Trouble with Delta Airlines booking - Rick Steves Would it be safe to assume there were partner airlines involved? Sometimes the two airlines booking systems don't play nice with each other The Delta system will show availability, but when the time comes to actually ticket, the availability on the partner's system just isn't there
U. S. Airline Complaints - AirlineComplaints. org Swiss Air Investigation (Dec 2025): Swiss Air is currently under investigation by AirlineComplaints org for serious violations of passenger rights including but not limited to abandoning passengers at foreign airports; causing negligent delays that result in missed critical connections, particularly impacting travelers attending funerals; providing dishonest assurances through flight staff
Airline tickets and middle names - Rick Steves Travel Forum US airlines, European airlines, Asian airlines I've never had a problem except one One airline, Delta, does have and uses my middle name and it is the only airline in which I have had a problem (I log in via their FF program so the middle name is included ) I'll give some examples Four weeks ago I flew from NY to London on American
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TAP Air Portugal - Rick Steves Travel Forum TAP is a member of "Star Alliance", same as United and dozens of other airlines Delta is in "SkyTeam" (literally, a competing team), so you would need to claim your bag in Lisbon and check it with Delta there No better way to deal with this, given the combination of airlines
How to use Delta skymiles to join Delta Club to use lounge Getting your precheck number onto your existing and future Delta airline reservations: Log into your Delta airlines account Select “profile” Under “Secure Flight info” select the edit button Enter your “known traveler number” or “redress number” or whatever applies Click “save”
Name discrepancy between tickets and passports - Rick Steves When you booked your Delta Skymiles award tickets, did the Delta agent inform you that you would be flying on partner airlines? If they did not, I would be sending Delta a complaint about that fact and now the resulting name problems and I would "cc" every travel writer who handles travelers complaints in the US
How far ahead do you buy airline tickets? - Rick Steves Most airlines ( including Delta) release flights 331 days in advance Thus today one can book as far out as October 20, 2020 I checked prices for a hypothetical round trip on Delta from Seattle to Paris ( the default setting for me) with the outbound in First and the return in Comfort Plus
Expedia (or similar site) vs Direct booking with Airline An example: I flew on a ticket purchased through Alaska airlines with frequent flier miles last fall The airline was British Airways There were a few schedule changes in advance that Alaska airlines notified me about and Alaska took care of confirming with me Alaska managed the reservation for the period of months in advance