Delta Or Aa Dilemma Please Help...

[phuang]

I have a huge dilemma and I need your help...

I am now booked with Delta..great sked direct flight, but, I am afraid that it might go on strike, so now I have a chance to change my delta ticket to an AA ticket but have to pay for the fare difference and reissuance fees..ok the problem is AA's flight sked going to LAX is not so great, direct flight is fully booked so I have to settle on the flight with 1 stop.

If you are in my place, what will you do? Stick with Delta or change to AA despite the not so great flight schedule of AA.

Please help, TA is giving just until tomorrow to decide.

 

[bicker]

I'm a cautious guy -- I'd swap to AA, if it wasn't that much money extra.

 

[Tigger_Magic]

I'd stick with Delta. Why pay more $$ for the very remote possibility this huge airline would go on strike thus forcing it out of business?

 

[tkldisney]

I'd stick with DL too! If they do stike (which I really doubt) you can re-book on other airlines. They have to accept DL tkts. I know it would be a little work, but if you have flt options available and they do stike you could call right away for flights.
I have flights in May on DL and am really not concerned. I do check everyday for any schedule changes. I will look into my flight options in case of strike because the arbitration period is up this week. I think there is still a 30 day cool off period after that if they do decide to strike, which would be up right around the time we leave in May.

 

[bicker]

If they do stike (which I really doubt) you can re-book on other airlines. They have to accept DL tkts.

This isn't true. Airlines have a marginal obligation to honor tickets of defunct airlines, not airlines that are hit by a strike.

 

[lauren0309]

What is they are e-tickets and not paper tickets? Does it make a difference.

 

[bicker]

No, no difference between e-tickets and paper tickets, since for accommodation in the case of a schedule irregularity, such as that which would be caused by a strike, the issuing airline would have to endorse even a paper ticket over to another airline. Endorsement cannot be done electronically, so e-tickets need to be converted to paper tickets, but in either case, a physical event must occur, at an airline ticket office.

 

[phuang]

I will look into my flight options in case of strike because the arbitration period is up this week. I think there is still a 30 day cool off period after that if they do decide to strike, which would be up right around the time we leave in May.

Isn't it deadline for the strike vote on April 15? Will they really have a cool off period of 30 days? or will they strike right away on April 15th? My delta flight is APR 20 SFO to MCO and MAY 7 MCO to LAX...it is safe to say...if Delta goes on strike it will be around mid MAY?

I am so confused...DELTA OR AA??? My DH like to stick it out with Delta since flight sked is the one that we really like, but, I on the other hand am worrying that it would be too much of a hassle for us to arrange for flights if Delta does really goes on strike especially since our SFO to MCO flight is on April 20th..too close to APRIL !5. We called our TA and they said that it is the responsibility of DELTA to book us on other flights if it does go on strike...is this true?

Please help...

Thanks!

 

[lauren0309]

If it is their responsibility to book you on another flight, do you call them once they are on stike to book you on another flight? How does this work. My flight is on April 17.

 

[phuang]

Hi lauren0309

We are in the same boat..my Delta flight is April 20 and have another one on May 7.

Please let me know, if you hear anything about Delta...

 

[lauren0309]

I'll let you know. I check on the Delta site a few times a day to see how negotiations are doing.

 

[phuang]

Thanks lauren0309!

I am not from the US and don't have much news about Delta..all I know is from this site also.

 

[bicker]

You need to call Delta to get them to address your issues, if it comes to that. They will likely be so innundated by folks trying to get their arrangements fixed that they won't be doing anything unprompted.

However, remember, it is very unlikely that this is going to happen.

 

[lauren0309]

UPDATE

Delta Air Lines Inc. pilots reiterated Wednesday that they would reject the bankrupt company's proposal to cut $305 million in annual pay and benefits in a vote, their union's chief negotiator told arbitrators.
Pilots with low seniority would vote against the offer because they might be laid off as Delta shifts more flights to commuter airlines, Tim O'Malley of the carrier's Air Line Pilots Association said at a hearing. Senior pilots would turn it down because they're not being offered enough compensation for pensions that may be terminated, he said.
''The structure of this agreement is such that it cannot be ratified,'' O'Malley told the arbitration panel in Washington.
Delta, the third-largest U.S. carrier, and the union are presenting arguments to the panel this week in an attempt to resolve their dispute over concessions in a new contract. The arbitrators will decide by April 15 whether the carrier can impose new terms on the pilots. The union, which represents about 6,000 active Delta pilots, has threatened to strike if that occurs.