I second that! Its worth the couple extra bucks!Southwest.
No assigned seating.
We flew Delta back from Vegas this past summer... I got first class, people I were with got the very last row on either side.
I second that! Its worth the couple extra bucks!Southwest.
No assigned seating.
We flew Delta back from Vegas this past summer... I got first class, people I were with got the very last row on either side.
I declined the business class upgrade initially when I did online checkin but changed my mind when we got to the airport
Our preassigned seats were not together (bought them 4 months ago) and we had no option other than pay for a seat upgrade to sit together.
I'll be that guy...I'm guessing they could have probably done something if they wanted to, there is always a way. Take a little bit of the blame, though. You knew exactly what your situation was when you declined to upgrade during online check in.
Also, this pre-assigned seats were not together stuff... You have the option to pick your seats at booking, and all the way up to check in. At no point you thought it might be nice to sit with your wife? Did I misread your post, and you are saying at 4 months prior there were only single seats left? In that unlikely case, I would have been checking (or calling) at some point during the 4 months.
The only thing missing from your original post, was blaming Bush for the situation you inherited.
Have you complained to Delta yet?I did decline business upgrade initially, but why not offer full business class at any time if someone wanted to pay?
I saw no option for seats 4 months ago. You can choose seats when you book? I've always only seen an option when you check in
I did decline business upgrade initially, but why not offer full business class at any time if someone wanted to pay?
I saw no option for seats 4 months ago. You can choose seats when you book? I've always only seen an option when you check in
How are you booking your flight, through one of the discount sites? Even if booking through a discount site, you can go to the carrier site and adjust seating.
I've found over the years (and lots of travel) that the discount sites really don't save you much, if any, money. If you see a price on Travelocity, you can get the same price at the airline site. The discount travel sites also lock you in to a class of ticket, that limits what you can do. If you are ever unlucky enough to be stuck in a big delay, those discount class tickets mean you are a second class citizen.
Delta airlines was the only job i had been fired from...funny true story if anyone wants to hear it.
Do tell...
Ok i was 17 at the time and i was the "wand guy"
The wands are used to communicate with the plane and tell the pilot what to do. When all else fails, there is a patch cable near the nose of the plane that i can connect to and talk to the pilot directly (i.e. Hey we just brewed a pot of coffee if u want some before you gotta leave) or talk to the entire plane before boarding (i.e. we're gonna need 3 more kosher meals).
The life of the wand guy is pretty boring as there are about 100 signals and honestly you only ever use 3 maybe 4... go, turn, and stop. Everyday it was the same thing over and over. Turn left, go forward, stop. One day as i was turning the plane the engine made this odd noise and belched out a fireball that caught the engine on fire. My eyes were the size of saucers. There is a signal that i'll never forget, but didn't know at the time, where you hold up 1 finger and make a sweeping motion with your wand to let the pilot know that engine 1 is on fire and you may want to pull the extinguisher.
I looked down from my "wand guy perch" and said, "hey man, what's the signal for 'the planes on fire?'" he replied, "how the hell should i know? you're the wand guy." My only option now was to plug my headset into the patch cable on the nose of the plane to tell the pilot what was up. I quickly parked the plane, jumped off of my perch, ran over to the thing and plugged in without paying too much attention to where i was plugging in.
In the middle of the captain's "welcome to indy" speech I overrode his signal that went across the entire plane and it sounded something like this...
"I'd like to be the first to welcome you to indianapolis, the weather is a dry 70 degrees and...HOLY **** THE PLANES ON FIRE!!!"
...And that was strike one. Strike 2 and 3 came later if you're interested.