DL - My wife and I, both, are loyal to DL. Biggest trip we've booked so far for 2024 is MCI-JFK-ARN returning CPH-CDG-MSP-MCI (albeit the CPH-CDG-MSP legs will be on AF).
Jump to postMy wife and I find it is hit and miss for our DL SkyPriority-tagged bags to be among the first off the belt. When the system works for us, they are off very early. However, we have sometimes waited for them to be among the last to arrive at the luggage carrousel.
Jump to postAlways something to view what you know will be a grand bird's final landing. 727s - particularly 727-200s - hold a special place in my aeronautical fandom, as my username suggests. Godspeed.
Jump to postThanksgiving Weekend Sunday 1988. Flew DFW-ATL on a DL L1011 (was the DFW-ATL leg of HNL-DFW-ATL).
Jump to postLate-December 1990 DFW-HNL on an AA DC-10. A few days later, enjoyed the brief HNL-OGG stint on another AA DC-10.
Jump to postI flew out of MSN for the first time since the new South Terminal opened, so even though I was on F9 on the other end of the airport, I had to go check out the new terminal, and it is beautiful. Also, another new flight from Madison was announced today: Sun Country will start twice weekly service t...
Jump to postBraniff
Eastern
Texas International
Eastern
TWA
Piedmont
Vanguard
Midway
Air Tran
NWA
Ozark
Air Illinois
http://www.departedflights.com/MX020175.html Why look who had Mexicana service to MEX. In 1975! I was a kid flying with my parents on BI from MCI back in those days. Mexicana shared gates in Terminal A with BI back then - I distinctly recall the signage. We only flew BI, so I was never in B or C ba...
Jump to postWhen my wife and I are traveling for leisure, we bring along a stack of $10 Starbucks cards and provide them to all cabin crew on our flights to thank them for working so we can go enjoy ourselves.
Jump to postMCI
1985 - EA
2023 - Southwest
jplatts wrote:Non-DL hub airports with Delta Sky Club lounges:
AUS, ORD, CVG, DFW, DEN, FLL, HNL, IND, JAX, MEM, MIA, MKE, BNA, MSY, EWR, MCO, PHL, PHX, PDX, RDU, SAN, SFO, TPA, DCA, PBI
Not as impressive as other long departed mainline flights/destinations, but STL at 237 miles would be MCI's shortest current flight.
Jump to postAMS - Flew in DL from DTW and out to DUB on KL; 10 days later reversed it -- in on KL from DUB and out to DTW on DL (January 2019)
Next summer, most likely will fly into CDG on DL and out to ORK on AF (one of its regionals); 13 days later will fly into AMS on KL and out to DTW on DL
AMS - Flew in DL from DTW and out to DUB on KL; 10 days later reversed it -- in on KL from DUB and out to DTW on DL (January 2019)
Next summer, most likely will fly into CDG on DL and out to ORK on AF (one of its regionals); 13 days later will fly into AMS on KL and out to DTW on DL
Since the mid- to late-80s, it's been Delta overall and more specifically in the last 8 years. Feels strange when I board another airline's planes.
Jump to postI think DL makes the most sense for MCI. I'd prefer AMS over CDG, but that's just my own personal preference. Either way, a DL non-stop to Europe from MCI would be great (I would not mind dropping MSP, DTW or ATL as the jumping off point to Europe). That new big Sky Club seems it will be ready-made ...
Jump to postTW Flights 1 & 2 - STL-HNL-STL on 747s for quite a long period of time
Jump to postFrom Delta's email this morning: To help ensure the best possible Delta Sky Club experience for you, we’ll start taking steps to implement the following policy updates beginning on Wednesday, June 1: • Guests will be able to access Clubs anytime within three hours of their scheduled departure time (...
Jump to postAMS, CLT, BNA, SLC, BWI
Jump to postShortest mainline flight: HNL-OGG in an AA DC-10 and the return OGG-HNL in an HA MD-80 (100 miles) Longest regional flight: DFW- CAE (and return) in an AA Eagle EMB-145 (922 miles) Correction: I also flew COU-STL on an Ozark DC-9 (100 miles), so a tie for my shortest mainline flight. Damn - I forgo...
Jump to postAt one point, Ozark Airlines flew DC-9s into Lee Fine Airport at Lake of the Ozarks, labeled on its route map as "Lake Ozark," out of STL.
Jump to postMy SEA/MCI flight was upgauged from the A221 (which I wanted) to an A320. Seems the upgauge hits after the first week of June. Yep. We fly MCI-SEA 5/28 and back on 6/3 on A221 birds. In August, our flights to/from SEA have been upgauged to A320s. I enjoy the A221 but nice to see traffic necessitate...
Jump to post727tiger wrote:Shortest mainline flight: HNL-OGG in an AA DC-10 and the return OGG-HNL in an HA MD-80 (100 miles)
Longest regional flight: DFW- CAE (and return) in an AA Eagle EMB-145 (922 miles)
Shortest mainline flight: HNL-OGG in an AA DC-10 and the return OGG-HNL in an HA MD-80 (100 miles)
Longest regional flight: DFW- CAE (and return) in an AA Eagle EMB-145 (922 miles)
One of my favorite airliners. First flew an EA 757-200 CLT-ATL in the Summer of 1984. Since then, managed to fly -200s on TWA, AA, DL (as well as a legacy NW -300) and UA. Will be on a DL -200 Saturday LAX-LIH and DL -200s LIH-SEA and SEA-MSP the following Thursday/Friday.
Jump to postI only had the opportunity to fly AA's DC-10s (DFW-HNL; HNL-OGG (an amazingly short hop); HNL-SFO) in January 1991. That was back when AA had a dedicated, decorated gate for HNL flights.
Jump to postSummer 1971 -- MKC-DAL on a BI 727; DAL-ABI on a TI Convair; ABI-DAL again on a TI Convair; DAL-MKC on another BI 727 (I was 7).
Jump to postCurrently, 9 from my home airport, MCI: Braniff, Eastern, Ozark, TWA, AA, Delta, Southwest, Vanguard, United.
Jump to postStayed at the YVR Fairmont about 10 days ago before flying back to MCI via SEA. Top-floor room overlooking E and D. Could see down D ops, especially through the room's telescope. The new expansion looked great. Would have been nice to fly out of D, but we flew out of E back to the States.
Jump to postOf the current, commonly seen (at least for me) planes flying, I'm most partial to the A350, A220 and 787. Given my username, though, when I do see the occasional 727, my eyes glaze over.
Jump to postres77W wrote:MCI-LAX appears to be switching to the 321 from tomorrow onward after a quick search on FR24. DL2942.
-Rowen
Because of status, we don't pay DL's checked bag fees, so we always check our bags. Would you still check them if you didn't have status and therefor they wouldn't be free? Personally the first thing I look at when deciding to check a bag or not is if I need to. If I take so little stuff with me th...
Jump to postBecause of status, we don't pay DL's checked bag fees, so we always check our bags. Frees us up walking through terminals, at gates and on board. I have my backpack w/ laptop, iPad, work materials, and my wife has a large bag for hers as well. That's how we prefer to travel, especially for leisure t...
Jump to post707 - TWA
717 - AT and then DL
727 - BI
737 - SW
747 - PA and BA
757 - DL
767 - UA
777 - UA
787 - AA
DC-8 - DL
DC-9 - NW/DL
MD80 - AA
DC-10 - AA
L1011 - DL
Pan Am
Western
British Caledonian
Swissair
Virgin America
MGM - picked up a cracked windshield on a rental car and had to switch cars via the Avis counter. Only made it into the car rental area and was on site for 20 minutes, max. DSM - dropped a colleague off for his flight back to STL while we were driving across Iowa (I was driving on home to Kansas City)
Jump to postThe remaining portion of the MKC terminal now serves as offices for VMLY&R. Interestingly, for a time in the mid-70s, portions of DAL were converted for use as an indoor amusement facility called Llove Entertainment Complex -- I recall going there several times (ice skating, roller skating, movi...
Jump to post1. 757-200
2. A350-900
3. 727-200Adv
4. A220 (any of them)
5. DC-8 Super 70 Series (those big CFM56s)
Concorde, VC-10, Convair 990, Caravelle, Trident
Jump to postDL has emailed me and my wife every time it has changed our booked flights, most recently about 2 weeks ago. So, in our experience, flight change notification emails are not a thing of the past for DL.
Jump to postI flew AA DC-10s and DL and TW L1011s. Both types were nice, but I always preferred the L1011. I say that even though my late-father in law worked on wing design for the DC-10 when he was at McDonnell Douglas.
Jump to postMy user name tells the story ---- first flight ever was on a BI 727 out of MKC to DAL. As a kid, just about all I knew about flying was on BI 727s, and for a time everywhere you looked at MCI, there were 727 T-tails. Over the years, I was able to fly on BI, DL, TW, and Piedmont 727s, mostly on the ...
Jump to postMy user name tells the story ---- first flight ever was on a BI 727 out of MKC to DAL. As a kid, just about all I knew about flying was on BI 727s, and for a time everywhere you looked at MCI, there were 727 T-tails. Over the years, I was able to fly on BI, DL, TW, and Piedmont 727s, mostly on the 7...
Jump to postVery much looking forward to seeing B6 tails over the house on short final to 27 or climbing out from 09.
Jump to postPersonally, I'd like to see SLC-FLG added. We've started spending a couple of weeks in Sedona each year, and I'd prefer the FLG commute over the PHX commute as well as favoring DL, which is my preferred carrier on which I have status, over WN (PHX), UA (FLG or PHX) or AA (FLG or PHX). I realize FLG ...
Jump to postMGM - driving my family from Springfield, MO to the Citrus Bowl in 2014. Planned to split up trip and spend night on north side of Montgomery. The front windshield of the rental SUV developed a long crack while we were at dinner. Had to swap SUVs at MGM the next morning before continuing the drive.
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