February 8, 2007
My positive words about Delta Airlines
Ever since the debacle when Continental changed to lower standard equipment from Ireland, I started using Delta airlines instead fairly frequently. My brother had been using them for years when he used to come visit me in Ireland from Florida. He would normally travel on the Palm Beach – Atlanta – Dublin route. Generally, I am a bit more inventive, as i need to also visit friends in New York on my trips. So I normally use their multi-city function on the delta.com web site from Dublin – New York JFK, stay in New York for a while, New York Laguardia to Palm Beach and them when finished with the trip, Palm Beach – Atlanta – Dublin. With their multi – city facility on the web site, I usually find that they do not price gouge when you are staying in cities for a period en route or switch airports within the same city etc., which is a very positive experience. Recently, I went over the Christmas holidays and got a Dublin - New York JFK, New York LGA to Palm Beach and then a Palm Beach – Atlanta – Dublin, all for 600 euros, including taxes, charges etc. Delta also have a very good frequent flyer programme point per mile and MBNA have a Visa card in Ireland that gives you 1 Delta frequent flyer point per 2 euros spent on the card. Depending on number of transatlantic trips in conjunction with how much spent on the credit card, I generally have enough points for an upgrade to business class on all legs of the journey every 2-3 trips. However, they do charge a premium price on the upgrade fare class, which is slightly annoying (around 300 euros more than the economy fare on the same routes and days.) And sometimes it is difficult to get upgrade seats on all of the legs especially the internal US flights. Usually, as long as I get the transatlantic legs upgraded, I am happy enough. Another nice thing about Delta is that even though you are travelling on an upgrade fare, they give you frequent flyer points for the whole journey (Aer Lingus give you zero points when you are travelling on an upgrade). So even though you are travelling on an upgrade fare, you are automatically well on your way towards ending up with another upgrade when you fly with Delta.
Posted by jclarke at 12:21 AM
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