Jtl11968 From United States of America, joined May 2007, 32 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 11 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 4551 times:
I'm going to Dubai on Friday night from ATL and flying via LGW on DL58 then onto EK16. When I return on June 6th, I'll take DL7, the new nonstop service to ATL. A friend who is an F/A with DL checked on that return flight and said it's overbooked. I'm happy that DL chose a profitable route but find it unusual that a new route would be a) full and b) oversold.
Why would revenue mgmt overbook the flight when they have no history to know how many no shows they will have?
Has the service been heavily booked since it began in May or is this particular day a one-off? I am silver medallion and travelling with my mother who is not. If I get bumped up, do you think they will kindly move her up as well? If not, I'll be a good son and give her the seat but it would be nice to spend the 15hr flight in a comfortable seat since I am 6'2".
DL Widget Head From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 2041 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (5 years 11 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 4471 times:
I tried to Non Rev on this flight the other day and could not get on as it was heavily booked, had 10 tons of cargo, and was ultimately weight restricted. I believe all revenue psgrs were accomodated but none of the 24 NRSA's. I had to fly from DXB to AMS on KL and then on to ATL. The flight from ATL was also heavily booked, only a few seats open going over. All in all, these flights are doing gangbusters. But, NRSA's beware on the return leg--have some backups planned.
DLOnur From United States of America, joined Jun 2007, 290 posts, RR: 2 Reply 2, posted (5 years 11 months 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 4316 times:
Quoting Jtl11968 (Thread starter): If I get bumped up, do you think they will kindly move her up as well? If not, I'll be a good son and give her the seat but it would be nice to spend the 15hr flight in a comfortable seat since I am 6'2".
I seriously doubt it. I would plan on the "good son" plan.
TinPusher007 From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 963 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (5 years 11 months 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 3627 times:
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 14, posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2996 times:
Quoting WorldTraveler (Reply 13): And remember that DL has served DXB before w/ one-stop service via CAI.
..I remember back in 2001 seeing a DL tri-jet there..I had no idea at the time they were serving DXB..it was a shocker...
.that being said, I'm glad DL is ostensibly doing well on the route..hope it stays that way...
David21487 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 228 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2974 times:
Quoting DL Widget Head (Reply 1): I tried to Non Rev on this flight the other day and could not get on as it was heavily booked, had 10 tons of cargo, and was ultimately weight restricted. I believe all revenue psgrs were accomodated but none of the 24 NRSA's. I had to fly from DXB to AMS on KL and then on to ATL.
I had a co-worker who also tried to non-rev on this flight and the same thing happened to her - no NRSA's were accomodated due to weight and balance and she too had to come home through AMS.
Evan767 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2957 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2903 times:
Quoting Acey559 (Reply 16): Actually, you do need a visa to get into DXB. You can get it in country, though. If I remember correctly it is $28 if you purchase at the airport.
I never had to do this when I took this flight.
The proper term is "on final" not "on finals" bud...
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 18, posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2824 times:
Quoting Evan767 (Reply 17): Quoting Acey559 (Reply 16):
Actually, you do need a visa to get into DXB. You can get it in country, though. If I remember correctly it is $28 if you purchase at the airport.
I never had to do this when I took this flight.
I've been to DXB no less than 1/2 dozen times...always got my visa at DXB airport for no cost..
DL Widget Head From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 2041 posts, RR: 5 Reply 19, posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2807 times:
Quoting Acey559 (Reply 16): Actually, you do need a visa to get into DXB. You can get it in country, though. If I remember correctly it is $28 if you purchase at the airport.
Negative. There is no charge for US citizens visiting the country for less than 60 days. No special arrangement is needed to obtain an entry Visa as it is stamped in your passport at the DXB immigration desk. I was cleared through immigration/customs in about 5 minutes. Very simple, hassle free process.
747fan From United States of America, joined Jun 2007, 1165 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 2510 times:
Great to see DXB is working for Delta! Does anyone know how their new PRG (Prague) flight from ATL is doing as well as OTP and PSA (Bucharest and Pisa) from JFK!
Acey559 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 1341 posts, RR: 2 Reply 22, posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2427 times:
Quoting DL Widget Head (Reply 19): Negative. There is no charge for US citizens visiting the country for less than 60 days.
I thought I read somewhere that the charge was $28, but I guess that was for non US citizens? At any rate, sorry for the confusion.
Quoting 747fan (Reply 21): Does anyone know how their new PRG (Prague) flight from ATL is doing as well as OTP and PSA (Bucharest and Pisa) from JFK!
I was looking at taking my last trip of the summer in August before I have to go back to school. I've looked at PRG, OTP, PSA, IST, etc, and all seem to be full or close to full, and that's for a flight more than a month away! So I would imagine that the flight would be doing well, although I don't know overall as I only checked a few dates.
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 23, posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2338 times:
Quoting Evan767 (Reply 20): Quoting Jacobin777 (Reply 18):
I've been to DXB no less than 1/2 dozen times...always got my visa at DXB airport for no cost..
Coming from? Citizenship?
Coming from Asia, Europe, and United States..with US Passport...
B4REAL From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 2595 posts, RR: 6 Reply 24, posted (5 years 11 months 23 hours ago) and read 2161 times:
There are questions on the entry requirements regarding a visa requirement to the UAE, the answer is it depends, apply your situation to the link below:
25 WorldTraveler: One of the investment houses put a note out today saying they expect DL to outperform the industry on RASM growth and that DL still has considerable u
26 747fan: Glad to hear Delta's new international routes are performing well - and great that Delta's had such a successful expansion internationally out of JFK
27 Star_world: It's UK citizens that get additional "benefits" for entry into UAE, not US. There are 33 countries that effectively do not need any sort of visa to e
28 B767300ER: As a F/A working the ATL-DXB services for the month of June, the westbound flights have had a higher passenger load. On the three trips I worked, the
29 Evan767: I think all of those are potential Delta routes, especially if what WorldTraveler above said is true, that Delta is only halfway through with the exp
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And because there's always going to be no-shows, regardless of the route.
Does anyone know how their new PRG (Prague) flight from ATL is doing as well as OTP and PSA (Bucharest and Pisa) from JFK!
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