Perks at Delta?
11-26-2013 | 06:57 PM
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11-26-2013 | 07:00 PM
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11-26-2013 | 08:13 PM
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Delta non-rev benefits are great. They are probably the best in the industry. That being said, first class upgrades are offered to pretty much everyone. Medallions of any color (silver, gold, platinum, diamond) are offered for free, then everyone else can pay a fee at the gate if there are any seats left (there never are). The flights to anywhere worth going to are always full. I consider a flight open if it leaves with more than 10 open seats. Unfortunately, you never know it will leave with that many until departure time. I like our benefits, but they are not worth much due to our extremely high load factors.
11-27-2013 | 04:15 AM
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Atl - Tpa $22 yield, $76 buddy.
A great bennie for the kids.
11-27-2013 | 04:13 PM
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11-27-2013 | 05:10 PM
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It's true that the heavy loads on most domestic flights present a challenge but having the ability to see in Travelnet just how heavy the bookings are allow you to decide which flight to list for.
Medallions have first dibs for the upgrades to First Class so for a nonrev to get FC on a domestic flight is like winning the lottery. However, Delta does not offer easy upgrades on international flights, so pass riders (even buddies) often have a good chance to get a Business Elite seat. This irritates the Medallions a lot - you can read their rants on Flyertalk.com.
11-29-2013 | 07:16 AM
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From: Boeing Hearing and Ergonomics Lab Rat, Night Shift
Just went through the car buying event. Don't bother to use Delta Perks, USAA buying service, Edmunds or Consumer Reports. You can do better yourself. Just use them to determine your starting point before you begin to negotiate.
Check out Fighting Chance.com. It will show you how to get a much better price on your own from the comfort of your living room.
USAA had the best financing deal.
Check out Fighting Chance.com. It will show you how to get a much better price on your own from the comfort of your living room.
USAA had the best financing deal.
It will also give you a graph showing what others have recently paid.
The Delta Employee discounts will get you a no-haggle price just over invoice. Print out the form and bring it to the dealer
Then negotiate down from the DAL Employee pricing with the true car insight. There's usually still wiggle room to get well below invoice.
Cheers
George
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