Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
11-08-2013, 02:00 PM
meh
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Thanks LeineLodge, Lobo, iaflyer, and CyclePilot!
Indeed, getting the info we need as commuters is difficult, and it's hard to find a source that gives fast uncluttered complete sched info, without all the "best price" spam.
Commuters, and there are 53% of us at Delta according to the ALPA contract poll I believe, understand how critical the info is-- there are some wierd days of the month around holidays, and Tuesdays, where your ability to report for a trip or get home from one may change by 8 hours! I have to check every single day of the month for my commute, both going and returning, so that I can put in PBS avoids for particular days that have issues. There are always 3-4 of them a month.
LL, PM received, will reply--thanks!
Just tested the sites mentioned:
Kayak.com does display all the flights. Unfortunately, every time you put in a new date, it wipes your "filters" and gives you all 1 and 2 stop flights (I want to be able to just show directs), and it resorts it cheapest first--and I want to show it by take off time, early to late in order. You can do this, but you have to click 5 spots to show the info how you want it, and it puts it on multiple pages... Also, the sort is done internally on the page, not via the URL form return, so you can't embed the view you want into the URL either. WORKABLE but not the best.
Passrider.com-- does display all the flights when using the upper right search box, and displays them all tightly and succinctly, in chrono order, on one page, and it preserves form filter selections (non-stop etc.). So far, passrider.com is the best place I've seen for the info display. They need a "next day... previous day" buttons on their response form, so you can just work through the month (quicktrip.com has that), but their display is very good.
Thanks all for the tips, and I want to be sure you understand I appreciate them all--just put these "reviews" on the sites up as a public-service in case other commuters are reading and don't want to have to look at all the options.
Indeed, getting the info we need as commuters is difficult, and it's hard to find a source that gives fast uncluttered complete sched info, without all the "best price" spam.
Commuters, and there are 53% of us at Delta according to the ALPA contract poll I believe, understand how critical the info is-- there are some wierd days of the month around holidays, and Tuesdays, where your ability to report for a trip or get home from one may change by 8 hours! I have to check every single day of the month for my commute, both going and returning, so that I can put in PBS avoids for particular days that have issues. There are always 3-4 of them a month.
LL, PM received, will reply--thanks!
Just tested the sites mentioned:
Kayak.com does display all the flights. Unfortunately, every time you put in a new date, it wipes your "filters" and gives you all 1 and 2 stop flights (I want to be able to just show directs), and it resorts it cheapest first--and I want to show it by take off time, early to late in order. You can do this, but you have to click 5 spots to show the info how you want it, and it puts it on multiple pages... Also, the sort is done internally on the page, not via the URL form return, so you can't embed the view you want into the URL either. WORKABLE but not the best.
Passrider.com-- does display all the flights when using the upper right search box, and displays them all tightly and succinctly, in chrono order, on one page, and it preserves form filter selections (non-stop etc.). So far, passrider.com is the best place I've seen for the info display. They need a "next day... previous day" buttons on their response form, so you can just work through the month (quicktrip.com has that), but their display is very good.
Thanks all for the tips, and I want to be sure you understand I appreciate them all--just put these "reviews" on the sites up as a public-service in case other commuters are reading and don't want to have to look at all the options.
Last edited by Roadkill; 11-08-2013 at 02:16 PM.
11-08-2013, 02:03 PM
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There is a app for that already. It's called flight track pro..great for commuters. List all airlines flying from and to your destination with gate and times etc....
11-08-2013, 02:05 PM
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11-08-2013, 02:10 PM
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11-08-2013, 02:18 PM
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11-08-2013, 02:24 PM
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Anytime Buzz...
11-08-2013, 02:24 PM
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Hey New, yeah, I got it and just tried to go on an answer it but with this new APC format, I can't get in to my PM's. I don't know if its a Firefox thing or not. I'll try and open it with IE.
PS, we're counting the days to December 29th. ARod should be back…and we always beat you in December.
PS, we're counting the days to December 29th. ARod should be back…and we always beat you in December.
Sounds good, Buzz.
….I mean the part about the PM. Not the part about you beating us in December.
11-08-2013, 02:25 PM
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11-08-2013, 02:28 PM
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11-08-2013, 02:33 PM
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