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Delta Adds Two Daily Flights Between Minneapolis-St. Paul, Dickinson, North Dakota

Delta Adds Two Daily Flights Between Minneapolis-St. Paul, Dickinson, North Dakota

Delta will add two daily nonstop flights between Minneapolis-St. Paul and Dickinson, North Dakota, beginning June 10, 2013.  The flights will be operated by SkyWest Airlines, using CRJ-200 aircraft.
Flights from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Dickinson will depart from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport at 10:15 a.m. and arrive at Dickinson Theodor Roosevelt Regional Airport at 11:02 a.m.  The second daily flight will depart at 5:30 p.m. and arrive in Dickinson at 6:16 …

Delta Adds New Service from Montana to Atlanta and Los Angeles

Delta Adds New Service from Montana to Atlanta and Los Angeles

Delta Air Lines announced new and additional seasonal flights from the state of Montana to Atlanta, Georgia and Los Angeles, California starting on June 22.  Delta has been flying into Montana since 1927.
Delta will increase flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport from two times a week to three, and will increase flights from Atlanta to Glacier Park International Airport in Kalispell from once a week …

What Are Your Favorite Hotels, Airports, and Airlines?

What Are Your Favorite Hotels, Airports, and Airlines?

Everyone has favorites, and the Frequent Business Traveler GlobeRunner Awards allow you to recognize yours.
The GlobeRunner Awards cover hotels, airlines, loyalty programs, airports, car rental agencies, and more.  This year’s stellar field of nominees includes well over 100 airlines, hotels, car rental agencies, and travel Web sites.
Don’t keep your favorites a secret.  Over 73,000 votes have been cast so far this year but there’s still plenty of time so go …

Delta Adds Westin Heavenly Bedding to BusinessElite Offering

Delta Adds Westin Heavenly Bedding to BusinessElite Offering

Delta Air Lines and Starwood’s Westin Hotels & Resorts announced a partnership under which Delta will provide business-class passengers on BusinessElite international and transcontinental flights with selections from Westin’s Heavenly line of bedding products.
All passengers will receive a Westin Heavenly pillow and comforter.  On longer flights (those over 12 hours), passengers will additionally be offered a lumbar pillow.  The plush 48×81” comforter has what Delta calls “extra-luxurious loft” for greater …

Lobby Bar – February 22: Coded Messages, the Police, Blame Game, and a Monk’s Robe

Lobby Bar – February 22: Coded Messages, the Police, Blame Game, and a Monk’s Robe

The Lobby Bar – A Weekly Summary of Frequent Business Traveler News and Views
Message in a bottle.  On a 52-minute flight, a Delta flight attendant managed to do a complete service and write each first-class passenger a personalized note.  Now if we could only find Garrett…
Everyone’s entitled to his opinion.  Twenty-five percent of Frequent Business Traveler readers blame outsourcing for the Dreamliner’s problems.   Jonathan Spira looks at Boeing management’s …

Delta Upgrades BusinessElite and Economy Comfort Transcon Amenities, Moves Flights to Terminal 4

Delta Upgrades BusinessElite and Economy Comfort Transcon Amenities, Moves Flights to Terminal 4

Delta Air Lines announced changes and improvements to its transcon service for flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles and San Francisco.  The changes will also be in effect on Delta’s forthcoming New York-Seattle flights.
Starting in May, all transcon flights will depart from Delta’s new international terminal (Terminal 4) at JFK.   The airline will also offer all passengers Starbucks coffee during the flight.
Business-class passengers will …

Delta First Class Flight 1523 Detroit to Chicago O’Hare – Review

Delta First Class Flight 1523 Detroit to Chicago O’Hare – Review

Flying through Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is something I always look forward to.  It isn’t the new building or the Delta SkyClub,  rather, it’s the dedicated TSA PreCheck lane with never more than a 30-second wait and where I never have to take off my coat or shoes, or remove any baggies filled with 100 ml bottles from my luggage.
That was a good start but I didn’t know how …