Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Philly;
Do some leg work. If you know you are going to DH, go in to Travelnet, list yourself on the flight under the rotation and then take that confirmation number and go to Delta.com and change your seat. Unless it is oversold, I always have good luck.
I know that many are going to state that it is the companies job to fix this, but it is my duff that gets to live it. Therefore, I do what works for me. I am proactive with this stuff.
I do the same thing and have more success changing the middle seat assignmnent to something more liveable than begging the agent for something. However, the past two deadheads I've been stuck in the middle because there are no other seats available when trying to change them online. It also doesn't work when you get an equipment swap which results in you deadheading on the flight you were suppose to originally work. For some reason you can never change your seat on those flights via Delta.com.