{"id":8747,"date":"2015-01-08T16:01:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=8747"},"modified":"2015-01-08T16:03:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:03:32","slug":"delta-business-elite-seat-flight-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2015\/01\/08\/delta-business-elite-seat-flight-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta Business Elite Seat and Flight Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t write a ton of flight reviews generally because there are just so many out there. I&#8217;ll write about a unique experience or when something really stands out on a flight. \u00a0This was my first international business flight on Delta in the new Delta Business Elite cabin (Delta recently rebranded their inflight experience while refreshing some planes.)<\/p>\n<p>Here was my experience. \u00a0I flew from Atlanta to Lima, Peru onboard a Delta 767 (technically I flew from Tampa to Atlanta, Atlanta to Richmond, Richmond to Atlanta and Atlanta to Lima) for $1300 \u00a0round-trip (thanks to Renee @DetaPoints and <a href=\"http:\/\/deltamileagerun.boardingarea.com\" target=\"_blank\">DeltaMileageRun.com <\/a>for helping me discover this great fare!) (note: as it turns out, I had to make a change to one segment of the trip \u00a0 and Delta refunded me $141 so the trip ended up costing me $1159. For those of you counting, that earned me just over 14,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles.)<\/p>\n<p>The Delta to Lima crew was great and I had a very good experience onboard that flight. The food, inspired by Chef Michelle Bernstein, looked completely unappetizing, but it actually tasted quite good. \u00a0I wasn&#8217;t in love with the Delta seats, but they were a heck of a lot better than any US domestic first class I&#8217;ve flown. \u00a0I tried to compare them to other two-class cabins I&#8217;ve been in and I found myself making comparisons to US Airways Envoy Class &#8211; the actual seats are the only thing US Airways\u00a0wins on. \u00a0The Delta seats seemed a bit more claustrophobic and had less storage in the seat.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8747 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2015\/01\/08\/delta-business-elite-seat-flight-review\/img_0015\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2015\/01\/IMG_0015-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2015\/01\/08\/delta-business-elite-seat-flight-review\/img_0014_2-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2015\/01\/IMG_0014_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2015\/01\/08\/delta-business-elite-seat-flight-review\/img_0016_2-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2015\/01\/IMG_0016_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>My return flight was a little less thrilling. \u00a0I had reserved seat 8A and apparently even though the system let me book it, that was reserved for the pilots so I was reassigned to the only other open seat, 1A. \u00a0The disadvantage of sitting in 1A is that the crew talked the entire time and the curtain didn&#8217;t really block the light from the galley well. \u00a0This was a New Year&#8217;s Day flight and the majority of the crew was not too happy to be flying on the holiday and they weren&#8217;t afraid to let everyone know. The business class purser was the only crew member with a smile and she was super friendly the entire flight. \u00a0At one point a crew member who was mid-cabin made an &#8220;announcement&#8221; over the speakers and I&#8217;m pretty sure she didn&#8217;t realize she was broadcasting the nasty message to the entire plane full of people as she was quickly scolded by another crew member she also yelled at a passenger later and the purser intervened.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote a separate post about the <a title=\"Do You Buy Products You\u2019ve Tried In Airline Amenity Kits?\" href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2015\/01\/07\/buy-products-youve-tried-airline-amenity-kits\/\" target=\"_blank\">amenity kit<\/a>, which was a highlight of the flight! \u00a0Overall it wasn&#8217;t a bad product, just not my favorite by any means. \u00a0Will I fly it again? \u00a0Yes, because I&#8217;ve switched from US Airways Chairman and working towards Delta Diamond this year.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the Delta experience?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t write a ton of flight reviews generally because there are just so many out there. 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