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Reviewed April 17, 2023
I was flying from Detroit to San Francisco. I was waiting for boarding and was not sitting in the handicapped section. I guess the agent profiled me as being old and came over and asked me if I wanted to board as handicapped. I politely told her I am not handicapped and would wait for my regular boarding. About thirty minutes later the plane was ready for boarding. The line formed for handicapped boarding and the same agent came over to me in a very loud voice and instructed me to get into the handicapped line. I again politely told her I am not handicapped and would wait for regular boarding with my family, and that this was the second time I had told her I am not handicapped.
When the handicapped line was almost done being boarded, she came over a third time and screamed at me, “Maam, this is your last chance to board as handicapped”. I screamed back, “Maam, this is the third time I have told you I am not handicapped and I don’t appreciate you embarrassing me in front of other passengers”. I asked her name and she walked off without giving it to me or letting me see her name tag. When I boarded a different boarding agent scanned my ticket. I asked her for the name of the other agent so that I could file a complaint. She showed me her name badge and said, “The other girl is new. If you are going to file a complaint file it against me, as her supervisor. I am not going to give you her name”.
Reviewed April 17, 2023
On a first class flight from Vermont to Oregon, my sturdy, hard-shell luggage was so severely smashed that one corner was completely inverted and the wheels on the other side were broken off. My toiletries box inside had smashed open due to the force of the smashed corner and several hundred dollars worth of products were smashed and spilled all over my clothes. I waited 45 minutes for my luggage to come out, and when it did and I discovered my broken, leaking suitcase, a friendly Delta agent helped me open a claim and assured me that I would be compensated.
They sent a replacement suitcase, and asked me to submit documentation and receipts of the broken items, which I had shown to the agent. Almost a month later, they determined that they are not at fault for damaged contents because they "have no control how fragile items are packed" — completely disregarding the fact that my suitcase was smashed to smithereens and my items would never have broken otherwise. I'm not planning to fly with Delta again. This is not first class treatment, nor is it fair in any way.
Reviewed April 1, 2023
Delta was a good airline but over the past year they have gone down hill fast. My last three flights were delayed and the fourth was canceled. No reimbursement for a extra hotel or anything. Best to find another airline if you want to get anywhere on time.
Reviewed March 30, 2023
Staff is rude, flight was delayed. Didn't get any help to rebook. Avoid like the plague. You won't get help when you need it. Useless, really. Next time I choose a better business to flight with will see what.
Reviewed March 23, 2023
First of I paid for my family of 9 to come to Disney (I live there in the winter), they took my money for all the flights there and back for Michigan but I can not claim the sky miles because I was not on the flights.... Well you sure took my money fast enough. The other major thing is my family was expect to land in Florida at 4:20. They did not get there until 10:30. First they needed to fix something which took forever. Finally they fixed it but lo and behold the pilot's hours were up and they needed to find another pilot (shouldn't they have anticipated that during the fixing of the plane). They finally got a pilot and had to de-ice the plane (understandable) but then the deicer broke down in front of the plane and they had to find something big enough to tow it out of there.
All this and little ones on the plane... And you bet there was no food. Then they give them each a 50 voucher because of the extra time spent on the plane because of traffic congestion???? Excuse me does the above look like that? Not only that but they had to spend it on a Delta flight...yeah right. Why don't you give them a usable credit card to grab a bite to eat or such? They barely made it back in time for the lift from the airport to Disney.
Reviewed March 21, 2023
I waited 25 min to speak to a Delta airlines customer service representative. I had tried all options online prior to calling customer service. The female representative was: Unhelpful, rude, distracted, unwilling to assist me, irritated and just plain unprofessional!!! Wow! This company is probably the worst I've ever had to deal with!
Reviewed March 20, 2023
My initial flight was randomly going to be 6 hrs late so even though I paid for direct the next best thing was getting stuck in ATL for 2 hrs. Then the connecting is delayed and they thoughtfully sent a 15 dollar airport restaurant voucher which didn't work at airport restaurants. My time is worth more than that to me! Sorry to learn it isn't to you. I travel all the time and don't need to fly you again. Hope saving on actual compensation for wasting it is worth years of my money.
Reviewed March 20, 2023
I have never experienced such terrible Customer Service in my life! When I went to the Service Desk to ask the employees a question about a flight an Attendant didn't want to be bothered. She raised her voice and said that, "You people don't want to read the flight boards!" I told her to do her job while she kept screaming at me to read the board. When my wife and I finally reached our destination to Love Field in Dallas, Texas we had to stay on the plane for an additional hour because Delta only has one ramp and the previous flight had some type of problem. This company needs to train their employees about Customer Service. I will never fly with Delta again in my life and I will tell my friends not to fly with them as well. They are horrible!!
Reviewed March 18, 2023
I had to travel internationally - I had 2 choices: (1) Indirect for $1600 to $1900, (2) direct for $3300. I chose the significantly more expensive $3300 option to fly direct to conserve my time and to accommodate a very strict travel schedule I had. On my flight back, my direct flight was cancelled and I had to take an indirect flight. In the process, I lost my exit row seat, my travel schedule changed from 10 hours to over 16 hours, I had to take 2 different shuttles to get to my car. Overall horrible experience.
When contacted Delta to refund me for the services not delivered, I received a polite and apologetic email back saying "we cannot reimburse the change or purchase ticket fees and must decline your request". How does a business continue to take money for services not fulfilled? Isn't this fraud? As I look for future travel, Delta is not my #1 choice as it was in the past. I flew Qatar Airways for another international trip and it was nicer. Delta needs to learn to be an honest business.
Reviewed March 18, 2023
I booked a flight for my family to fly to California from Pa for a trip for my family. I upgraded to business class and spent a ton of money. I did this because my son has special needs and to avoid stress and sensory overload, etc. When departing CA to PA they called our crew to take care of another flight that the crew didn't show up for. Therefore our flight was cancelled. They rebooked our flight for another day. I had to pay for a different hotel, fees etc to get home. A ton of additional issues to get home.
When flying home we did not receive what we paid for business class and flew regular cabin. When I called to voice my concerns the customer service rep wouldn’t refund my additional cost and said it wasn’t their fault because of weather. Delta reps in California told us our crew was taken because other crew didn’t show. Weather had nothing to do with it. I tried contacting other customer service and no one cared. I’ve always loved flying delta but never again will give them a penny.
Reviewed March 3, 2023
Booked my flight a month ago from today. Flight leaves tomorrow. Received notification that we’ve been checked in but noticed our exit seats were taken, and we were assigned seats a row behind. Had to call and get a refund. When asked for the reason, I was told about an aircraft switch, to an exact model of the previous plane (Boeing 767)….Even if that were the case, it’s not like they wiped the whole plane and started from scratch. Therefore my seats should’ve still been honored. Granted, this is the first time something like this has a happened, but I’m very disappointed in Delta…Don’t want to say it’s racial, but it’s definitely up for debate. I’m very anxious to see who’s now seated in our exit row seats directly in front of us. SMH.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2023
Delta Airlines is a terrible airline. They recently canceled my flight without any notice, leaving me stranded at the airport with no way to get to my destination. When I tried to call their customer service line, I was on hold for hours before I finally spoke to someone. The representative was unhelpful and seemed to have no idea how to handle the situation. To make matters worse, Delta Airlines did not offer any compensation or alternative options for my canceled flight. I was left to figure out my own transportation and had to spend additional money on last-minute bookings. The lack of communication and poor customer service is unacceptable, and I would never recommend Delta Airlines to anyone. If they can't even handle a simple flight cancellation, how can they be trusted to safely transport passengers to their destinations? Save yourself the headache and fly with a different airline.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2023
First, travel starts 6pm arrival at the airport, flight to leave at 8:20pm. Delayed! So I miss my connection! The gate agent at beginning flight couldn’t even log into the system for 40 minutes because he couldn’t remember his password! Causing me to miss Any Outgoing flights to make My connection. Landed 25 minutes before my connection departs and After I run to the gate with no assistance from Delta, no cart to Carry me, no communication with gate agent at connection. Making It 15 minutes before departure. They knew I was going to miss my connection! No one told me they would close the gate 15 minutes early out of all the gate agents and flight attendants. No one told me not to run!
My Destination consists of a 10 hour flight that only flies at 11:30pm. So I had to Wait the entire next day. The gate agents at connecting flight laughed at my frustration and the sight of me running to the gate. I have a back injury and asthma! They tell me to call customer service. I go looking for my bag while talking to my service and they keep telling me to find a ticket agent at the airport because all they do is book tickets and they can’t help with anything! Can’t find my bag, agent On the phone proceeds to tell me my luggage is at the destination. I get to the ticket agent says it’s not at the destination but won’t get it because it’s going on the next flight. They gave me a hotel voucher to the O Trashiest hotels in town. I got to the nasty hotel at 2am and had to check out at 10am. They offer me $15 food voucher for 24hrs!
Delta wouldn’t approve an extended stay. I had no clothes! Had to buy everything. Flying solo. Had to carry everything. Had to stay 13hrs at the airport! The whole time the airport agents tell me to call customer service for help and customer service tells me to talk to the ticket agents. Finally I get $500 ecredit as if I want to fly with delta again. My flight was $1200, hotel at destination that I missed was $500 a night non refundable!! Food and clothing. Destroyed gifts due to all the unexpected movement! I asked for delta lounge while I wait! Denied! Seat upgrade? Denied!
Rude agents across the board. Told me that all my losses and inconvenience was only worth the ecredit! Nothing I can use separate from delta! Such a devaluated customer to them! Why would I ever Want to trust them with my time and money! I was deemed unworthy of being a satisfied customer based On the opinion of staff who is not going through what I am and has not suffered my Losses.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2023
This is not about my flight. My father and niece are flying out in UPPER class of Virgin today (01/29/23) from Atlanta. I went there to assist them as my father is 89 years old. I went to Virgin Atlantic counter. There are 3 counters with 3 people (left to right), Economy, premium economy and upper class. I went to the upper class counter and from the minute I stood there I saw attitude from lady in the counter. She was like "YOU DON'T BELONG HERE."
She told me to come to her by waving her fingers and asked the travel documents. I gave her travel documents of my father and niece. She started showing attitude and asked my niece when was she coming back. After my niece answered she processed and printed tickets, looked at me, signaled with her hand, to keep the check in baggage on scale.. I did that. Then she printed the tickets for everything. She STAPPLED, STAPPLED, THE TICKETS IN THIS ORDER, London to Delhi, behind that Atlanta to London and checked baggage tickets.
Never seen an agent stapling and that two in that strange order. Even though I am in front of her and I gave the documents to her she gave it to my niece. I took the tickets from my niece and checked them removed the staple because the first boarding pass is behind the second boarding pass. Then when she was processing my father paperwork she asked him when he was coming back. After he answered she processed the paper work and gave it to my niece who was standing far away while I was standing in front of her.
I took the passport, OCI card, and tickets from my niece and looked at them. There was only one boarding pass. Atlanta to London. I asked her about the second boarding pass and her reply was “I don’t know. It did not print”. When I asked why. She looked down and said “It just printed” and gave it to me. I moved on and went to the economy counter and asked for “SUPERVISOR OR MANAGER” TO TALK TO. The lady in economy counter said “They are busy at the gates and are not available now”.
I sent my dad and niece and after getting into the car I called delta. The agent told me that I should have insisted to call supervisor and they should have called them. Based on my experience today I believe they are acting as a group and let me go without calling supervisor. I am a Delta Platinum Medallion for last 15 years and Diamond Medallion for 2 years and with service I got I am ASHAMED to say that. IN the last 6 months, because of me, my family took at least 8 Delta One Trips. I want to file a written complaint and I want to hear form delta and especially from the agents. I called delta they told me to write complaint. I wasted 6 hours so far. After 6 hours delta is saying it's virgin. I am like I paid for delta flight.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2023
Tell me how a company can load a plane with passengers and their luggage, all appropriate customers, and meeting all criteria THEN DELTA AIRLINES, without informing the passengers, REMOVES PASSENGER LUGGAGE WITHOUT NOTICE. The airplane flies to Bermuda where passengers discover their luggage has “disappeared/vanished.” Flight members inform passengers that a huge amount of luggage was removed from the plane-before takeoff, and other “higher revenue” business items were stowed in the plane when passenger luggage was “bumped!” DELTA PROMISED TO SEND THE LUGGAGE the next day which was a LIE and DID NOT HAPPEN. In fact, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday passed and STILL NO LUGGAGE, though many empty promises.
Imagine, going on a vacation paying to have luggage with you, and the luggage is basically discarded from plane/held hostage by the airlines, and you have no items from your luggage. DELTA IS SO DISORGANIZED, that it tried to send the luggage to BERMUDA AFTER THE VACATION WAS OVER! Even though they were well informed by us and aware of travel plans. We have flown Delta since the 1970s, and chose DELTA because of that trust. NO MORE, because they prove by action to be neither competent, organized, nor trustworthy. They also need to learn SERVICE RECOVERY!
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Reviewed Jan. 8, 2023
This airline is the worst ever! You can wait for hours and then get incompetent, unhelpful or hard to understand agents. I tried to simply change the dates of my ticket and I had to wait for hours at a time. So if you plan to buy an international ticket, DO NOT USE DELTA. It is like buying a non-changeable ticket. And impossible to modify online either! Shame to this airline. I am so so sorry I bought tickets for my family.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2023
It was the worst experience I ever had. I am 19 Yr first time travelling alone from College to home (BOSTON to PORTLAND). Delta cancelled my flight 5 hrs ahead and rebooked me for next day. Then just about to fly to first leg, they cancelled my 2nd leg flight. At MSP I pleaded to the agents at Airport and finally got a flight for SEA. I reached 5 PM PST in Seattle (After so many cancelation). My next flight to final destination (PDX) was 7:56 PM. They kept delaying the flight till 1:45 AM and finally announced that flight is canceled. Really. They did not book me to any flight and did not offered any hotel. What do I do at Airport.
My parent immediately booked tkt for next available flight at 7:30 AM for a premium price of ~$520. (A flight which usually cost under $100) Early Morning When I reached to the counter to see if I can use my original last leg so I do not have to pay double. I was told they can't do anything even though my original tkt was till PDX. Desperate to go home first time after 1st Semester of my college I boarded the flight on my new tkt and saw empty seats.
It is just ridiculous when Airline try to make money and not care their Customer. My parents have to shell out $520 just to fly me from SEA to PDX even though I already had a tkt up to PDX. What a Shame!!!. I have spent more than 10 hrs and their customer service is just going in circle and not willing to help. I hope Delta would listen through this feedback. Let us see what is the impact of giving feedback. Anyone listening. Customer pain points!!!! To all NEVER TRUST DELTA and its CUSTOMER SERVICE. I am not going to fly DELTA anymore and do not recommend.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2022
Delta bumped me from my connecting flight for no reason. My luggage went to my destination without me. I was forced to book another flight the next morning and get a hotel room at the airport. Flight and hotel cost was over $800. I have spent countless hours dealing with delta staff directly at the airport followed be hours and hours of phone calls only to be told, "We cannot help you. Need to file a formal complaint online." I did that and waited almost 2 months for the first response. I provided documentation only to be told after weeks of emails regarding my case all we can do is give you a $100 credit. No explanation was ever given. I asked on many occasions for a reason and was never told anything. I am out $800 directly because of Delta's mistakes and they doing absolutely nothing about it nor does anyone seem to care. I am not sure what to do from here.
Reviewed Dec. 25, 2022
I never had good experience with this Airline, but my last two experiences are the whole new level. In summer of 2022 I was booking flights back from Europe for my family and they double charged me for same flights and took them 3 weeks to refund the money. In December they canceled our flights to Colorado last-minute two days in a row, and would not rebook us until well half way into our vacation. Insultingly they tried to offer us a layover flight in Los Angeles, on day 4 and even that without a guarantee that would make our direct flight I paid more for, an 8 hour travel. We spent two days including Christmas Eve trying to get a resolution with customer service (if you can call it that). We lost all the money we paid for our stay in Colorado, and ended up staying in Atlanta for the holidays with no plans, and no vacation days left.
My emotions aside, this company simply does not feel the need to care for their passengers. Our well being and experience simply takes the backseat, and their frontline people hide behind the process and simply shrug it off. We are simply cargo to them, and cargo can be shuffled around and delayed with no consequences. They surely do not live up to their tone-deaf advertisements they make us watch prior to takeoff.
What grinds my gears even more is that they will make you move a pound of luggage from one bag and right into another because of 'weight limit'... Defies all logic. All bags - by weight and volume still ends up on the same plane. Why would a company have processes in place to add to the passenger (cargo) frustration, and intentionally not do anything about it. They fully capable to provide everyone care, but they make conscious effort to not do that. They ask us to complete surveys, and I'm sure they get plenty of feedback like this, but they simply chose to not do anything about it. What a shame...
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2022
My flight was canceled and I haven’t been notified. I tried to reach customer service and I was unable to reach. I was on hold for 3 hours. I did not compensated for my lost. Delta didn’t not reach out to me to solve this problem. I lost all the money and the plan I had for this holiday.
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2022
This is the worst flying experience I have ever had with any airline. I traveled from Halifax Nova Scotia all the way to Cleveland Hopkins, and my bag was mishandled and landed in Atlanta, Georgia. I have over $800 of gifts, clothes, and belongings in that bag. I have no clothes, toiletries, or gifts for Christmas. I talked to the representative in Cleveland at the the Delta baggage claim. They told me the bag would arrive an hour later that night and it would be delivered after. Then the man at the desk calls me 20 min after I left the airport and tells me it’s actually going to arrive the following night at 10pm. That flight gets cancelled and I am told it is going to arrive the next day. That flight also gets cancelled. I call delta and try to get a timeframe on delivery and the representative hangs up on me. Then I call again and tell them to reroute the bag to Norfolk, Virginia where I’m spending Christmas with my family.
I texted the rep again using the Delta texting service to make sure it was going there. They said yes it was going to ORF airport and that there was no update in the system yet. I wake up today on Sat Dec 24th to find out my bag is now going from ATL-CLE on DL 1355 even though I specifically instructed Delta two times over phone and text service to deliver it to Norfolk, Virginia. Now I’m leaving for my trip and I don’t think my bag is going to get delivered on time. I am without gifts, clothes, and all other belongings and Delta has ruined my Christmas. Worst flying experience of all time. Never want to fly Delta again. I deserve compensation for this experience.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2022
They boarded our flight and then told us all they were delaying it for other passengers. This is a pure revenue grab with no concern for the people who wait. The FAA should NOT allow this behavior by airlines.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2022
On both of my return flights to Fort Lauderdale I encountered problems with customer service on the flight changing my assigned seats and much worse stranding a Senior Citizen for 15 hours at JFK after arrival from a 13 hours flight on Delta. I arrived at the Fort Lauderdale flight on time when a Delta employee shut the door in front of me.
Customer service at JFK and later at the Atlanta Office was poor without acknowledgment or any compensation. To be stranded for so many hours can be considered cruel and inhuman. The FAA acknowledged the problem with Delta. Shame on Delta Airlines that was supported during Covid by the American Tax payer.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2022
Flight canceled. E-ticket issued. 4 months later tried to redeem and after hours on hold was told the e-ticket was easy to use just go to website and they cannot book from phone. They did confirm the ticket number and the amount $1177.20. Hours on hold again and next "customer service provider" could not use. Just gave up. Next time just tell us you are going to screw us out of $1200.00 and save us the headache of your ridiculous hold times please.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2022
What a joke. So my fiance and I booked the flight 6 months in advance because it is extremely difficult for us both to take off work. She is a banker, and I work in EMS. We both got approved for 2 weeks in December for our anniversary trip and not to mention, she is from there and hasn't been back since she moved to the USA 13 + years ago. Delta decided that for *their* convenience, they would take the liberty of adjusting our flight to have a 5 hour layover in new york. I specifically set up the flight so that it would be direct, not a 10 - 12 hour experience. Her family is supposed to meet us at the airport, and rolling in at midnight on 12/1 is not going to work for them. We also booked a rental to be picked up on 12/1 and this causes obvious problems with that too.
I called, the first representative was very bland and not empathetic to the situation at all, so I asked to be transferred to a manager. The manager, Mark, was also extraordinarily bland and refused to do anything about it. He said the only thing he was willing to do would be to either schedule us on a flight later in the day for less layover time (but still landing at midnight) or push our trip back a whole day to the following day. Major inconvenience considering the car situation, it's our anniversary, and the fact that when I book a flight - it is booked for what works with our schedule. I don't book it to be chopped and screwed around for the airlines convenience.
When I asked mr. Mark for a partial refund or a voucher/upgrade, he would not do it and again was very bland. To put it bluntly, I'll not be flying Delta in the future and I'll be sure to share my experience everywhere I am able to review this airline/anytime anyone in my life brings up wanting to take a trip anywhere. GREAT job delta, you have some amazing ways of screwing people around. I hope you go bankrupt again.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2022
Our Delta Flight 707 From Phoenix to JFK a few weeks ago was very nice. Flight Leader Shirley, FA's Daniel, Jill Katie, Jimberlle, Mary Anne and Carley took good care of everyone. Pilots Peter (Ca) and FO Lukah (NYC) were exceptional. Clean, comfortable and felt very safe.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2022
I flew out of Syracuse this afternoon on Delta. Checked through my final destination, Spokane, Wa. The Syracuse flight was delayed by 10 min for boarding and sat on the tarmac for another 15-20 minutes. When we landed at LaGuardia and sat on the tarmac again waiting for a plane to move. I got off the plane and and headed to the gate. According to the signs I had a 15-20 walk to Gate 81.
I get to the gate and the plane was still there connected to the gate. I was informed that the flight was closed. I was re booked on the next flight to Minneapolis/St Paul for 7:00am tomorrow morning. The individual that assisted me at the gate did their best to find me a flight to get me out tonight to no avail. After they spent about 5 minutes assisting me they handed me my tickets and apologized. The plane is still at the gate at when they finished assisting me. You would think they knew I was on the Syracuse flight and knew I had a 30 minute delay and a 15-20 minute walk from one gate to the other. I booked all the way through with Delta so I wouldn’t have these issues and originally had an hour to get from gate to gate.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2022
Delta will steal your luggage!! They will take a bag with 50lbs worth of clothes, purses, make up and souvenirs, and take months to even talk to you about it. 3 months later, they give you $900 and close the case. The luggage alone was worth hundreds!! They steal your property and treat you like garbage. NEVER FLY DELTA AIRLINES!!! Watch out for a case manager named Bernadette ** too. She is ruthless.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2022
I purchased a ticket for my wife from New York to Rome, Italy. I paid an additional amount of money to have the right to chose a seat. Then I am told on the website that the seat can only be assigned after the purchase. After I got the ticket purchased I went online and discovered the seats could not be selected. It turns out Delta was reselling a ticket on a ITA flight and that ITA was not honoring seat assignments from partner airlines. I tried to talk to agents who were useless, only apologized but never got a serious service representative to fix the problem or reimburse me for the extra ticket selection premium I paid. And any time I try to discuss this with a service representative, I get put on hours long waiting lists, while they respond in only a few minutes for any other inquiry. This is the closest it come to unethical and possibly deceptive and deliberately inefficient behavior.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2022
Delta changes flight time multiple hours, says if over 120 minutes flyer entitled to a full refund. 70 days later still waiting. Have invested over 4 hours on hold/speaking with customer no service. They acknowledge they owe me the $ 1600+. Still waiting on hold. DELTA SUCKS!!!!
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2022
Hardly know where to start. Flight out of Atlanta to Rome turned around 2 hours in - de-icing trouble. Ok - safety first. However when the over 100 passengers disembarked in Atlanta around 1:30 in the morning there were only 2 gate agents to arrange hotels and alternative flights. We finally left the airport at 5:30 am to get a few hours sleep in a hotel. We made it to Rome the next day - for our connecting flight to Sicily. Our luggage however stayed in Rome for 4 days. Our AirTags showed it didn’t move. Delta was non responsive. We finally got our luggage over a week into our vacation.
Flight back - got up at 3 am for our flight from Sicily to arrive in Rome. The Delta flight from Rome is now delayed over 5 hours. We are scheduled to arrive in Atlanta at 11:10 pm. We will miss our connecting flight to IAD because there are no flights that late - and will spend yet another night in a hotel in Atlanta. We will NEVER fly Delta again. This trip included a birthday and an anniversary and Delta ruined both.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2022
Always paid the premium for the service. No service any longer. Platinum Members. All in our family. 10+ years of loyalty. Never came back from covid-poor standards. Off-shore/Philippine "inefficient, untrained, unprofessional" support. Only training is on apologizing, not solving issues. So sad. I was such a Delta supporter. They lost my business.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2022
I wish ZERO stars was an option. I've been dealing with Delta for over 10 years with my unaccompanied minor. We used to always have my Mom and I escort my daughter to her gate with no problem and now they only let one of us take her (when the day is already hard enough). Delta just loves making up their own rules, because we called them and the agent we spoke to said that that is NOT their policy and that YOU CAN have two people escort her. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE JUST TRYING TO HELP GET HER THROUGH THE DAY.
Also, almost every time they give us a hard time about trying to pay the Unaccompanied Minor fee AGAIN...When it's already been paid. I shouldn't have to show you a receipt every time, you should be able to see it in your system when it's been paid well in advance. Horrible customer service every time and they are gonna continue to be rude, then people are gonna be rude back. We pay A LOT of money for travel, just to have to deal with rude people. Get it together DELTA AIRLINES!!! Just DO BETTER and BE KIND!!!
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2022
passes to the NY flight and the connecting flight to Israel and ran to security.
I took it upon myself and apologized to all the people we were passing to get through security and get to our gate. Just as we got to the gate, the plane was already moving. We got there late. I was livid and I made it very clear that I was angry. The problem was that they knew we were on our way. We had already checked in, our names were on the list with assigned seats, and we had the boarding passes in our hands. I’m willing to bet that due to extremely bad management, they overbooked the plane; that is why they quickly closed the door and allowed the plane to take off. Eventually, a Delta Employee was able to put my kids and I on another flight to NY. Guess what happened again? When we got to the gate, they had just closed it and refused to reopen it.
I said to the employee “You knew we were on our way, our names were on the list. Why didn’t you wait for just 2 minutes?" She did not answer, but again it’s obvious that they overbooked the plane. By now, I was going to miss our flight to Israel as well. I don’t think there was anyone on that terminal that did not hear my voice when I was yelling and screaming off the top of my lungs that Delta and its management are nothing but screw-ups and they don't care about their clients. At this point someone came and told me she could help and would make sure that I would be on the next flight. However, we were going to miss the flight to Israel but there would be another flight in the evening that we would have to wait for (if I’m not mistaken about 6 hours). I did not care. I asked her to do whatever needed to be done.
She started transferring our boarding passes from the flights we lost to the new flight to NY and the flight to Israel that same evening. However, she was only able to issue my and two of my kids boarding passes, but was having a problem getting the boarding pass for my other son. Time was getting very close to theflight going to NY, so she asked me to leave and in NY they would get him the boarding pass. When we got to NY, the first thing I wanted to do was to get my son his boarding pass. I went immediately to the Delta desk; the person there was taking forever, then someone else came in and started asking my son
for his permit to travel and his Covid test. I told them that we had already been through this and he already had a boarding pass, but because of Delta’s poor management and flawed service, we lost 3 flights.
All they needed to do was transfer his boarding pass to the next flight. However, this process was also taking long. They kept on asking him unnecessary questions and he was only 15. Until I blew up and gave these idiots a piece of my mind; so they decided they were not going to help us at all. At this point,it's obvious they had no idea of what they were doing. My son told me just put me on a plane back to Atlanta and we should continue to Israel. Of course, I did not agree with that.
We went to another Delta desk and I told my 21 year old daughter to stay in line and I would go and use one of the phones that connect directly to Delta. We worked on this Issue for 2 hours, which seemed as long as 2 days. Finally, we got his boarding pass. By the end of this horrible ordeal, we were so disappointed and so disgusted with Delta that we promised it would be our last trip with these ignorant, incompetent, and unprofessional people, and we would tell about our horrible experience anywhere we can.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2022
I am a tourist and I was treated like I was cattle in a line. I can’t imagine how they treat residents. Disgusting women at the counter felt like she had the right to berate me and treat me like I was doing something wrong because I walked up to the counter without being called even though she gestured to me to come to the counter. Start looking at the people you hire as customer service should be your first priority. I’m so glad I have no other internal flights with Delta. Avoid as much as you can unless you don’t mind being treated like.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2022
Delta Airlines is horrific and should be reviewed for ethical standing with BBB. They kept us on tarmac with no valid reason except for minor issues for 4 hrs. Advised over and over just waiting for approval to take off, as all surrounding flights took off without a hitch. Then said they had to do a manual countdown due to electronical countdown not working. Then Advised we would be returning back to gate where we would be updated with flight status. When we arrived the gate staff was RUDE, NASTY, UNINFORMATIVE, INCONSIDERATE. Yelling at customers.
I have incurred additional costs due to Delta (for parking, hotel and cab). Did not advise on vouchers applicable to delayed flight and refused assistance. Left us pretty much stranded. Referenced me to check my emails. However, my phone died while waiting idle due to no charging ports on the aircraft. Finally said flight canceled due to weather. However, there were no weather issues until 11 pm. Our take off was scheduled 7:59 pm. After all of this... then entered the flight as NONREFUNDABLE. I usually travel Jet Blue and do not have this issue. However, speaking with some other customers this a regular occurrence with Delta.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2022
I booked a flight months in advance and chose a window seat for my seating assignment. My husband checked in online the night before the flight and the seats were the original seats from the original reservation where I was at a window seat. At the gate during boarding. I was handed a ticket that my seat had changed to the middle seat right next to the window seat I had reserved. I told them I don’t want to sit in the middle and they said the flight is full (of course, the flights are always full) and they told me there was nothing they could do. So they changed my seat at the last minute to a middle seat and weren’t about to do anything about it. Another reason why this is my least favorite airline to fly. To fly. I avoids them as much as possible.

Reviewed Aug. 30, 2022
Kiwi.com and Delta Airlines are truly a match made in customer-care purgatory. Sorry for the abrasion, but my small talk currently just Kamikaze-jumped headfirst out the 8th story of my Seoul, S. Korea 3-day layover. A layover I never required, much less a layover outta MY pocket with days of expenses to be incurred here, but this is how manic & irrational some airlines are with this Pandemic. I’ve never seen such wild inefficiency, since perhaps 9/11.
This is a story about how a 39 hour journey from the Western continental Americas, sadly, became a 5 day trip, chock-full of obscure flights, lost suitcases, international airports on graveyard shift, and crap food to hold me over while I slowly worked my way back to the Eastern hemisphere of Indonesia. My home away from home for decades, equipped with children and a career I need to return to with some semblance of a plan… However, that plan is being obliterated by Kiwi.com/Delta Airlines as I speak! I’m sitting here, 10 kilometers from Incheon airport, where I shall sit until the first flight to Bali that has a seat available, is willing to transport me.
This is all Delta’s doing at the moment, and I cannot believe my own story as I sit back and revel in it while typing. Kiwi.com, however, as a travel agent, is rather complicit in my defenseless position. Why, you ask? I’d be happy to tell you my itinerary was put together by Kiwi.com, with a seemingly flawless algorithm, until I realized that this itinerary relies on every facet of transfers, Covid testing, and airline employees executing their job duties in a timely, effective manner. When this chain is disrupted by merely one weak link working for Delta Airlines, I became occupational hazard in the flesh… Missing flights, having to pay unreal sums of money because we have flight stewards who aren’t attuned to my needs.
Okay, so I know this is a little cryptic, as it has been for me in real time here in Seoul Incheon International Airport. I started July 26th, 2022 with a flight from Austin, Texas, USA scheduled to 8pm… From there to go on to Houston, TX with an 11 hour layover before boarding my Seoul, S. Korea flight, and ultimately from S. Korea to Bali, Indonesia. Home Sweet Home! My first July 26th flight from Austin to Houston was canceled and rescheduled for the following morning - requiring my 2nd flight from Houston to Atlanta (where I would make my connection to Seoul and onwards home to Bali) to be delayed. This was flight DL1315.I had downloaded the Kiwi.com App as recommended to receive updates and none of this information was posted there. Kiwi.coms’ app was actually such a joke, that my google profile became the de facto OS for me, alerting me to flight delays and suggesting nearby hotels.
First off, I am a foreign national in Indonesia, and my passport and visa paperwork clearly show this. However, the woman at the Delta boarding gate in Houston insisted her computer was not up to date on the half a dozen different visas Indonesia gives its ex-pats, and that I could only enter as a tourist. “Fine” I say, “enter me as a tourist.” But a tourist must show an outbound international flight to enter Indonesia. Naturally, as a permanent resident of Indonesia, I had booked a 1-way ticket home to Bali. Despite all my pleas and gov info from Indonesia Customs online, Delta would not allow me to board the seat I paid for until I ordered an outbound ticket from Indonesia… So I ordered one, right on the spot, for a couple of hundred dollars, and just barely made my flight out of Houston.
Okay, off to Atlanta, and to catch my Korean Air flight on time. I was concerned about making my connection in Atlanta, and considered purchasing an additional flight to arrive at the correct time in Atlanta, but as Kiwi.com require passengers to board all flights booked or risk the remaining flights not being honored, I had no choice but to get on the flight I had been assigned. That DL1315 flight landed in Atlanta at the same time the flight to Seoul was scheduling to take off. I ran and ran hoping for a delay but arrived to an empty gate in Atlanta. My Korean Air flight (Operated by Delta, mind you) had gone. This is now the 2nd flight in the chain that I wasn’t able to board on time. Flight DL7850. One Delta staff lady there was extremely kind and helpful and I received a complimentary night in a nearby hotel with food vouchers. I would get back on my flight the next day. Unfortunately this is also where the real problem began.
Delta could only rebook the Seoul to Bali leg of my journey for 3 days ahead later than my initial arrival date. I would be in Seoul for 3 days at my own expense. Korean airlines would not take any responsibility as they had not made any errors - saying it was Delta’s responsibility, and my tickets did indeed say Delta was the handler of Korean Airlines. ALL the flight numbers started with “DL” , which is Delta. Essentially, as soon as I boarded that flight in Atlanta to Seoul I was no longer Deltas' responsibility, and that I should appeal to Korean Airlines from there on out. Okay, so far I’ve only lost a couple of hundred dollars on, and that was much less bothersome than the thousand dollars in lost wages and the financial struggles of finding an additional 3 days childcare in Bali where my kids were awaiting my return.
And so began 3 days of being bounced back and forth trying to get home to my children, my clients, and the Hormones that a 51 year old woman must stabilize for harmonious, day-to-day life. I repeatedly pointed out to Delta and Korean Air staff that my official printed itinerary showed Delta as the operating Airline on all flights, but they continued to deny the ability to help me, saying that authority to change me to an earlier flight would have to come from Kiwi.com., who, by the way, don’t have any real Customer service line, nor a functional way to assist their customers in such urgent situations. Their automated help line is not helpful. Their redirection to a flight expert service that promises a real human (at an annual price… NO JOKE) is only available if you have a phone number that begins (+1). I messaged repeatedly asking for a solution to this and got the same robot generated reply.
And the really fun part? Get this: When my flight in Atlanta landed late that day, and my original Korean flight left on time without me, my luggage actually got transferred to the plane I missed! So yes, now I have no idea when I get another flight out of Atlanta, and I also have 0 clean clothes or hygiene while in limbo. I mistakenly thought I had seen the worst of this trip at this point. Now because I was never designed to be a Korean tourist for 3 days, and instead should have only been in Korea on transit layover, Bali-bound…there was a few curveballs much like the Houston experience where I had to order a separate departure from Bali in order for Delta to even allow me to board.
So it went like this: after my sleepover in Atlanta due to my Seoul flight leaving me, I awoke and headed straight to the airport 3 hours early to catch my NEW Seoul flight… I wanted to be prepared for whatever came my way, seeing as how this trip had already been pretty eventful in all the wrong ways. So it started with me approaching the Delta counter with one heck of a story and my boarding pass. Little did it matter however, as I was promptly told I could not board the plane to Seoul without a negative Covid test… This research I had already done and saw no guideline about needing a negative test so long as I’m double vaxxed. Apparently now that I’m gonna be a tourist of Korea for 3 unwanted days, I need a rapid test. And of course, there are no testing facilities in the Atlanta airport, so I get to pay for a return trip taxi to get me to the nearest testing facility and back. Awesome, there goes another couple of hundred dollars!
So I return to Delta gate, thinking that as much as this company seems to want to keep me from boarding this flight I paid for, I’m golden now and I will absolutely be on my way and HEY, just maybe, just maybe my luggage will even be there in S. Korea waiting for me. Oh, but wait: fail again! Now I’m being told I cannot board the plane without first applying for a Korean E-visa. And for whatever reason, the ticket clerk who informed me I’d need to go buy a Covid test before permission to board Delta flight operated by Korean Air DL7850, for whatever reason she did not tell me about this stipulation at the same time I was taxiing off to the testing center. I could’ve done this in the taxi on the way to the testing center and gotten the approval before I even returned to Atlanta Airport with my negative test results.
So I can hardly believe my ears when she tells me I’ll have to apply for this E visa first, and this is where I just began bawling because it became painfully clear to me that the same staff who I’ve paid to get me home to Bali on their plane, is actually the same staff that are doing everything they can to STOP me from boarding that plane. By the time I pulled my composure together and finished the Korean E visa application, boarding has already begun and I had yet to receive email confirmation of my E visa.
So yes! I also missed this flight and was looking at another day in USA, when a really helpful Delta employee who had borne witness to my perpetuating disaster, offered me a plane to New York where I could catch another Seoul S. Korea flight that night, versus staying another night in Atlanta. This would NOT be my flight scheduled for the 27th, DL7872. In fact, I wasn’t a passenger on any of the three flight numbers I paid to commute on. Every single flight I boarded was an alternative flight number. As it stood, I was busy emailing Kiwi.com and after more than 24 hours received an email asking me if my problem had been resolved yet. What a cop out!! That email was.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2022
Delta is the most ridiculous company to fly with. The customer service is horrible and they take responsibility for nothing! Ruined my entire trip. Never again will I fly with Delta. You’re better off on Spirit.

Reviewed Aug. 22, 2022
I use to love Delta. This year it is clear that something is very wrong with their operations. Having medallion status will not get you any better results. I have experienced significant delays time and time again. They are unapologetic for the inconvenience that they cause you. They offer you nothing in return for your troubles. They refuse to refund you unless a trip is delayed 12 hrs. It is absurd that the threshold is so high. Especially considering that all they do is have delays now. I was loyal to Delta because the customer service was good. They were never the cheapest option but it felt worth it at times to spend more to fly Delta. I can no longer say that. Now Delta operates like every other airline. Save your money and find the most affordable flight and use a good travel card to rack up points.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2022
Worst airline. Me and my family went to London. I called Delta and was told that I could carry 2 check in bags with me because I am a Delta SkyMiles member. In the US I did not have issue but when coming from London, I was told that only one bag was allowed and I fought with them but nothing and had to pay for one bag. This is not the first time it has happened where there change the rules.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2022
Flight initially delayed for >3 hours. Finally boarded and took off. At 5 pm the plane landed in Charlotte as it was diverted mid-flight claiming for passenger safety. Not sure how they did not know they can't land in LGA before taking off. In Charlotte, they delayed planned take off for 3 hours, each time pushing it back by 1 hr increments as we sat on the plane. Finally at around 9 pm they announced the flight is cancelled as they don't have a co-pilot. It took another hour to collect our bags from baggage claim. In return they sent an apology and a voucher for a hotel in Denver!!!! Finally this morning they sent another $50 voucher as if that makes up for anything and ruined our plans. I lost my hotel booking in NYC that was paid for. I had to pay for my hotel in Charlotte. I lost my Broadway show tickets. I also had to pay another $800 for a return flight from Charlotte to Denver because my travel plans were for one day only.
During this entire time I was unable to get in touch with any customer support staff from Delta despite waiting on the phone for > 2 hrs. It was impossible to have any customer care representative contacted and they claimed it was due to high call volumes. I was also trying to reach someone through text messaging starting at 9 pm. They got back to me at 3 am the next day waking me up from sleep. I have flown with Delta for many years and this was by far the worst experience I have ever had. They should be ashamed of treating your customers like this.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2022
My husband was deployed in Romania and had to come home due to his mother having late stage 4 breast cancer. I booked his ticket for him for $300. Upon checking in at the airport in Raleigh, the clerk could not find his ticket. His mother died that morning, and we had to get him on that flight to his parents' house. The only other seat available on the flight was a $1700 first class ticket. I was forced to buy it so he could make it to her funeral. Upon getting to the gate, the gate clerk found the original ticket but could not refund the first class ticket because we had checked a bag under the first class ticket. We tried finding an agent in the airport to get this fixed, stood at the desk for 15 min, and no one showed up. We had to board our flight.
I finally called Delta, got put on hold for 50 minutes, and an hour on the phone later, was insulted by Delta because they only offered me $200 for the mistake. Now I have to file a complaint with them, wait for a long time to hear from them, just to argue with another representative about giving me a full refund for a mistake they made. Delta is going downhill, and they're doing it quickly. I will never fly with Delta again after this.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2022
We had two bags lost and the case not resolved for more than one year and lastly they declined it. Last time I reached out to them they said they will assign a new claim manager but when I called today to follow up CR said they did not assign a case manager but declined our case. What I knew from my travel agent that the DOT regulation asks Delta to compensate us $3,800, our lost item cost about $5,000, but they gave us $268.09. Shame on them. I was a very loyal Delta customer but now I'm not going to use them anymore for my family trip.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2022
I recently purchased a ticket for Delta flight. I paid $1392 for a refundable ticket. When my surgery was canceled I submitted an online refund request on July 6th. Per the company website, Refunds issued to original form of payment will take 7 days. I waited 2 weeks and called. After waiting on hold for over an hour, I was told the refund department was behind and that it might take 20 days.. I waited 21 days and called back again after another hour and a 1/2 on hold I was told that my Refund was processed and that I would receive it by end of week.
When I did not receive the refund I called back And was told that it has not processed yet but that they would be able to take care of it. After putting me on hold for a few minutes, the 3rd customer agent that I spoke to finally was able to process a refund. Although I have still not received the funds to my credit card, it is now showing as processed as opposed to to pending. With the state of the economy and the fact that people live paycheck to paycheck it was absolutely ridiculous that I had to wait this long for that amount of money to be refunded to a credit card. It was worse that I had to call 3 times waiting on hold almost 3 hours total to finally get it resolved solved. No wonder people are no longer flying with these airlines.

Reviewed July 27, 2022
I've been attempting to get ANYone to from customer service to respond to my concerns. I've tried for over a year to get credit for 2 trips overseas with zero results. I recently purchased 2 tickets for a friend and me on my cc, and she isn't enrolled in the Sky Miles program, yet I only got credit for one ticket. On our return flight, we were delayed in Rome causing us to miss our connecting flight in the United States, forced to downgrade to main cabin after purchasing Comfort+, I can't get ANYONE to address the refund I deserve. THERE IS NO CUSTOMER SERVICE AT Delta AIR LINES, just a bunch of clowns.
Reviewed July 25, 2022
Delta changed our flight time, from 6 am to 7 am. We were ok with that. On the day of our flight, they sent us an email at 1:27 am, changing the flight time from 7 am to 12 pm. We missed the cruise ship. Cost us thousands of dollars, and ruined our family vacation.
Reviewed July 24, 2022
6 day horror no resolution. They lost my mom's Walker at the gate. I made a claim and they said they would deliver once found. They use BEX. A customer resolution official Violet got involved on the 5th day, last time I heard from anyone was day 6. No resolution no compensation. I will never fly Delta again.
Reviewed July 23, 2022
I will never fly Delta again. First, their first mate didn't bother to show up for work, so my flight got delayed one hour, which means I would have been late for the connection. I go to the Delta desk, and I ask to retrieve the bag, and the desk attendant says, "are you serious?" I then proceeded to argue with him whether 11:05pm after 10:45pm since… you know… I can't board the second flight until another one lands.
I finally got them, to their credit, to provide a room for the night and meal voucher. We land at our destination and I ask where the carry on bags are located because mine wasn't at the flight deck like they said it would be. I hadn't spoken a word when the Delta desk attendant said, "do you have a question?" To which I responded "yes," and he curtly replied "then what is it I can help you with?" If you're listening Delta, this was a ** man with a long curly man bun. Never. Ever. Again.
Reviewed July 19, 2022
Delta, never again. I have never been handled by an airlines the way we were handled at Atlanta Georgia. Every Delta person was calloused to the point where no one wanted to help. They didn’t care, and it is what it is. The impression I have is Delta has my money. I get what I get. I even paid first class. Return flights are not first class.
Reviewed July 6, 2022
I cashed out 55,600 miles from my AMEX Delta Platinum card. I received a $500.00 digital Certificate with an order number and date. I tried to give it to my daughter to use to book a flight. They did not accept it. I spent two hours on the phone with Delta Airlines and American Express to attempt to resolve the issue. Not one of the five people I was bounced around to knew how to resolve the issue. "Let me transfer you was their response..." Very unprofessional. I plan to cancel my Delta card. I'm done. I thought there was integrity left out there. I guess not. I lost $500.00, however, they lost a dedicated member since 1983. I'm very disappointed...
Reviewed July 3, 2022
1st Issue: In May of 2022 I had a Delta flight ticket. Flight was at 6:00 am. They had canceled the flight and sent a notification after 10:30 pm the night before where I already had gone to sleep. In the morning morning I received a notification that my flight is at 6:00 am. I was a mile away from the airport in Uber I received another update that my flight is at 2:30 pm. I was going to IAH to BUF. I decided to stay at the airport to take the changed flight. Flight was delayed several more times through the journey arriving at BUF nearly at MIDNIGHT (12:00am) where I was to arrive around 11:30 am that morning.
2nd Issue: I bought another ticket from BUF to IAH in June of 2022. This time I had a conflicting schedule and could not fly that day and canceled the ticket 30 minutes after I purchased it for a full refund. I got a confirmation email saying REFUND CONFIRMATION REQUEST, then in another area of the DELTA App it says your case is being processed and refund should be in 7 days. I received a notification on Jun 20th of my flight being still active. I called Delta and they said it is being processed and there is nothing on my part to do at this time. Today I received a notification again that my flight is in 2 days.
I called Delta again and this time the rep. tells me that I didn't cancel my flight and she just canceled it and sent a confirmation. As of today (7-3-2022) they are still holding on to my money since purchased in early June. Rep doesn't even know when this refund is going to be approved and the funny part of this purchase is that it says HASSLE FREE 24HRS. CANCELLATION!!! I guess they mean it just like what they release in the toilet bowl daily. LOL.
PLEASE DO NOT FLY DELTA. SAVE YOURSELF TIME, MONEY AND GRIEF, FLY OTHER CHEAPER BRAND OF AIRLINES. DELTA got too big and do whatever they feel. I heard people have better experiences from even with SPIRIT Airlines than DELTA or AMERICAN airlines. I will never fly again with these two airlines. There CEO and everyone can kiss my a**. REMEMBER, These employees and CEO's live right next to you. Give them the same treatment as they do to all of us flyers. I want to give "NEGATIVE 10 STAR".
Reviewed June 28, 2022
Our flight was cancelled at 1am. We saw the notification at 3am. The hotel we were staying at was booked out and they were nice enough to allow us to stay an extra night in our same room. Unfortunately, our room was priced up to $1500 because their peak season started. We had no other options in that moment to look for another hotel in a foreign country at that hour, and there were no other rooms available.
We submitted a complaint, got a case number. No one got back to us ever. Two months and hours worth of phone calls later I finally get someone to work the case, only for them to tell me that Delta has a max of $500 cap for extra stay. We were not trying to have an extra free night of fun, we had responsibilities pending, it was a total nightmare. This entire experience left us feeling like flying anywhere with Delta is a huge gamble now. No one is safe with these flight cancellations. Delta needs to figure out another way to take care of their customers and offset the out of pocket expenses that are unplanned due to these cancellations. If you don’t have staff, don’t sell the seats!!!
Reviewed June 21, 2022
The call to check on delayed baggage was given a hold time of 10 hours??! When it was 4 hours another try, I let my google phone hang on. After 5 hours it beeped to let me know someone picked up. It took 3 days for it to be delivered.
Reviewed June 20, 2022
Canceled my flight three hours prior and left me stranded having to find a place to stay at until I could get out the next day and my pets at home were left unattended because of this. They have made no effort to compensate for this and I spent 4hrs and 45min on hold only to be hung up on. Customer service via messaging has lied about how much compensation they can provide. Horrible service and I will never trust to fly with them again.
Reviewed June 16, 2022
In January 2022, I booked a flight home...first class. My flight was rescheduled. I was given a seat in coach on both flights! Last week I was flying back from FL to TN. Delta kept delaying my flight later and later. It caused me to have to call out of work at a hospital (I am a nurse). I informed the CSR that I just want a refund. He said that they could do this. Just called Delta, there was no refund in progress. It took 50 min of waiting for that call to begin. When I asked about the first class flight in January, I was told that I had to call another number. I did so. That wait for response is over 3 HOURS!!!! Seriously! Customer service has NO meaning at Delta!
Reviewed June 15, 2022
Delta's non-international first class is to me, a waste of money. I travelled from Sarasota, FL to Kansas City International return and spent $293 extra for first class over the comfort plus seating. Both trips were via Atlanta. I had never travelled first with Delta, so thought I would give it a try. You get early boarding, but as your seat is designated, that is really unimportant. There are as much booze and hot/cold drinks as you want, but no food, only snacks. The second leg, ATL-KCI, was over 2 hours. Delta should serve at least a sandwich/yoghurt etc for that duration. As the journey is under 900 miles you are stuck with snacks.
The seats on the Boeing 757-200 and 737-900 have no lumbar support at all and I found them very uncomfortable. Bring a pillow or inflatable cushion would be my advice. On the 737, I was at the back of first class and my seat had zero recline. It was all that was available when I purchased the ticket. I had 2.5 and 3.5 hour waits at Atlanta for the next plane and was hoping as I paid for first class, a lounge would be available. No such luck. You have to be an international traveller or own a special credit card, like Delta's own or I think, AmEx.
On Delta's website, I could not find any info about lounge availability, so emailed them. I'm still waiting for a reply some 3 weeks later. I tried to call, do you really need me to tell you the wait time? It's true you have 21 ins of seat width and 37 inch pitch. But for a lot less money, $293 in my case, you can get Comfort Plus with 34-inch pitch and 17.2 inch width. Very disappointed with value for money, I would not waste my time paying for this seat, you may think differently of course.
Reviewed June 13, 2022
Just disgraceful customer service. Flight canceled, their flight to JFK was canceled stranding a few dozen people and no help whatsoever. They even kept the 99 dollars they charged for extra weight on my luggage. The audacity and lack of professionalism of these people is on a whole different level. Just spare yourself the experience and fly with a different airline.
Reviewed June 10, 2022
After the RSA conference, I took the Delta flight back to Boston. Even though my office travel agency had booked a window seat for me, it was changed to middle and I went to ask for a change. I was told it was full and a lady walks to them and given a choice of window or aisle ??? When I asked about this, the lady in turn blames me for waves dropping and yells in front of everyone threatening to call the law enforcement officials and get me arrested!!!! My legs started shaking and couldn’t stop crying for getting insulted in front of all other passengers! Never in my life, I was mistreated like this. I am a mother of 2 kids, a professional working in a reputed company at a high position and I was treated like a criminal. I will definitely talk to my lawyers.
Reviewed May 24, 2022
I arrived at the airport 2 hours before my flight which is usually 1 hour more than I need. When I arrived the self-check kiosk wasn't working and the line for Delta bag check had at least 200 people waiting. There were only 3 bag checkers working and no one from Delta was giving information to the people in line. I waited in line for 2.5 hrs. to be told they can't check my bag my flight had left, I then waited in the rebooking line for another hour before realizing that my trip was ruined. The hold times are ridiculous. I'll never fly Delta again.
Reviewed May 5, 2022
If 0 was an option on likeliness to recommend I would have put 0. Upon retrieving my bag from baggage the hardcover of my suitcase was completely broken in and a wheel was broken off of my suitcase, the bag zipper was also broken and my bag was partially open. My boyfriend's suitcase was left in New York. I went to the baggage office where they told me I had to fill out a claim online. After waiting three hours on the phone to talk to someone I was able to file my claim and found out that the baggage service at the airport should have done this when they said I had to do it online. A month later I called back and wait another three hours and they say they will be getting back to me soon.
The bag they destroyed was a part of a set and was the largest one of the set, in total the set was $250. Their resolution was to give me $125 even though I sent them a tag that showed the exact bag they destroyed was $200. Suzettra the baggage manager I spoke to on this was extremely rude, spoke over me and when I asked to interject after she gave a monologue she actually told me no and continued to talk over me then ended the call. Absolute worst customer service I’ve ever experienced they ruined my bag and gave me half the cost to replace it as their “resolution” and then their baggage manager was extremely rude and unprofessional. I have never experienced worse customer service from an airline in my life. I have never been so appalled by an airline's customer service. United and American have always been great to fly. Will never fly Delta again.
Reviewed April 24, 2022
On April 7th I checked in at Atlanta airport very early. Arrived at the gate, printed on my boarding pass so there were nobody at the gate. Monitor showed Atlanta flight on the screen. Later on, I suspected something was wrong because there were not more info on the screen. I didn’t hear no announcement or text or email informing that the gate was changed. I asked a worker and told me that the gate was changed. I walked as fast as I can because the boarding time had passed. Arrived at the gate and flight was still opened. The flight was delayed. I approached to the assistant and when I tried to talk, she didn’t let me talk, just told me to move to the other side and she started checking in two men and let them inside the airplane. I knew they were standby passengers. Then, she started talking to another man that was trying to get into the same airplane. Then I explained to her and shower her my boarding pass and she didn’t even looked at it. She just told me to wait and went inside.
Minutes passed and I saw the screen that changed the status to close. Later on she came back, she started assisting the other man, gave him another flight. Meanwhile, I waited again for her. She never talked to me or told me what was going on. I asked her a couple of time and she stayed quiet. She just was in the computer. Until I got upset and asked her one more time what happened. I asked her if she was going to let me in. It was like I was talking to the wall. Then, I told her that I need to get into that flight. She stayed quiet. This was a really frustrating situation looking this woman doing nothing for me, at least to give the info that I needed.
Finally, when I asked her to let me in, and if the flight was closed, then she told me yes. Her excuse was that they called me and I wasn’t there when passenger were boarding. I told her it wasn’t my fault, the gate changed and I wasn’t notified. She ignored me again, and then I started telling her why she didn’t let me in when she saw me 10 minutes before the flight was closed, and that I knew she gave preferences to people in standby that me. She just told me that she was going to try to help me but because I had an attitude, she wasn’t going to help me, that I need to go to customer service instead and she left me there like I was nobody.
What kind of customer services this woman has, she was unprofessional, she ignored me since the beginning, she lied to me, she fooled me like I was a kid. If she would have explained to me since I got there, I would understood. This is unacceptable and intolerable. I never have such a bad experience with Delta before. I asked for her name and she didn’t tell me. I wish you guys know who was the person “in charged” that day and that time. She should received a warning and re-trained her how to take care of customer.
Reviewed April 21, 2022
They left us all stranded in Atlanta overnight without giving us food vouchers or motel rooms. They said it was due to the weather and not their fault. That was a lie. We had a strong tailwind the whole entire way to Atlanta that only helped make up for the hour it took the one poor baggage handler to load the whole plane by himself. Any time you try to reach customer service, you are on hold for a minimum of 3 hours, but don’t waste your time, they will only make up excuses or lie to you. Worst flight experiences and worst customer service of all the airlines. Most unhappy employees too.
Reviewed April 16, 2022
Delta let me pay for a first class ticket, allowed me to check in and receive a first class ticket. And then at the last minute they bump me down to economy! No explanation!? No refund?! No credits! Just a run around and pass the buck with the explanation that need to call customer service. Wait time you ask? 4 hours!! And then I find out that’s a “great” wait time as it is usually 8 or more hours. What?!
So I get to fly in the back at the price of a first class ticket and this is “normal” according to the gate attendant that tells me she can’t do anything to help me as this happens “all the time.” Come on Delta! Try harder. You’ve lost a customer for life. Even if they did offer a credit, what am I going to do with that? Get another overpriced ticket and get screwed over on that one as well? Good plan. I’m so sick of poor poor customer service. I guess I can say at least they didn’t give excuses, just “sorry about your luck sucker”.
Reviewed April 16, 2022
My husband and I are on a trip together yet thanks to Delta I am stuck sitting by strangers. My husband is in the top tier for Delta yet they can't figure out how to link two reservations together. Very disappointed. Going to find a new airline before we bother trying to travel together again.
Reviewed April 15, 2022
My nephew's 6months old baby was having fever, we were looking to change the flight and had to wait 3hrs to talk to an agent. We also tried over online but could not make any change. It is absolutely nonsense.
Reviewed April 13, 2022
If I could give Delta negative stars I would. I’ve been a customer since 2007 and recently moved which I guess triggers some security breach with Delta. I then tried to reset my password which prompted me to call their call center where I was on hold for over an hour and a half. I then worked from Eric from Africa who speaks French. He was great and helped me to reset my password then I asked to transfer to a manager to see why this simple process took so long. She blamed it on the weather and told me to have a good day. Safe to say I will not be flying Delta again. Jet Blue is a much better option. Can’t swear so I despise delta and recommended you never join SkyMiles.

Updated review: April 12, 2024
Delta resolved my issue.
Original Review: April 6, 2022
Delta's customer service is non responsive and can take hours to connect with. The virtual log in system is unpredictable, difficult to access and unreliable. Getting clear information is virtually impossible. I have resorted to leaving 5 hours early for a morning flight so I can speak to a human, check in and access my boarding pass. Difficult, stressful and utterly disappointing customer support.
Reviewed April 4, 2022
My husband went to Florida for a Navy reunion. The return flight was canceled. He asked about a hotel and meal. Delta says they provide if longer than 3 hour delay. They said no and he slept in airport!
Reviewed April 3, 2022
Can you imagine a help line with a 7 - 9 HOUR wait? Delta either has a very serious problem with their reservation system or they really don't care to talk to their customers. Or, there maybe another issue at play. We made reservations using SkyMiles. After several days of not getting a confirmation number or ticket number we found that there was no record of our reservations. Trying the help line, as discussed above, was not an option. So we decided to rebook the very same flight. Imagine our surprise when the flight now cost more than twice the SkyMiles than the original reservation. So maybe the reason for the "lost" reservation was to be able to jack up the cost of the reservation?

Reviewed March 31, 2022
When I booked my most recent flight from Minneapolis to South Africa the flight time was approximately 26 hours each way, going out they managed to keep to this schedule, but before I travelled Delta changed my return journey from 26 hours to over 32 hours. If I had known this earlier I would have been able to book a better quality low cost carrier. I will not be using Delta again on this flight, their marketing is deceptive at best.
Reviewed March 24, 2022
I booked with Delta through Expedia. I booked a selection that was to let me choose seats as I am traveling with 15 yr old who suffers abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting if she gets stressed. Well Delta now says I need to pay another 60. To pick seats for our round trip. And said my issue is with expedia. However everyone sitting around my daughter will be the ones with issues now as they will either be sitting by someone clutching their stomach and crying or vomiting on them. But delta does not care and Expedia says they can refund My money and I can re book.
Now we travel Saturday and I booked weeks ago. So the flights are even. Higher now. So good luck if you book with Delta and end up near my daughter. I can either afford to rebook or pay more to delta for seats. As I am fighting for disability and on top of that had a death in the family that requires me traveling tomorrow the day before the airplane flight from hell will be happening on delta if my daughter gets stressed. Both companies suck at customer relations or caring for their travelers. I am heading to expedia review next.
Reviewed March 19, 2022
Avoid Delta and Salt Lake City at all costs. The Delta employees (clerical, not aviators) think they walk on water and threaten to call Security on everyone. You could wind up on the no fly list because you are not pleased that Delta did not keep its time schedule and you are majorly inconvenienced. I understand that Customer Service Reps take a lot of heat, but they should not immediately decide to close down when someone approaches their designated Customer Service station. If I’m going to be treated like that I might as well fly on a basement carrier!
Reviewed March 16, 2022
I don't usually make post like this but I am absolutely SICKENED by the service we have received from Delta Airlines today. Leaving our home at 1 am to make it to the airport in St Louis early for the flight, my mom was greeted with a 1.5 hr wait at the bag check and ticket desk. She didn't even make it to security. Once they FINALLY addressed the 50+ people waiting in line, it was to tell them all that after their hour and a half wait the plane(s) had left without them. They stranded 50+ people at the airport. And when they told my mom the lady at the counter scoffed at her as if it had been her fault!
I spent 7 hrs on the road this morning having to go back to pick her up after their failure. After contacting the chat online I was transferred to two different agents who told me three different stories. (Yes you read that right.) Ultimately I was told I have to call in not use chat (after 2 hrs of chatting) and call in to receive a 4 hr wait time on hold! Stillll on hold. So here's one for you Delta Air Lines.
Today because of your horrific customer service:
My mother was disrespected in public by your rude employee.
I lost $75 worth of gas.
I lost $625 of potential income for the time I spent having to travel to and from unnecessarily due to your failure.
I put just short of 500 miles on my car.
My mother will not get to go see her first grandchild until we receive your "possible" refund in at the earliest 7 business days....too bad this week was the only time available in our family's schedule.
So here's to you Delta. We will never fly with you again and will be sharing our story far and wide. You can bet on it! UPDATE: 4 hrs on hold and they closed for the night without answering my call. UPDATE: after holding another hour and a half this morning to delta. We found out the lady at the airport didn't refund the ticket! Also they will not make this right and said compensation is not due to us.
Reviewed March 3, 2022
My sister-in-law booked tickets through a third-party vendor at a discounted rate for our upcoming wedding. The ticketing agency did not follow through and book the tickets. She was not notified. I called the third-party agency who blamed Delta and claimed they had notified my sister-in-law which they did not. Further review on BBB website shows that this company does the same exact thing all the time.
I spoke with a very kind representative at Delta whose name was Autumn but she could not help. I asked to speak with a supervisor just to see if they would be able to honor the price (current price was now double price from 2 days ago). Supervisor came on was quite rude from the get-go - laughing at me when I asked if there was anything they could do. I asked to speak to her supervisor because I did not like her tone or the way she was speaking to me. She refused. Told me "there is no one here who will speak with you. And you can call back tomorrow but I will add a note to your file that we will not be helping."
Terrible customer service - I understand that the issue was on the third-party side but then Delta should not send out CONFIRMATION emails. If the flight is not confirmed, then don't say it is. And if your supervisors are that rude maybe it is time for some re-training so that they have a better understanding of compassion and empathy. Delta is a large company and I don't think standing by the discounted price FROM 2 DAYS AGO would have caused them significant financial burden, but the double price will certainly be a financial burden on my sister in law. Do better Delta.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2022
We always flew Delta and are also card holders but their fares have doubled since last year yet other airlines have reasonable fares. Delta also eliminated basic fares. Will not be flying Delta anymore as other airlines are offering better fares and better promos for card holders.

Reviewed Feb. 21, 2022
I was leaving this morning from Atlanta to Panama City Panama and was at the airport on time. Very early. Got there about 5:40am. My flight wasn't leaving until 9:45am. I checked in my 2 bags, etc. The ** male agent sounds foreigner. I believe from Africa. I hear an accent. He gave me my check-in ticket and wrote gate F14 and explain to me how to get there. He was acting sort of strange. He was done with my checking and was walking pacing as if he was thinking so I asked him if he was done with me. He respond yes, so I asked for my passport and ID card. He's acting strange like not wanting to give it back. I sat there at the gate for 3hrs and 40min. and notice the screen never change to show Panama so I step over to the counter, talk to the female agent and ask if I am at the right gate number going to Panama city Panama. She said, "No ma'am. This was never the gate to Panama city Panama."
I said, "OMG, now I'm going to be late to get there." Instead of her calling over to let them know I am on my way she never did. I'm sure they would have waited for me to board, just so I won't miss my flight. And she told me I have to go downstairs to take the train to E-15, and I had time to get there. Everyone was already on board. The only person I saw was a Officer and I told him what had happened. He said he was going to talk to them. I saw the plane sit there for 3min at least then backing up slowly. Then he returns with a female agent who was very unprofessional and rude not even caring. Blaming me instead of the ticketing person who wrote the wrong gate number. All of Delta's workers look out for one another. She just directed me to some help center. Said they'll have to rebook me.
I feel Delta is irresponsible and misleading with information and not caring, hiring anyone without experience. Why do they hire these people that doesn't know a thing!! They gave me the wrong GATE # first of all. Had me missed my flight today then blame me on top of it. I paid lots of money for first class and ended up staying behind because of them leaving me behind and not getting to Panama on the date I wanted to be there, they could have use their intercom to call my name or someone should have known that I already checked in so I am there. Is so upsetting they never use the intercom to reach me if I was only sitting at the wrong gate which they gave me. I should be compensated for this **.!
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2022
Our trip began in Fargo ND on 2/12/22. After boarding the plane and waiting quite a while we were told to de board because of mechanical issues. Because of this we missed all our remaining flights and ended up waiting 4 hours until the plane was ready to fly again. We finally make it to Minneapolis MN and are forced to get a hotel for the night, which Delta did pay for after talking to 4 people. But they would not give meal vouchers or anything else to compensate for our lost time and money. We also had to pay for our own ride to and from the hotel. So it’s 5am the next day now and we go from MSP to ATL. We have to run to make our connecting flight and then deal with pretty unhelpful gate attendants. But nonetheless we make it on board, where after sitting for about 15 minutes we are told there is ANOTHER mechanical problem with the plane. So we sit and wait another hour before they finally get on and tell us to de board again…
So I am now sitting in the ATL airport writing this review not knowing when I’ll ever reach my destination of San Juan PR. It’s already been pushed back 3 hours at the time of me writing and we are offered no compensation for any of our troubles… Also 80% of the employees are less than helpful if not outright rude. I’m writing this to deter people from using this airline and save them the trouble of a a bad trip. And if not, then hopefully you have a better experience than me.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2022
I have always loved Delta Airlines and use it often. My past trip was absolutely horrific though. I decided to use my Amex points to upgrade to 1st class, along with an additional $600. I took my 1st leg no problem. Ready to board in Atlanta, going to LAX, and was asked over the pa to please come to the podium. I did and was told I needed to board immediately as an immobile person was being put next to me. They hurried me into the plane and surge enough they bring this guy, who reeked of **, and put him next to me. The flight attendants then upgraded 5 or 6 people to 1st class, the upgraded people started demanding stuff and that was the end. The guy next to me passed out upon takeoff. I couldn't have got out to use the restroom even if he was awake. I went the entire trip not being able to get up and use the restroom.
I fell asleep and kept feeling something hurting my legs, I thought it was a backpack. When we landed and lights came on I realized he had taken off his prosthetic legs and threw them in my side. He had taken all of the space in the middle also. When we were waiting to get off plane in LA I asked flight attended to use the restroom. Which he told me I couldn't till they took him off. After approximately 3/4 of the plane got off they stopped it and took him off.
First of all, maybe they should have given him his own row since it wasn't sold out, or, put someone who hadn't paid the fare with him. It was beyond annoying. I wrote to DELTA and was told they could offer me $150 giftcard. Seriously, for a $1,200 trip? Unbelievable! I don't want to switch to American Airlines, the only 2 that go out of my local airport, but I seriously feel they didn't give a hoot about my problem. Definitely going to rethink my options, not so sold on DELTA anymore. Sad.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2022
The flight attendant for flight DL2364 from Indianapolis to Atlanta exhibited an aggressive and rude communication style towards the passengers, which is way below the standard of the industry. I have a Delta Gold/Elite Plus status due to my profession requiring air traveling 3 to 4 times a month. I have never witnessed anything like this before and I thought is important to write a review because this does not fit with my general opinion about Delta, which is still my preferred company for air traveling.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2022
I have been trying to obtain an itinerary post travel, I have been on hold for three hours and cannot get a representative in chat either. Absolutely deplorable customer service. I will NEVER use Delta for my personal flights and recommend that travelers I serve avoid them as much as possible. If I could give you zero "0" stars I would. This is unprofessional and unacceptable.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2022
I paid for a round trip to Liberia Africa. On my way back from Africa I arrived at the airport three hours prior to departure. The ticket agent would not allow me to board the flight because there were issues with Delta Airlines not allowing me to board my already round trip boarding pass. I gave them my confirmation number, they found it in their system, and they could not tell me why I could not board the plane. I ended up having to stay an extra night at a hotel nearby, then I tried calling Delta multiple times with no answer. I ended up having to pay over $2000 to get back home in addition of my original ticket. There are also a lot more issues to add to the laundry list but I will keep this brief.
When I try to contact Delta on their corporate line I have not had any success to get through to a live agent. Multiple instances from contacting them they say there are higher than normal call times, then they say there is a five hour wait or longer, after being on hold for over an hour, their phone disconnects me every time. I try to take care of things online through the Delta website and send a formal complaint, and after waiting two weeks they did not respond.
So I sent another complaint on their online portal, and they say it could be after 30 days before they respond to me. So I go on Facebook, and I chat online with Delta for over an hour, and they say sorry we cannot help me. They told me I would need to call their corporate line again. I called them again tonight, with a 3 1/2 hour hold time. I got disconnected again after about an hour. Super frustrating. I do not believe I will fly with them anytime soon. They are more than happy to take your money, but not so good at dealing with complaints or trying to solve problems or help with retribution.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2022
I have never had an issue with Delta. So much so that we decided to make them the only airline our business and we use personally. That being said, tonight was a nightmare situation that is still not over. No one will fix it. They just say they are transferring me and then no one ever comes back. I was trying to book a flight for my husband and my 25th anniversary using our miles. In order to use both our miles the app wanted me to pay to transfer his miles to my account to use for him.
This seemed ridiculous so I used the messaging app to see if they could help me. The person said they needed to transfer me. No one ever came on after an hour. I thought as something may have gone wrong so I gave them the benefit of the doubt and started over. Same thing again. Tried a third time. Same thing again. Guess I'll be looking for a new airline since no one bothers to help.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2022
I was notified by email two weeks before my flight that my itinerary had changed. Originally, my return flight was from Ft. Meyers FL to Detroit MI then to Freeland MI with a 45 minute layover in Detroit. Then Delta changed the layover time in Detroit to 8 hours. Very unreasonable for a non act of God circumstance and a fully booked flight. What I requested from Delta was to give me credit or a refund on the Detroit to Freeland flight, and I will arrange to be picked up at Detroit.,Simple request I thought... Delta changed the schedule not me. This is a fully booked flight 2 weeks out, I'm sure they will sell my seat, however, the representative said there is nothing she can do. This is a case of a case double dipping. I will continue on and write a demand letter to Delta and hope for the best.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2022
My connecting flight was canceled while I was still in flight. I begged EVERY Delta representative to please connect us asap as our son has seizures and is on seizure medication and is staying with our older daughter. We have to pick him up tonight as we sent only enough medication for today. He needs his dose tonight. They were polite but kept claiming unable to accommodate our life threatening situation. Maybe they are ignorant of how dangerous this can be? We didn't throw a fit. But kept telling them our son needs his next dose and pediatrician office is closed. We are so utterly disgusted.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2021
Three cancelled flights in 3 days and they do nothing. Now I am stuck, cannot rebook using the app. Called and waited 4+ hours and then got disconnected. Tried the text feature and dealt with 4+ hour wait times as well. Agent found a flight 4 days after original flight but only first class available. Did they offer this free of charge? Nope, wanted me to pay for it. No one should have to wait hours upon hours for customer service to get absolutely nothing except for a survey. It is a disgrace when other airlines will gladly put you in first class when they have to cancel flights. Horrible, incompetent airline. Will never fly again!!
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2021
Worst airline in the sky! Do not fly with them! Zero customer service! Canceled our 5 am first-class flight from Seattle to Austin at 11 pm the night before. Only option available was a main cabin on the wing, by charging us emergency fees, even though they cancelled our flight forcing us to rebook on a different flight, crappier seats, baggage & emergency fees, no inflight meal/drink options. No discounts nor refunds offered. We will be cancelling all future travel with Delta, cancelling the credit card and sky miles. Worst airline in the sky! 1 star is too much credit for this trash company! Never flying Delta again after this experience and we travel a lot! Run away and never use this company for any circumstance! Comparable to Southwest! We recommend Alaska Airlines!
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2021
My booking for Atlanta at the last-minute was never possible without the assistance of Delta Air Lines. The Delta Air Lines travel agency team in the United States gave me the best deals for the Last-Minute Atlanta Flights Booking as well. I booked Delta Airlines Booking for Atlanta and saved around $40 on my tickets. Thanks a lot again!
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2021
Hi, On 11/17/21 I was flying DFW to MIAMI. At layover point in LGA, I was offered an alternate flight to original destination. Under the impression that this is an adjustment for Covid concerns, I agreed to the flight change assuming there are no reward or cost involved.
Later I was charged 11500 miles on my frequent flyer account that I did not expected. I was promised this would be corrected and returned. I was tracking this under Case Number - **. If Delta representative will start penalizing unsuspecting passengers under the false impression of Covid concerns, Then people will be more conservative in trusting them which not good for the airlines or other passengers.
Considering the fact that Delta did not responded in 30 day time limit, and did not corrected unauthorized mile deduction, its recent business practices are not customer friendly. Charges were not made on credit card so it cannot be disputed. Now Delta does not honor and protect miles balance in a way they claimed while promoting their card and flights. Please be aware and don't count on your miles to be available when you need them.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2021
Delta Airlines is a money hungry, greedy company that doesn't care about disabled people at all. On 04/2021 bought tickets to Jamaica. Upgraded to first class during checkout. We never been first class. Trip was planned for 1/27/22 - 2/4/22. My wife and I are both disabled and have a fixed Social Security income only, this trip was a surprise to happen during her birthday after dealing with Covid 19 for over a year of staying indoors. We didn't go anywhere other than dr appt since we both have poor immune systems. This trip was planned on the tail end of Covid 19. Who knew there would be variants still to come in the future. Well on 12/09/21 we cancelled our trip as the Delta variant is in full swing and the new Omicron was taking off.
So figured this day and age with Covid and still over 1 1/2 month before our trip would have been we would get ecredits for our total purchase price of the tickets. WRONG. Delta just gave us ecredits for our basic seat price and told me there is no credits for first class and I forfeited the upgrade. SOOOO they just made over $1000 of free money and will be able to resell my first class seats to other people. If I was rich I would care but I overextended myself buying these upgrades being on a fixed income and just to be totally ignored as disabled isn't right and I never pull the DCARD. Customer service transferred me to 3 people. Each one saying the same that I will not be getting credit for the upgrades, So future flyers take note. DELTA AIR JUST DOESN'T CARE.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2021
Last July I had to enter the hospital emergency ward with a lung disorder that had me in the hospital for 16 days. I could not fly on my appointed date and attempted to reach out to Delta to request a credit so I could fly when healthy again. The telephone waits were up to 7 hours. I wrote to Delta Customer Care 4 separate times, sent 2 separate fax communications to customer care (with confirmations they were received) and finally wrote a letter to Ed Bastian, Delta's CEO. I outlined the situation and informed Delta I am a senior citizen and disabled. I have never once received a response from Delta. Not one single response. Delta has demonstrated what may be the most horrible example of customer service in existence. Absolutely disgraceful. I will never travel with this airline again.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2021
On October 17th 2021, I was returning home to Seattle from San Jose on Delta flight DL3768 at 7:30pm. After we boarded the plane and sat in the cabin for a few minutes, the pilot informed us of a 15-20 minute take-off delay. Not a big deal. There was a thunderstorm in Tacoma, and SEATAC had slowed the number of landings they would accept. This seemed fine to me and completely reasonable.
About 20 minutes later, the pilot let us know the wait was now 45 minutes. Real nice, but also not Delta’s fault. Around 8:30, she came back on the intercom one last time to tell us the delay was now two hours. It was then she announced we were going to unload the plane and they would let us mill about the airport until it was time to leave.
A handful of us had a sorely needed margarita at the Mexican bar that was right next to our gate, but the kitchen was closed. Having had no dinner, I wandered farther down the terminal in search of protein. This was around 9:05. After a small and mediocre sandwich, I came back to the gate to find it completely empty - no passengers, no staff, and even the monitors were dark. It was around 9:30 now, and I’d only been out of earshot for about 25 minutes before returning to this Twilight Zone episode.
I couldn’t find my flight on any of the arrival or departure screens, and there were no Delta employees in sight. In fact, the entire airport seemed suddenly abandoned. At 10pm, I finally found someone who worked at Delta who was manning a gate where a flight had just arrived. After a brief verbal exchange that sounded like a “Who’s On First” routine about where I had come from and what I was asking about, she was finally able to pull up the information on my missing airplane.
They took off without me. My flight had left a half an hour ago. There was no airport-wide announcement that the flight was boarding (and I was listening to a paranoid degree). They didn’t call my name or look for missing passengers, and they left an entire hour before they said they were going to. This part was Delta’s fault. More than that, it felt almost personal. I know how long it takes to board a plane, and the answer is not 25 minutes. I’m trying to imagine the mad scramble it must have taken to get the plane fully boarded and off the ground while my back was turned, like an episode of Punk’d or Jackass. I must have just missed them when I returned to the gate. Just to twist the knife a little harder, they took my luggage – the roller bag they forced me to check because they overbooked the flight – to Seattle without me.
I assumed the woman that was helping me would put me on the next flight out, and she did – for 7am. Say what now? How can there not be any flights for the next 9 hours? I wasn’t offered any accommodations or reimbursements despite the fact that it was Delta’s fault I was stranded. After doing the math, I realized I would only get four or five hours of sleep if I left the airport and came back, so I stayed there. After 11, the terminal became an absolute ghost town. Even the shops shut down. I stayed there all night with the fluorescent lights, the stupid saxophone music on loop, no humans, no food, no sleep, and no water (since I wasn’t about the try the public fountain during a pandemic).
When I finally arrived at Seattle-Tacoma, I almost left without my bag. The person who was helping me couldn’t find it anywhere, despite the fact that it was a very distinct lime green. She checked and double-checked before finally opening a ticket and saying they would get back to me. I figured they had just completely lost it as the one final insult of this trip, and moped out of the office. Incidentally, I found it myself. I spotted the green hard-shell in the one and only one luggage cage she hadn’t checked. Apparently no one is supposed to use that crate because the lock is broken. Lovely. This was quite possibly the worst travel experience of my life, but at least I got an entertaining story out of it.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2021
I decided to apply for one of Delta's credit cards because of what it offers. Instead they gave me an entirely different card with zero benefits that I did NOT apply for. Interesting. Had they given me any kind of info that was the card I was applying for I would not have wasted my time applying simply because it offers absolutely nothing.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2021
Booked a flight to San Juan leaving December 10, 2020 returning December 19, 2020. Booked this flight in July to be certain I would get the flights I wanted because I needed to be home for Christmas plans early on the 19th. On November 1, 2020 was notified by Delta flight had been changed to a later flight also my husband and I were no longer seated together. To make matters worse a later flight on the same day had gone down $345.00 from what I had paid. I did not change our flight because it was very important to us to get home early on the 19th.
Called Delta - their response was no matter what the circumstances they do not compensate for flight changes in any way. So if I had changed my flight I would have saved $345.00. Since they changed my flight I was compensated only $150.00 and I assume that was only because they changed our seating resulting in us being separated. Very poor customer service. Delta please reconsider and do the right thing. I should receive the additional Ecredits.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2021
There were a few flights that were overbooked so I chose to volunteer my seat and get on a later flight. Customer service from beginning to end at the Fort Lauderdale Airport on Oct 14 & 15 2021 was impeccable. Tate went above and beyond. Well done Delta!
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2021
The flight was scheduled with Delta from Milan to LAX on 10/27/21. Price paid $500. At the airport, I could not find the terminal. There was no Delta terminal. No one could direct me to a Delta terminal. Although I arrived at the airport in plenty of time prior to my flight I found an empty deserted terminal in a reclused corner that was unidentified and apparently used by delta 50 minutes before departing time. After looking for almost an hr, I found the terminal empty at 11:12am and the flight was leaving 12:50pm.
First there was no one to direct me to the terminal, then it took me an hr to find it unidentified in a deserted corner, and then 50 minutes before my flight it was empty and there was no one to direct me to my flight. I called Delta and the only solution they could offer me to get home was to take a $1800 flight with Qatar Airlines that was 22hrs instead of 12hrs with a 4 hr wait time in Iraq where I was scared to death and didn't want to go. I am a celebrity tattoo artist with my own shop and had 5 clients scheduled for that day at $2500 a client. I arrived in LA exhausted after a 22hr flight and missed my 5 clients for a total of $12500 income for that day.
TOTAL LOSSES I'M SEEKING COMPENSATION FOR:Delta: $500
Quatar: $1800
Lost income: $12500
TOTAL: $14800
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2021
We flew tonight with our 1 year old child from Key West to Las Vegas, one stop in Atlanta. It was a worst experience in our life. Seats on the plane were smaller than usual, tv screen didn't work, plus they lost our 3 checked bags. Those bags all went into the different places, we will have to collect those over the next few days one by one. Never had such a horrible experience on any other airline, but Delta.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2021
Delta Airlines is a low-cost carrier thus they have an economically fair price but they can take some chances. The seats don't recline at all and my tail bone was bothering me on the, there was very little room to move. I would recommend you not to opt for Delta Airlines if you have a long journey. I made an immediate return flight with American Airlines as it was much more comfortable. The prices for last minute flight was high that why I looked up online and came across an online flight reservation portal (AirlineTicketWorld) that offered me American Airline flight ticket at an unpublished price. You guys can also check out AirlineTicketWorld or call the flight reservation team at +1-888-720-1433, they offer exclusive fair prices for various renowned flights and also offer incredible discounts.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2021
I booked international ticket transiting through London early August for December. Monday my ticket was changed without notifying me. We are three passengers. Transit time in London changed from 3 hours to 19 hours. What am I going to do regarding stay and another Covid test now. I called to fix issue. Changed my original departure date so my layover is again 3 hours. Spent four hours on hold and finally got this resolved. Nothing they can do they said. Now I thought okay everything is in order. Now two days later same issue. So now after waiting more than two hours on hold the agent is trying to fix issue again. She does not know what is happening but it is a mess. All issues cannot be resolved online. Delta needs to hire more customer service rep and fix the system. If they cannot help then they should not partner with other airlines.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2021
Delta lost a long time customer. Due to a long delay, we figured we’d hit up the Sky Club since we have an infant with us and needed a place my wife could feed our child and have something to eat herself. Since we’re Delta Platinum card holders we figured it’d be worth the $40/person. Unfortunately our card was lost on vacation. It’s on our boarding pass, digital wallet and apps but that wasn’t good enough for the rude front desk attendant. Quite honestly, it’s sad to know that when you’re in most need of Delta support they’re just not going to be there for your customers. We’re going to take our travel business and card loyalty somewhere that wants it.

Reviewed Sept. 23, 2021
I have been using my Amex since 2006 and have been accumulating miles to use for travels. I never bothered checking Delta's statements but I recently called to find out where my miles went when I have hardly used it. To my surprise, when I login to my account on Delta.com, there are no records of where the miles went, unless very recent. I called their offices after holding hours on the phone and no one, including the supervisor, had an answer for me! I even sent an email to their CEO, Mr. Bastian and then a few days later I sent a message to him on Instagram with absolutely no response! I don't trust them anymore so I suggest for everyone keep their Delta statements and make sure you keep records of them at all times. P.S. what is this all about Delta's hold time of 5 hours. I even decided once to hold on, but no one picked up!! Not sure how these organizations run their companies anymore!!
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2021
Booked a September trip with Delta in August. I know international travel has its issues right now but this is ridiculous. The airline has changed my itinerary twice now without my consent the first time sending me to an airport miles from my destination costing me a huge amount of money to book long distance transportation to get where I needed to be. Hours waiting on hold for customer service who told me they could not help without change fees and possible having to transit through a banned country which clearly Will not work.
Today I tried to check in for my flight only to find they have changed my return itinerary leaving me stranded in LA for 24 hours. Again most costs for hotels and transit. I have been on hold for customer service for over 4 hrs now and might as well give up as clearly there is nobody there. I also could lose my job due to this as I may not be able to get back in time for work. Surely an airline the size of delta has more than 2 representatives for the continental US. Obviously they don't care and take liberties with their customer itineraries knowing that it is impossible for customers to get help. I will be cancelling my SkyMiles account and never flying delta again. Absolutely appalling.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2021
My flight was at 6 A. M. and I got there way earlier than that, around 5:16 am to only to be told the plane has already left. Smh. Time punctuality at its finest smh. Never again. P.S. The staff is rude.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2021
My 8:30 flight boards at 8pm. Plane is at the gate, it's 8pm and nothing. There's no one at the counter and no update on the board, it says "on time." At 8:16 the counter rep shows up to inform us that they diverted our crew and they were trying to find another one. What?! Forty -five minutes later we board and start to taxi but, a lightning storm hits and now it's another hour wait.
I filed a complaint with the BBB since I arrived at the hotel after 2AM and had to speak at an event at 8am the next day due to their negligence. Their response? They blamed the lightning (that started at 9:05) when we should have left at 8:30 had they NOT diverted our crew. The pilot said, "if we only left 20 minutes earlier..." So they closed the complaint unresolved. Last time I ever use this dishonest company.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2021
My trip with Delta Airlines started on August 15 at 5.30 am. When I arrived at the Newark airport, it was 8.30 am and still waiting in line to deliver my luggage, it was when the Delta Airlines staff reported that the 8.30 am flight closed the doors in addition to the other flights and all the passengers stayed at the airport. They had 3 operators receiving around 200 people. It was at 8.30 am when one of the operators came up with the great idea of moving the people who had left the flight out of the line.
Very quietly they asked me to return the next day. I refused because the next day I had a flight connection to another city to have my final destination. It was then that the Delta Airlines operator offered me a flight at 1.30 pm but I had to take a taxi to JFK Airport ($ 80 from my packet). Until then I thought, well, we are human beings and we make mistakes. It was then on my return from Cali Colombia when I was checking my luggage and the operator tells me that my carry-on bag does not meet the requirements on the aircraft ahhhh? "Probably my carry-on was growing up in Cali".
I brought carry-on from NY to Cali in hand but my carry-on bag could no longer return in the same way so the operator said he was holding it for me and I had to pay $ 120 dollars. (they charged me $ 127 dollars) But Delta Airlines was not happy enough with the damage that occurred so far, when I arrived in Bogota, a stopover place, I took the opportunity to buy two bottles of liquor which were delivered to me on the plane, sealed in plastic bags, the plane had a delay of 2 hours and a half in Bogota because they had not put fuel. They had to wait for the takeoff authorization signature and this together took about three hours.
My next stop was Atlanta Giorgia, where a Delta operator received us shouting and I think he was going to hit us, trying to hurry us without the right to ask anything. Immigration passed, then the scan part, and that was when an officer told me that I could not take my two bottles of liquor because they did not fit in the scanner and he threw them in the "garbage". As simple as that.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2021
I purchase the Vacation package from Delta Vacations for vacation to Aruba. I was told the COVID testing at Marriott Stellar Aruba is part of my vacation package and they charged me $360 for the testing. Please help me get my money back for the COVID testing.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2021
I would like to give a kudos to Brandon, Sheri, and Stan at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. They were a huge help in helping my dad with the unaccompanied minor process as well as helping to locate my son's lost ID. Thank you all for being such a huge help even amidst all of the chaos! Sharri
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2021
After takeoff mult passengers near me either removed or lowered their masks below their noses incl the person next to me. I made the flight att aware who made an announcement but the people did not comply. No further action was taken. Very dissatisfied with lack of enforcement.
Updated review: Aug. 10, 2021
OMGOSH absolutely love Delta!! Thank you for making good on your cancellation policy. Using the chat feature on the website was Fabulous! I knew I could count on Delta for great customer care. Will be using Delta as much as possible from now on! If only there were people who wanted to work customer service on your phone lines you would have a home run!! Will recommend to friends.
Original Review: Aug. 10, 2021
Booked 2 one-way flights after Allegiant Air canceled our outbound flights for dream vacation. Booked on Delta website, clearly stated a 24 hr no charge cancellation policy. Upon deciding not to risk being stranded at destination and after husband had spent 13 hrs in airports the day before with < 4 hrs turn around before Delta flight I tried to cancel online. Message popped up states must contact Delta by phone. Had initially tried that before trying online cancellation and gave up after 45 min. With telephone being only option I was on hold >3.5 hrs before falling asleep after 0200. Our flights I was trying to cancel were at 0600.
Planned to drive to airport to talk to desk agent, though they probably couldn't help. Overslept, waking 0530, not enough time to get to airport before flight. Ugh! Seriously, why can't anyone answer their phones in the airline industry?!? Delta, I hope to hear from you as your cancellation policy was clearly stated and through no fault of ours could not successfully cancel flights. Reservation **.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2021
I just flew Delta today and the crew was extremely rude, threatening to kick people off the flight without bothering to ask politely to comply with the rules. And their phone system is totally of the hook. I called several times and was transferred directly to the survey and when I did finally reach the queue they told It's a 20 minute hold but it actually took an hour and a half until someone answered. When they did finally answer I must admit that they were very polite but not very knowledgeable in airline policy.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2021
I have been receiving text messages of a flight I never booked, I called to make sure no one else was using my info to travel, I was on hold for 3 hours and no one took my phone call. I texted to the link on their website and an automatic text came back that a rep would contact me. I'm still waiting after hours and hours. Horrible customer service.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2021
Lynne ** was the customer service representative that assisted us with our tickets when we called the 1-800#. When I say at 2am in the morning Mrs ** was personable-kind- patient- professional- knowledgeable and persistent on getting us the BEST prices for our LONG flight to Alaska would be an understatement— Mind you, it was 2am in the morning and she NEVER missed a beat! Phenomenal customer service- is so hard to find but we found it- with Lynne! Thank you so much for your professionalism… The ** from VA.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2021
I bought my tickets from LAX to CDG (Paris) from Delta.com. I like direct flights by Air France. Delta didn't offer direct flight for return but Air France from Paris to Toronto on 29 July and Westjet from Toronto to Los Angeles departing 2 hours after arrival of Air France. Nobody told us about Westjet cancelled their flight many days prior to the 29 July. We got the news at Toronto airport when there was no agents or counter by Westjet. We were abandoned without any help and confronted with Canadian vey Covid rules. I am fully vaccinated and had negative PCR test with US passport but was not permitted to get out of the transit area. No Delta or Westjet counter or agent were present.
Canadian Immigration officers took charge of us, after 5 hours got tickets on Air Canada for the next evening and left us like prisoners' in the transit area where at that time only one hamburger kiosk was open. We passed the night on chairs at the airport and with many difficulties passed the day after to the US zone and waited there until 6:30 PM! Of course our luggage did not come with us but just 48 hours later than our delayed arrival to LAX. I called Delta Airlines, after 75 minutes wait time an agent who said was a supervisor responded by saying that's not their responsibility even though they had sold the ticket. It's like if you buy a good from a supermarket, you get sick and the supermarket tells you that's not their fault but the producer in Chile!! I never in my life had seen any Westjet plane or people and still didn't talk to anybody from them. Their phone is not answering and I am not sure if this is not a fraud. I LOST ALL TRUST IN DELTA AIRLINES AND AM SORRY THAT I HAVE STILL MANY MILES WITH THEM!!!
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2021
I was traveling non rev and missed flight from ATL to BMI. My bag went. I called (on recommendation of the premium line) the BMI baggage and the woman (hate I did not get her name!) found my bag and routed it through Atlanta to Asheville Unbelievable. Yesterday and flight was 1411 to BMI if that helps ID her. Great Delta experience. It is always about the people.
Reviewed July 31, 2021
I booked a flight with Delta through Expedia from Cancun to the US for our family vacation right before the pandemic. The trip was cancelled due to the pandemic and we were issued credits. I re-booked the trip and Expedia helped me use our credits and pay a little more for the new tickets. After that exchange Delta took control of the tickets from Expedia and sent me a trip confirmation for all five of our family members. I could see our seats on the plane through the Delta app. When we were in Cancun ready to fly home Delta told us our youngest child had a boarding pass but no ticket. They charged us $877.28 so we could get a ticket to fly our minor child home out of a foreign country. It feels like a bait and switch.
Reviewed July 29, 2021
I’ve been trying to reach y’all now for 3 days and was just waiting on hold for an hour and you hung the phone up on me. I will not say what I want to say on here right now because I might get in trouble for using foul language. Delta is an awful airline at this point and I really really don’t wanna spend money with you guys anymore.
Reviewed July 28, 2021
Delta Airlines stop packing your planes with no pilots. Sitting 2 hours for someone to work. Will never fly with you again. 3 times same month out of Atlanta. Tired of this. I feel like a hostage when I fly with you. Comfort class nothing.
Reviewed July 27, 2021
I booked an affordable non refundable economy flight on Delta on July 2021 for a flight in August 2021, but they changed my itinerary twice within one week. Several times, I've attempted to contact Delta for making changes to my flight. However, it has become impossible to reach a live agent or have them return my phone callback requests. To cancel the flights, I have to pay some fees. They have sent me automatic email twice stating: "Your upcoming flight was impacted by a scheduling issue that inadvertently moved you to a different flight." Delta, I cannot trust you anymore. Alaska has much better customer service than you by far.
Reviewed July 26, 2021
Wait times on the phone are now 6 hours minimum. Their message us feature in the help section of their website tells you that it will connect but you may be online for 6 hours minimum too. They make it extremely difficult to reach anyone through phone or online. I booked a direct flight in May with guarantees that my seats will be next to each other. They have changed my flight 5 times now and with 2 weeks before my trip all of a sudden my flight has 1 layover and I'm not seated next to my spouse and infant. They crammed us into already booked flights so I have no options to change seats online. I am trying to modify my flight but online it says I must speak to an agent. It is impossible to reach someone. I have now read experiences of other that have waited for hours to be disconnected and put back into a 6 plus hour queue. No happy and will not be using Delta again in the future.
Reviewed July 25, 2021
July 18 Start my 3 days vacation with my 2 kids and a friend, ready to go thru security and my son passport did not scan his name is Nico. The first thing I heard it's Nico is not him, then he send us to get new passes and we miss the flight. Now we are at the airport miss one day of my vacation, everyone I told someone my situation why I was losing my fight with my kids and she told me "it's not my problem", the customer service at the desk He starts with "I have a bad day too".
I had this strong feeling want to help or be kind because I'm Spanish, this is very frustrated, was the airline's mistake and They should resolve this situation, they make us wait 6 hours in the Airport for stand by nowing was over book 6 times, we come all the way from Vermont and Maryland to be together in this 3 days trip and had a horrible experience now we are in stand by, They finally said it's not room, It's a joke they send my luggage to Tampa and reboke with a layover give us nothing no place to stay, my little trip cost me 2,000 more for hotel and food. This was unbelievable, I'll never fly Delta again.
Reviewed July 18, 2021
Okay. Things are tough and it's hard to find good employees - I get it. I deal with it, too. But when wait times are 2 hours plus on Delta's support line, it's too much. I've got medallion status and can't sign onto my account to just look at it - I just need help signing on, but it's taken over 2 hours on hold and I still don't have a resolution. Delta has a lot of work to do to get on track. Extremely frustrating.
Reviewed July 16, 2021
Delta is what Frontier USED to be. I used a $400 voucher for a round-trip from Philly to Florida. It was a 6 hr layover BOTH WAYS. My husband who didn't have a voucher bought frontier ticket for $150. NO LAYOVERS. 2 hrs EACH WAY. That means his whole round trip was shorter than ONE WAY for me. He had more leg room, more space, and it was less crowded.
Delta is literally floating on its old reputation and that is all. They are overpriced trash service. This isn't including me being on hold from OPENING HOURS TO CLOSING HOURS WITHOUT EVER GETTING AHOLD OF A REPRESENTATIVE. I hope Frontier gets recognized. They are far better quality now. I got rid of my membership and I will be flying Frontier. Delta is a scam.
Reviewed July 11, 2021
Delta has truly become an absolute nightmare to deal with. We regret getting the American Express delta SkyMiles reserve card. Unbelievably disappointing across the board. What was once considered “top notch” in the world of customer service has become absolute garbage. We’ve always have been willing to pay a premium for premium service but Delta is no different than a Frontier, Spirit, or United Airlines now. Waste of time and money. Especially if you are considering getting a American Express Delta Skymiles Reserve Card.
Reviewed July 9, 2021
I need to change my flight, called Delta twice, they had me wait 2 hours then disconnected me. Digitally I could change my flight by getting overcharged. I tried through text but they would text back every two hours asking if I still need help. They really suck, they have gone downhill. I used to like Delta but now I will write a review about this experience everywhere.
Reviewed July 9, 2021
I don’t care what Delta has going on, I’ve never been impressed by any aspect of their service. Aside from being crammed into tiny seats, paying for baggage, being treated like cattle…. NOW THEY CAN'T EVEN ANSWER A CALL IN UNDER 3 HOURS!!! I’ve always disliked Delta, but this is a new high for them. I will do EVERYTHING IN MY POWER to NEVER subject myself to this abysmal company EVER AGAIN! United, American, Delta, all of them are so incredibly horrible these days.... Absolutely shameful.
Reviewed July 8, 2021
Sitting on the plane writing this review. Flight was delayed at departure. Literally sitting here to get off plane and can’t due to gates not being available. Don’t fly Delta on a time crunch. Happens every time.
Reviewed June 24, 2021
I had been trying to cancel my flight 48 hours before my departure (today, June 24th 2021) as I became incredibly sick and contagious right before. However the website wouldn't allow me to cancel my flight before the 24 hour mark. On the website there was also no clear messaging for chat to try and reach a representative and every time I called I was placed anywhere from a 2-4 hour hold. I'm not sure who has time to be on the phone for so long, but being sick and all other aspects of life I definitely did not have such time. I'm disheartened that I couldn't utilize the cancelation process and I feel like I've not only lost out of finances in an already difficult time, but also any possible flyer miles for future flights. I don't like leaving negative reviews, but I honestly didn't know any other way of possibly reaching anyone within Delta.
Reviewed June 21, 2021
I am seriously reconsidering flying with Delta anymore. They change your flights whenever they feel like it both by making them at times you didn’t want and adding layovers that you paid more to avoid. Then When you call to complain they keep you on extraordinarily long wait times. Currently on hold at two hours. Not likely going to continue flying with them.
Reviewed June 18, 2021
I have flown Aeroflot when it was run by the Soviets, no-name Caribbean puddle jumpers which challenged me to find two matching bolts, a Siberian Airlines flight which lost an engine on the way to Moscow and military transports. Never have I received worse service nor witnessed greater incompetence than from Delta on the Jax to Louisville, Ky., flight. We traveled in a party of four; including my wife who is my care giver and two children.
Due to Delta's flight arriving late we missed our connection in Atlanta. We then spent the entire day being assured multiple times we were on the next flight only to be sent scrambling to various gates where we were told that there were no seats. Delta next suggested that we split to perhaps occupy whatever seats could be found, As mentioned my wife is my caregiver so apparently Delta felt that sending our children to a strange airport or my being left in the care of a child was a good option.
The help desks were short staffed and workers seemed to have almost perfect timing for activating their radios when talking or when someone spoke to them, drowning out the speech. My wife is a joint U.S./Russian citizen and as I explained the problems to her in Russian we received comments about this as well. Other helpful comments included that Delta would refund our ticket so we could rent a car to drive from Atlanta to Louisville, no one being able to tell us if/when/where we would get on a flight, and suggesting that we should just select another city which might be closer to Louisville than Atlanta for our destination. As a final note upon finally reaching Louisville friends who had opted to simply drive their cars rather than fly beat us by five hours.
Reviewed June 13, 2021
Glenn at gate F11 flight 2580 number ** 6:15am to Phoenix to Salt Lake City told me when I came to the desk there were no seats available very rudely. I have a video he says it's only 1 1/2 hour flight and there are no seats. He was so nice to the ** people and even said after me “let me give you a better seat” to a ** gentleman. I wish I could post the video on here but once I make the link I will be updating with video for proof. No I wasn't on standby. I just simply wanted to upgrade/pay for a different seat.
So I looked online and there were seats for purchase and I purchased. When I asked why was I able to change online he says, "Well people change all the time and there was nothing available." I'm shaking and crying writing this as I felt Delta was superb customer service. He says, "I don't have an employee number so I can correctly identify him." Have that on video. He keeps rolling his eyes. I can't see where I can upload the video. I will be uploading video to social media. Even other passengers heard and told me they were sorry! Date 6/13/2021. I can afford any ticket I want! He even asked me was I by myself and I said yes. He says, "Well there aren’t any to change to."
Reviewed June 10, 2021
As far as excellent customer service goes, Delta has failed to deliver that. I was told on several occasions that I could request someone else to look into my baggage claim case because the claims specialist I was assigned did not accept several receipts that I submitted for reimbursement. I made both verbal and written requests for over a month, and even received a written response from the original baggage claims specialist that she would forward my case and I'd get a follow up within 10 business days. That didn't happen whatsoever. I was forced to call into the baggage claim call center to follow up with my own case, and was told each time by a different representative that I would receive a follow up within 2-3 business days. That didn't happen either. Representatives that work in baggage services do not work at the same location as baggage claim specialists which are the people that handle baggage claims.
From what I was told my account would be flagged and a notification would get sent out to everyone and I will receive a response within that time frame. After about my 15th call, I finally was able to get someone but was told after the fact though, that this information is incorrect. But why were there several representatives repeatedly telling me this information? Not only that, I found out that my case had been closed by the claims specialist I complained about and because it was closed it could not be reopened.
Other misinformation...Delta does not "reassign" baggage claims and has never done that. This same representative then offers to give me a $500 voucher because she didn't understand herself based on the notes that were on my account. But then she insulted me and also informed me that it was an hour past her shift and that she had to go and there was nothing more that she could do after I implied I wanted to file a complaint based on all of the misinformation and the amount of time it took for a response regarding my case. I didn't even get the voucher because of this.
I have filed several complaints about the customer service with Delta and the way I've been treated overall since my baggage was lost. No one has ever called or sent an email. There's a complaint/comment link on the Delta website that sends an automated email asking for 7-21 days for a response that you'll never get. I have the emails to prove it. My call log shows all the dates and times I've spent speaking to representatives getting the run around also. I feel like this is done on purpose. No one should ever have to go through this. That's why I am writing about this.

Reviewed May 26, 2021
I have been trying to talk with a customer representative for two days. They say wait time is 8 to 9 hours. Who is going to stay on phone waiting that long. No excuse for this. American Airlines customer service is much better.
Reviewed May 25, 2021
I had a horrible interaction today with a Delta check-in employee and had to reschedule my international flight because delta's COVID testing policy differs from South Korea's actual government policy/that of every other airline. I wanted to file a complaint and the wait time to reach customer service is 6 hours???? I used to hold Delta to a quality a step above other airlines but they are seriously slacking these days! For those interested, Delta's policy for flights to Korea is COVID test results within 72 hours of the departure flight. Mine resulted at 8:20 AM 3 days prior to a 10:20AM flight. They said this test is 74 hours prior to departure. The actual Korean government policy is that the 72 hours resets at 12AM everyday so it shouldn't matter and that is how every other airline like Korean Airline honors the testing.
Not only that, it turned out even if I didn't get COVID tested, since I am a Korean citizen I could have filled out a form to accept quarantine in my house in South Korea. The employee didn't know this and told me I had to pay $2800 to quarantine in a hotel and he refused to print out the quarantine form for me even when I requested it. Source: Attachment document on this site **.
Reviewed May 25, 2021
My 6:10 flight was delayed by an hour and now my connecting flight is delayed by an hour. My son and I are sitting on plane with no air wearing a mask. Temp has to be 80+. Come on Delta you can do better than this??!!
Reviewed May 25, 2021
I have been trying to talk to someone at Delta reservations for 3 days now and waiting for hours but no luck getting anyone... After signing for call back in the morning, I received call back around midnight after I had already gone to sleep. Also requested urgent help to speak to someone...to call me but to no avail. This is very poor and ridiculous cust service for such a major airline... I called other airlines and was connected in less than 2 minutes!! Even tried their chat service but to no avail!!.. No response for hours!!! Also when trying to cancel my online reservation online, it keeps directing me to call Delta reservations to help cancel my reservations?!?!
Reviewed May 24, 2021
I'm so disappointed in the terrible customer care on my recent delta flight. First, on the Delta email confirmation after purchasing my child's ticket, it clearly stated that we got a carry on AND checked bag (50lbs/23kil) Free. When trying to check in, the gate attendant first said we got NO checked bag for the ticket & after talking about it with us a while, they said, "Oh actually you DO get a checked bag, but it has totally different dimensions than a normal checked bag, and it can only be 10lbs"... All of this info, even though our email confirmation did not only NOT say that, but said that we should get a 50lbs bag for FREE.
On a call after the fact while filing a complaint about the issues with the flight and trying to explain my experience as a customer, the representative spent the whole time contracting me and his/herself. And even though they didn't know all the info, they told me I should have known because somehow it was clear... to everyone...? Bad customer experience on ALL levels. Great job, Delta. Tell us one thing in your direct communication about the flight, have your people tell us something different when we ask, and then hide the actually "correct" info that contracts all that info, and then tell the customer they are the problem..?! Really?
Reviewed May 24, 2021
My first complaint is a simple one. Our departure flight was changed a whole day from May 15 to May 16 with no explanation. When I questioned the desk at flight time they indicated that flight DL0924 from SLC to Atlanta had indeed flown on Sat leaving my husband and me very confused. Also the delay of a day resulted in additional costs to us.
The second complaint is more complex. The CEO of Delta, Ed Bastion, has gotten his company involved in political issues particularly the new GA election law which he seems not to understand fully. This is very disappointing. The focus of Delta should be the safe transport of their customers from destination to destination. His personal opinions of voting laws is of no interest to me and should not reflect the company’s position. If given a choice I will not fly Delta Airlines in the future or any other carrier that acts with lack of understanding and misinformation. Mr Bastion, your focus should be on your customers and your stockholders. Stick to the business of flying airplanes! I would like a response regarding both my concerns. Thank you.
Reviewed May 20, 2021
Let me start by agreeing with most, that Delta is one of the best airlines out there. I recently upgraded to comfort on a 10hr overnight flight from Buenos Aires to Atlanta. The seat did not recline neither my 76y old neighbor. Imagine how pissed I was, also constantly holding my neighbors head falling on me. Happens! I have travelled a lot and seen worse. Yet I do expect a response and apology from Delta to start with. After a 3hr+ wait on my call I was coldly greeted by a Lady named Teana who might have had prior information since she did not hesitate in return my $170.00 upgrade. She also awarded me a $150.00 credit (which I have yet to see) for the inconvenience...really? Have you ever tried to sleep upright on a chair? It was brutal! The $150.00 credit for future travel isn’t even worth my 3hr wait on the phone! I am extremely disappointed this time and may not ever use that credit.
Reviewed May 20, 2021
I have been holding on the phone for 4 hours and 1 minute and still holding to speak to a CSR about my cancelled ticket. This is a horrible example of guest service and a injustice to the guest who paid for the services already. I need to explain my reasoning for cancel for hope that I get my money back. I'm not wanting a credit.!!!
Reviewed May 17, 2021
Been trying to call Delta for 2 weeks. Always 8, 9 and 12 hour hold times. Yesterday I called at 8:30 AM, y'all offered a call you back option in 90 minutes, instead you called me back 12 hours later when I was sleeping. I had 3 vacations booked through delta and guess what that will be that last 3 I ever book. Maybe Delta needs a new CEO.
Reviewed May 14, 2021
"7 hours" to wait to talk to a representative is unacceptable. I have traveled Delta many times. However this year I have had to call to add infant in arms or they changed my flight which didn't work for our schedule. You cannot make these changes online so are forced to call the reservations or customer service department. First call I had to wait 3 hours to add our infant in arms. Second call hours waiting again. Third call they changed our flight, which online said you could change online but when you try to it tell you that you can't. So I called and it told me I had to wait for "7 hours". Please augment your customer service/reservation team. These wait times are terrible. These are harder times for airlines but don't lose quality service in the process. Take care of your customers and they will take care of you.
Reviewed May 6, 2021
I booked with Delta through Hotwire. I had never used delta before but it was the only airline that didn't have a 6am return flight. I was traveling with my boyfriend and 3 yr old son. Here's my story. First, I booked the flight and car. All the funds were pending from my account. When it actually charged my card, I noticed it was 1 plane ticket less. I thought maybe they changed something due to my son's age, cool. So I questioned whether he would be allowed a carryon or not. The website says it's based on price. Seeing as to how I wasn't sure what happened with the ticket prices, I figured I'd call to find out. I spent 9 HOURS to ask this simple question. 5 hours on hold waiting for someone to answer before I gave up, and 4 hours trying to use the online chat. Finally, I got someone, gave them the ticket number (which I figured they would say something if they missed the charge), they said yes to the carry on.
Then we get to the airport. We're carrying our bags, a car seat, a stroller and a child. We were rushed through security as if we were an inconvenience- literally shouted at- and we weren't moving slow (ok whatever). We get to the gate and wait. Then our flight was delayed due to a mechanical issue with the a/c. For 2+ hours. We missed our connecting flight in Atlanta. At this point I'm stressed, but think "better safe than sorry, things happen". Flight back home: again, rushed through security. Get to the gate. Wait. Another delay. Mechanical issue with the a/c unit. What are the chances? Again, waiting hours to get on the plane and missing our connecting flight home.
Here's the kicker, it was the last flight from Minneapolis to Milwaukee that day so we were not getting home. They searched for options and said, "We can MAYBE get you on tomorrow but all of tomorrow's flights are booked up so we'll put you on standby and hopefully you get something." They put us in a hotel in Minneapolis for the night. I had thrown away a bunch of stuff that I didn't think we needed anymore; toothbrushes, toothpaste, trial sizes of deodorant, all of the toiletries. No car, no gas station nearby to walk to, no food. Ok now we go to the airport again the next morning to see if we can get on a plane. They luckily said yes. We wait. They announce the flight was overbooked and offered $400 for someone to take a later flight. No one took it.
Eventually they landed on $600 and someone gave in. $600? I got a $50 hotel room to wait an entire day. Moving on, we go to board and they gave each of us separate seats. I asked if there was a way my 3yr old could sit by either myself or my boyfriend and they said I could figure it out myself. Finally, an attendant on the plane helped me switch seats with another rider so my toddler didn't have to sit with a stranger. We got home and I was just relieved to have it all over with. Then I check my bank account 5 days later and delta charged me another $438.40! Do I want to spend another 9 hours trying to contact cust service, or call the whole thing a loss and save my sanity?
Reviewed May 5, 2021
I booked a flight to go from RDU to BCN. Specifically booked with Delta to have just 1 stop. Due to rescheduling delta changed my flights and now I have 2 stops. I call and I have been waiting on hold for 4 hours. No answer…. I bought a 1 stop ticket. So I want a 1 stop ticket.
Reviewed May 5, 2021
I’m trying to change my ticket with Delta Air Lines for he past 2 days. The first day after holding for 3 hours, I had to hang up. The next day after 3 hours holding the agent hung up on me. The second time after holding for 2 hours the agent hung up even without saying hello. The third time over 3 hours hold and no hope someone will really answer. On their recording it mentions that you can change reservation online, but you can’t. I will never ever ever use Delta airline in the future. No supervision or monitoring of their customer service. Horrible airline. Please don’t use it even if it is the cheapest.
Reviewed May 3, 2021
I am a Diamond Medallion for many years now and I have to say that in the last year customer service even at my level has become very poor. It is to the point I am very close to switching to United and trying them out. Wait times are usually a minimum 30 minutes (even on the Diamond line) no matter what time of day you call. Further the call me back feature I have requested approximately 5 times in the last year and it has never worked once.
Though the long imposed wait was painful it was at least possible to speak with someone helpful, but now on my last two calls I have been speaking with the Singapore call center who is difficult to understand at best and only recently booked me a flight that when I checked on it after the call found to be wrong. Now I am on hold again with them and again Singapore with a worse representative than the last time. I have had enough as an elite member and I can only guess at the pain non-elites go through. This airline has gone down the tubes. MW
Reviewed May 3, 2021
I have used Delta in the past and they had good customer service, plane ride smooth and clean but this time they have changed my flight now 3 times and they left it up to us to find a new one. We had everything ready to go: flight, hotel, and everything else for our trip. Then we get not one but two emails with them changing our flights time and layover airport/city. Then when I got the next email they said if I didn't like the times I was to call or get ecredit! Really? Well I tried calling and was on hold for 3 hours in between 2 different phone calls...Tried their chat but again I was on hold for a very long time and when I asked for someone to call me back...nothing.
My husband ended up going late in the evening to the airport and talking to one of the airport agents who thankfully turned around and called someone to change our flights to a different time. No ecredit for our time and frustration over just trying to get someone to assist us. With all that being said I opened my email this morning and wouldn't you know it...they changed our times again! I am not happy with the way they are treating us. If I didn't already have flights bought and paid for through them I wouldn't use them again. Very disappointed for sure.
Reviewed May 2, 2021
A reservation was made in March to fly in June. I received notification that my reservation had changed and my seats were deleted. I went through the process to get new seats and was set, until they changed my itinerary again. I waited to change seats and glad I did as they changed it again. I called and spent 2 hours rearranging my flights for 4 family members and thought that would solve the issue as I changed the route. For the fourth time they changed it again and added an additional layover. I understand we are in Covid days but how do you stay in business offering such HORRIBLE service?!!!
Reviewed April 22, 2021
I have been a loyal Delta customer for years. Until recently, I flew Delta exclusively. This month, my wife and flew Delta for a trip to Florida. Our trip down was delayed due to weather which is unavoidable. However, we then had mechanical problems, had to land at a different airport and we waited four hours for a repair. I understand that problems happen, and we got to our destination on the day we were supposed to albeit 6 hours late.
Our return trip however was much worse. Our flight was delayed 8 hours due to equipment problems, then four hours due to weather. We missed our connecting flight in Atlanta, and the backup connection flight. Delta was unable to book us the next day from Florida, and we had to book on American Airlines. We incurred over $800 in additional costs due to Delta's problems. We were told we could get reimbursement for the AA tickets and the hotel costs. So far, I have been unable to talk to anyone at Delta for help on this matter. I am so very discouraged with this airline on which my wife and I have flown over 100,000 miles.
Reviewed April 20, 2021
Delta has been such an amazing airline to me and my family. My mother was traveling alone with a baby and they helped her carry everything down the ramp and get situated even the first class attendant was making sure they were comfortable, happy, and most importantly safe. I chose delta over my hometown airline because the service is just that good. I even get free bags with the other airline and still choose delta. Delta even recognized my choice and privately thanked me for choosing them. Thank you guys for such an amazing experience!
Reviewed April 20, 2021
I called customer service just before 7pm today and was given option to hold for 2:44 hours. No option for a call back was given. At onset of the call I was informed that service is affected by Covid. How do they get away with this lame excuse. Most large companies I know compensated for Covid and moved into a ‘new norm’ with little or no impact on service. Well it is now 11:28, nearly 4:30 hours since the call started still with no customer representative available. How do they justify these call center statistics and then praise their customer service. Quite remarkable.
Delta Air Lines Company Information
- Company Name:
- Delta Air Lines
- Year Founded:
- 1924
- Address:
- 1030 Delta Blvd.
- City:
- Atlanta
- State/Province:
- GA
- Postal Code:
- 30354-1989
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.delta.com
