserves it is closer to 3-4 on the high end. Short call rule is "promptly available" which is generally understood to be around 2 hrs in most domiciles in normal traffic, there is no hard specified time.
A 3 hr drive would be pushing it for short call to the tune of probably wanting to find a quiet place to sit partway to Atlanta, but for the most part reserve would be at home unless actually flying.