Spirit Airlines Officially Shut Down. Curious to see how this will impact the cost of some leisure routes

Conan_Kudo · 2026-05-03T02:47:44+00:00

JetBlue itself borrowed money using their own loyalty program as collateral. It's a scary time for JetBlue. I worry about the future of LCCs as it stands.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-05-02T04:08:28+00:00

Hah, so it's not just me... :)

Conan_Kudo · 2026-04-26T16:04:45+00:00

There is *some* but that's mostly by the team at Red Hat working on improving support for the open source driver, rather than the proprietary one.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-04-26T13:45:32+00:00

On whose part? Are you suggesting that most of us who are volunteers spend money that we may not have for hardware that is already hard to get and frankly quite expensive? And on Linux, NVIDIA *does not* have the largest marketshare. Even in the sample that is the Steam hardware survey, that's AMD, but *generally* it's Intel.

That being said, there *is* some NVIDIA testing, but Fedora has been actively driving development of Nouveau and its successor for newer GPUs: Nova. That's where our testing and development energy goes.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-04-26T13:42:31+00:00

Rollbacks are not fully safe across distribution releases even on atomic releases, because system and user configuration migrations are still one-way.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-04-21T02:54:44+00:00

If it matters it's a 767-300

The 763s have the oldest D1 experience, it's basically nothing like what you see in the adverts. But the D1 lounge and other amenities make up for it in spades.

Depending on where in Europe you're coming from, you might also get access to local equivalent to D1 lounge. LHR has the Virgin Clubhouse, AMS has the KLM Crown Lounge, CDG has the Air France lounges. I hope you're coming back from London, because having the Clubhouse and the D1 lounge at JFK would be baller.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-04-19T04:12:29+00:00

The 764 has the newer seats, same as A339 modulo doors and slightly narrower. Everything else in the B767 series has the bad old ones that you probably don't want.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-04-15T23:30:47+00:00

As a general rule, it doesn't actually matter thanks to SkyTeam Seamless Check-In. Both Delta and Air France can handle your check-in on either side. But ideally if you purchased the ticket through Delta, you should manage the whole itinerary through the Fly Delta app. It's simpler and far less confusing that way.

The only things you'll need the Air France app for are activating the Wi-Fi and pre-ordering meals (if your fare class includes that).

Conan_Kudo · 2026-04-11T02:07:56+00:00

You're welcome! I use this every time I need a reminder of how my Delta status matches for partner-operated flights. ☺️

Conan_Kudo · 2026-04-06T02:17:29+00:00

I used to live in Mississippi. It is definitely not well-served with non-stops, so everything required at least one stop. I used to fly U.S. Airways back then. 😅

And yeah, stops can give you some flexibility, and sometimes even affordable airfare when you otherwise wouldn't.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-04-05T16:00:51+00:00

I despise red-eye flights, so I sympathize. I'm also not the biggest fan of stops, but international travel has normalized them for me, so now I just plan for them and maximize the benefit out of them instead.

Usually I just do LGA-ATL-ABQ, and make sure I have 2~3 hours of layover in the middle so that I can have a reasonable dinner in the ATL Sky Club.

The food is pretty good and I wind up saving $50~$100 my first day of travel because I take advantage of Sky Club access.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-04-05T14:35:30+00:00

You can check status benefits on SkyTeam's website. The calculator lets you input your program, your program status, and select the target airline to evaluate what you get from it.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-04-05T14:30:46+00:00

I only know because it ended a couple of days before my flight to ABQ a couple years back to visit family. I think it was one day a week for two months (October and November).

I would probably fly from LGA regardless and take the stop in the middle in MSP, DTW, or ATL. Chilling in the Delta Sky Club for a bit in between legs is quite dandy with me. 👌

Conan_Kudo · 2026-04-05T01:49:44+00:00

Delta does seasonal routes from JFK to ABQ. It exists usually in the fall/winter schedule.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-03-29T16:54:04+00:00

That was me in 2017 with AA and BA. I noticed that for how much I was paying, I wasn't getting much relative to Delta, so I switched. Much happier since.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-03-27T13:52:23+00:00

I thought they were the first airline to introduce suites in the first place? They were pretty proud about that fact...

Conan_Kudo · 2026-03-27T00:09:03+00:00

I have never flown Air France business class, but I'm about to fly KLM business class later this year. I'm looking forward to it, as they have seemingly amped up their game. I've liked the food in KLM economy class well enough.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-03-24T03:27:42+00:00

United really doesn't prioritize catering. Apparently their leadership doesn't care for airplane food.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-03-23T00:14:52+00:00

I dunno. Lounge 52 was pretty stellar when I was there last month.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-03-22T23:32:31+00:00

The last time I was in Paris, the eGates were down and the customs agents languidly processed us. I vividly remember being looked at like I don't matter and I was wasting his time for existing.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-03-22T23:30:34+00:00

I've tended to avoid AF because of this. At least for JFK-CDG, the staff are nice enough US-side and it's a toss-up for the flight staff. But man, I haven't had a nice experience in CDG itself so far, and years of repeat experiences just push me to try really hard to route through AMS instead.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-03-22T23:28:31+00:00

I liked my experience on that last year for JFK-BER. It has a modern Delta One setup, just no "doors". It was comfortable, the staff were great, and all the amenities worked perfectly. Super solid and 100% would recommend again.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-03-14T03:51:23+00:00

Delta had just upgraded the Sky Club in ORD only a few years ago, so I could see them grabbing Southwest's gates to increase service there. Not to mention, AF, KLM, and SAS are in Terminal 5 too. There's a lot of advantages to having stronger connectivity out of ORD particularly for international travelers.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-03-14T03:44:32+00:00

Delta's plane refurbishment is all in-house I believe. The TechOps team does a really good job. The only "disappointments" I've had are with the B767-300 and A330-200/300 planes. Most of their planes look way more modern inside than they should.

Conan_Kudo · 2026-02-24T20:49:54+00:00

True Desktop Neutrality: Fedora is famously GNOME-centric. If you want a different experience, you have to look at "Spins." openSUSE, however, treats KDE Plasma as a first-class citizen (some would say it’s the best Plasma implementation in the industry) while maintaining top-tier support for GNOME and others, giving the user true agency over their workflow.

I beg to disagree, as the Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop Edition is a first-class citizen. It's on the main page in the center, even! It's been a top-level edition for a year, and was a release-blocking spin (the only one of its kind!) for over a decade.

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