Quote Originally Posted by mrs767er View Post
Hello to Jurgen South Africa!! One of our favorite places in the world--and one of the hardest to nonrev....
Sadly, there are issues beyond seat count that can effect your chances. One is station mgr doesn't want to bother w/nonrevs if it means a delayed takeoff. You have to get cleared (after all the paperwork--cargo etc) then get thru security and make it to the gate.
HK's are inconvenienced OR unassigned seats for rev ticket pax, and rarely, Pos Space staff.
What date? Maybe I can give a second opinion. We travel S2 thru JNB and once didn't make it and had to connect thru Dubai.
Ok, you are not the only one I have heard this from. There is an employee here in IND, who experienced this at JNB. He also said that the manager takes bribes from revenue customers for upgrades.
My question is why does DL put up with this? It seems to be common knowledge that is happens.