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4 hours ago, Date Masamune said:

More to this story, must be.

 

Delta does not fly to Bangkok has not for years.

 

By the way I’m up there frequently and Business is full MOST OF THE TIME, on every airline except for ANA, not empty, because of upgrades. A real medical evacuation flight on a private jet costs an enormous amount of money even the airlines that have equipment to block economy seats to put in a stretcher charge for 6-9 seats based on configuration.

 

If you click on the link to this story, Delta appear to be blaming their Shanghai partner airline for the problems. 

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Incorrect information.  Delta flies to Bangkok from many different locations in the US including Detroit and Houston.  I have used Delta to fly to Bangkok after flying into Detroit from Toronto.

'nuf sed.

You are suffering a fundamental misunderstanding. Thailand is a backward tourist destination they can’t make money on. No US airline flies to Thailand currently. TG does not fly to North America anymore either. Any flight to Thailand bought from DL is a codeshare with another airline Delta being in Skyteam alliance I guess it is China Southern.

 

On the other hand tiny little Singapore has two daily non-stop flights on United from San Francisco alone.

Economics.

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3 hours ago, dcnx said:

Tourist scum.

 

Send them back so they can be arrested and deported for not having proper insurance that coveres First Class plane tickets or emergency airlift.   

 

Bravo Sir! Someone had to say it.    :thumbsup:

 

Far too many bleeding heart & softie types on this forum.

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3 hours ago, WeekendRaider said:

there are many aspects to air travel and tourism that are becoming almost surreal. just imagine, what ten years from now will be like. example. 6,400 million of us have never been inside an airplane once in their life yet.  

 

so this idea that we all have a social right to inexpensive air travel including all kinds of prerogatives is even more absurd than any religious narrative, or even political narrative, that I can think of.  

 

avionics takes 10 to 20 years to safety test entirely new aircraft designs, plus 20 years to swap out fleets added, and the biggest optimists assert that we need 20 years more research just to get to emissions free long distance jets and then tack on the 15 years from emissions to effect meaning the least essential carbon emissions source with the longest series of latencies that almost stretch about 8 decades. whereas  trains (China and Thailand).... and EV cars are already here today... and ain’t even subsidized nearly as much as airports and commercial air travel has always had to be just to stay barely solvent.  

 

Get Ready For A Big Surprise.

Your time scale suggests we have only just emerged from biplane transportation or the Hindenburg model.

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2 hours ago, Date Masamune said:

You are suffering a fundamental misunderstanding. Thailand is a backward tourist destination they can’t make money on. No US airline flies to Thailand currently. TG does not fly to North America anymore either. Any flight to Thailand bought from DL is a codeshare with another airline Delta being in Skyteam alliance I guess it is China Southern.

 

On the other hand tiny little Singapore has two daily non-stop flights on United from San Francisco alone.

Economics.

For sure I haven't seen any domestic U.S. airlines flying in or out of Bangkok in years. Last time I went home it was Delta, half the flights (including out of and back into Bangkok) was Korean. Same with my final trip home later this year, out of Bangkok is Korean as well. I've flown a lot of airlines on trips home, but last decade none have been an U.S. airline leaving BKK. I don't even think I've seen any listed on the signage at Suvarnabhumi, though I might be wrong.

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I just don't get why this was any of Delta's fault.

It was the codeshare portion with Shanghai Airlines that was the problem, I'm assuming they were flying into PVG.

First Class costs money, we all know that. 

The price they ultimately got quoted for a last minute first class seat sounds like a deal.

It's not the airlines fault the kid had a accident, as sad as that is.

It looks like they were moved to bulkhead seats which are as good as it gets in cattle class. Mom or Dad stand, raise the armrest and voila!

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3 minutes ago, CGW said:

Never had it, never will -after many hundreds of flights I have saved a huge amount of money ???? 

Great for you, but then do you expect the airline or hospital to pick up the tab when it goes wrong ?

 

I don't mind people not having it, its a personal choice but then when something happened one should not expect others like airlines or hospitals to pick up the tab.

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Just now, CGW said:

"when" or if, insurance companies gamble and make money on the remote "If" 

I have health insurance, havent been denied a claim yet, overall i lost out so far. Still its nice to have just in case. They seem to play fair. But i read my policy covers motorbikes too and stuff like that.

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1 minute ago, robblok said:

Great for you, but then do you expect the airline or hospital to pick up the tab when it goes wrong ?

 

I don't mind people not having it, its a personal choice but then when something happened one should not expect others like airlines or hospitals to pick up the tab.

empathy
/ˈɛmpəθi/
noun
 
  1. the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
    synonyms: affinity with, rapport with, sympathy with, understanding of, sensitivity towards, sensibility to, identification with, awareness of, fellowship with, fellow feeling for, like-mindedness, togetherness, closeness to; 
    informalchemistry
    "what is really important about learning a language is learning empathy for another culture"

 

You lack it!

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2 minutes ago, robblok said:

Great for you, but then do you expect the airline or hospital to pick up the tab when it goes wrong ?

No? on what grounds would an airline be expected to pay out, travel insurance and medical/health insurance is a different matter, hospitalisation is covered by medical insurance.

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10 hours ago, NokNokJoke said:

I  thought the airlines had the right to refuse to let a passenger board who was medically unfit for the flight?

 

 

What a silly post. Where does it say he boy was medically unfit? The US doctor advised them to wait for the swelling to go down, that's not as statement that he was OK to fly when the swelling had gone down a bit.  

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1 minute ago, pornprong said:
empathy
/ˈɛmpəθi/
noun
 
  1. the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
    synonyms: affinity with, rapport with, sympathy with, understanding of, sensitivity towards, sensibility to, identification with, awareness of, fellowship with, fellow feeling for, like-mindedness, togetherness, closeness to; 
    informalchemistry
    "what is really important about learning a language is learning empathy for another culture"

 

You lack it!

I don't lack empathy at all, people lack common sense if they don't have a travel insurance and expect others to pick up the bil. So because don't want to spend money on travel insurance others should pay. 

 

Maybe you with all your empathy should pick up the bill for those people. I mean are on that moral high horse. Put your money where your mouth is or are you one of those freeloaders that expect others to pay for him. You know the guys that sneak in parties for free drinks and so on ?

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2 minutes ago, CGW said:

No? on what grounds would an airline be expected to pay out, travel insurance and medical/health insurance is a different matter, hospitalisation is covered by medical insurance.

Travel insurance should have paid the airline, I see no reason for an airline to give something for free because people forgot to book travel insurance. I don't see why those people feel they are entitled to it even though delta already halved the costs. 

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8 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

Delta stopped flying to BKK in 2016, so what is the story about?

My niece just flew to BKK on Delta. Delta from the States to Seoul, Korean Air from Seoul to BKK. All booked as a Delta flight with Delta on all the documents.

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26 minutes ago, robblok said:

I don't lack empathy at all, people lack common sense if they don't have a travel insurance and expect others to pick up the bil. So because don't want to spend money on travel insurance others should pay. 

 

Maybe you with all your empathy should pick up the bill for those people. I mean are on that moral high horse. Put your money where your mouth is or are you one of those freeloaders that expect others to pay for him. You know the guys that sneak in parties for free drinks and so on ?

Lacking empathy is a core trait of all junta fanboys.

Fools, happy to cut off their nose to spite their face.

 

You qualify!

 

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The boy is 5 - all he has to do is turn sideways in a window seat and lay his leg up on his father or mother's lap in the seat next to him - in economy.  It would remain elevated and no extra ticketing needed.   

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9 minutes ago, Skallywag said:

The boy is 5 - all he has to do is turn sideways in a window seat and lay his leg up on his father or mother's lap in the seat next to him - in economy.  It would remain elevated and no extra ticketing needed.   

That's kinda what I thought, it's a storm in a teacup story

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And if someone in your family dies do not expect to get a discount to fly back to the funeral. Delta is catching hell but it appears it was there partner airline. They saved a few bucks on the initial flights but paid in the end

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Cheeky monkey parents.

It's not the airlines fault at all.

Get the correct insurance if you want a first class ticket home.

To many parents have the,  i'm entitled to it all,  every time, attitude.

And how stupid for people to go at the airlines, regardless of code share or not.

Stupid, selfish parents, on aircraft. some times.

Get your money out,  or shut up and put up. :bah:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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10 hours ago, Date Masamune said:

More to this story, must be.

 

Delta does not fly to Bangkok has not for years.

 

By the way I’m up there frequently and Business is full MOST OF THE TIME, on every airline except for ANA, not empty, because of upgrades. A real medical evacuation flight on a private jet costs an enormous amount of money even the airlines that have equipment to block economy seats to put in a stretcher charge for 6-9 seats based on configuration.

 

I had one of the last flights on Delta to Thailand in 2016

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