Thread: Non rev thru CDG

Originally Posted by jwadsley

Flew out of CDG to ATL. Non Rev on Delta as retirees.

Got there plenty early, DL had 4 flights going out, all about an hour apart.

The AF agents would not let us list for all the flight as the 1st and 2nd flight was "too tight" according to them, even though it was an hour plus between flights. Missed the first flight, just happened to go to the second gate where they were calling one of our groups names. He got a seat but the French had already given away two seats (our seats because we were senior) to a junior family, which if they had not given them up my mom and I would not have made it out. Ended up convincing them we were the senior party, even though AF agents could have cared less and were unwilling to help sort it out.

Had to take little mini vans to the actual airplane, and it turned out the Capt was aware of how badly the AF staff treated DL non revs he refused to launch the aircraft until every seat was full, paying passengers or Non Revs.

That was the last time I'll ever go through CDG again.

If you are not familiar with the disparity of systems, it's a rude awakening at CDG. They rely on written declarations by nonrevs and I don't doubt that people lie about their priority. I used an S2 and it showed as S3B after I got home!! My husband is active employee w/27 yrs. I still got on CVG flight BUT I could have been screwed by AF agents. Go with the expectation that they might just do that and deal with it. DL did not "charge" me for an S2. When I saw the S3B, I wrote to DL and made sure they reported the situation. I realize you can't do that since you made a huge fuss about it (that's a no no, even if AF was wrong). Just be prepared to have a possible issue.

Originally Posted by jwadsley

Actually we never made a huge fuss about it, we just knew the other family was junior and they gave up their seats. As it has been about 5 years since then, its not a big deal...just a reason why I would never go back through CDG.

5 years ago is not relevant today. Aside from the continued paper activation, there are so many more flights and more DL personnel at departure desks. My last foray was quite pleasant except for the wrong priority code. Since I had been on DLnet, I would have quietly disputed the mistake but I did get biz elite and a few others got on, too.