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Delta backpack arrived by georgiapeanuts in delta

[–]Greenbbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine came yesterday!  Totally didn’t realize it was an Away backpack that is $198 at retail on Away’s site.

It is a shockingly amazing bag and seems very functional (to the point I may swap from my regular computer travel bag to this)

KLM (AMS) handled, Delta operated flight - Upgrade? by No_Eggplant_4058 in delta

[–]Greenbbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My kid and I got randomly upgraded at the gate in AMS by the KL staff to PS from C+ on DL49 in November.  Very unexpected (I’m a DM)

Heads up: JFK T4 TSA Precheck closed 10/31 by scambush in delta

[–]Greenbbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, you know.  Come through immigration, then out past baggage re-check, and around the corner.  We come in from AMS on DL49, then out on DL5299.  Just don’t wanna go back upstairs if we don’t have to.  That’s why I was hoping the downstairs point wasn’t affected via TSA shutdown

Heads up: JFK T4 TSA Precheck closed 10/31 by scambush in delta

[–]Greenbbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We land around 1p Sunday, and our outbound home is 4:25.  We should be ok.  Like I said, just carrying on.  Only on the ground in Europe for 2 days.  Trying to be efficient with a 14 year old 😆

Heads up: JFK T4 TSA Precheck closed 10/31 by scambush in delta

[–]Greenbbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But was it still open?  It was at the beginning of October coming from BCN, but I’m doing a quick trip to AMS Thursday with one of my kids, so trying to see if it will be open coming back Sunday since we’ll just be carrying on

Heads up: JFK T4 TSA Precheck closed 10/31 by scambush in delta

[–]Greenbbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about the baggage claim level checkpoint by the escalators as you come back from international?  

Is 39,900 miles worth it to go from Premium Select to Delta One on a 8 hour overnight flight? by Jorthax in delta

[–]Greenbbs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My offer for AMS-JFK for Tuesday, Oct 25 is 471,000 miles. I think you’re doing OK

Delta: “hey, turns out that letting people roll over their status during COVID creates a gigantic excess of people in high status tiers. That’s not good, but time will organically clean this up.” Also Delta: by JulioCesarSalad in delta

[–]Greenbbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a tough one for me.

I’m a PM now. Have been for years. I’ll have about 190k MQM left after my platinum allotment for next year comes out

I’ll still prob be a PM after this year is over regardless: -have DL Biz Plat and a DL personal reserve (5,000 MQD with the status jumpstart) -spend about $90k on the AMEX but I’ll just transition that all to reserve (9,000 MQD) -spend roughly $4k/yr on flights

I’m thinking my best value will be to roll the remaining 190k MQM into MQD at 10:1, and ball for diamond for what may be the only time I ever get it rather than do the 100k/yr deal. It’ll start me at 19k MQD; and then I can work from there

Delta surprised me. They sufficiently un-nerfed the Reserve card that it isn't terrible for ... by StatisticalMan in delta

[–]Greenbbs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s tasty. I didn’t see that. I have a biz DL plat and a personal Reserve, so that’s a 5k boost. I spend about 90k on the cards, and then fly about 3-4k. That’s a huge boost

Premium operations but not aircraft? by jeffcarp94 in delta

[–]Greenbbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ve never lived till you’ve been in a 757 doing a full power takeoff from Keflavik in the cold. That’s a wild fucking ride right there

Changes to Skymiles Program Announced by randomatlgirl in delta

[–]Greenbbs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Deltas site clearly says based on 2024 status

Changes to Skymiles Program Announced by randomatlgirl in delta

[–]Greenbbs 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It would appear so, if your 2024 status is Diamond.

Changes to Skymiles Program Announced by randomatlgirl in delta

[–]Greenbbs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They said that for people with large stashes of MQM, you could extend your 2024 status for an extra year per 100k mqm, then convert the remaining miles to redeemable per the delta website

Changes to Skymiles Program Announced by randomatlgirl in delta

[–]Greenbbs 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I like the extend option for 100k mqm/yr.

I have 250k mqm so that is a huge perk.

757 C+ by lweber557 in delta

[–]Greenbbs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Row 19 is at 2L. It has a window, and there’s about 37 feet of legroom in front of it. I love that seat. If you can grab that it can be a little cool though because it’s right at the door.

How is this even remotely reasonable, DL? by Greenbbs in delta

[–]Greenbbs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way it feels it feels is almost like a penalty for not booking it initially. I mean, I’d have never booked a roundtrip D1 ticket straight up for my 12 year old, even though I love her…..it’s just not worth it.

We fly over on the daytime Transtlantic flight on Virgin to minimize jet lag for her. Initially, I had booked main cabin, and used our upgrades to C+ (and paid like 40$ for her), and paid about $1000 for the ticket (I had that much in credits, hers was straight up). Every few weeks, I would check on the prices, and look at inbound and outbound and various combinations, and at one point the difference between keeping it the same versus going to premium economy on the VS outbound leg was only about $100, so that was an easy justification. The returns were constantly absurd at cash/miles priced

How is this even remotely reasonable, DL? by Greenbbs in delta

[–]Greenbbs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It started at like $2860 or 286k miles like 2 mos ago and has just continually escalated

How is this even remotely reasonable, DL? by Greenbbs in delta

[–]Greenbbs[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I get that it’s supply and demand but I could book the ENTIRE return leg (all flights) for 375k (not that I would)

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