Frontier and Sprint are a different tier than Delta, which is in the same tier as American Airlines. With Frontier and Sprint, you should expect everything to cost you something snd your trip to be bare bones.

Delta shouldn't be like that at all. But within its tier, it's the worst.

[–] AnotherPerson@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So what are tiers and who is in which one?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

From my experience:

Major - Delta, United, American Airlines
Value - Southwest, JetBlue
Budget - Spirit, Frontier, Allegiant

I'm not sure where Alaska and Hawaiian airlines fit in since it's been a while since I've flown with them.

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I'd add Alaska Airlines to the major category.

[–] AnotherPerson@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Cool, thanks.

[–] zumi 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm the total opposite. I pay up to double the fare sometimes to fly Delta.

Hopefully this bad press on this incident causes some policy changes at Delta on tarmac delays. That sounds miserable and dangerous.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Exactly. I've had a much better experience with Delta than than most other major airlines.