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The wife made it up to Delta Diamond, or Platinum, or whatever it is, for a year.  That was really nice.  She is very committed to Delta for some significant reasons.

It's good that they have some flights out of ATL.  I usually get to Silver which gets me ... almost nothing.  We upped to the Amex Delta Reserve cards which get us into the lounge and one free companion ticket, which can be in First domestic.  I splurged on First to SF with that.  Of course, First is not really much of a deal on domestic flights IMHO.  I need Economy Comfort because of the leg room.

I think Boeing is suffering with the 737 Max grounding but their stock price has not collapsed.  The wife worked for the outfit that makes engines for that.

I made it to Delta Silver both years I lived in ATL. Lots of trips back and forth to CA, and some regional stuff (plus my first business trip to France helped). 

Generally the "advantages" of the minimum status aren't that meaningful. Upgrades are nearly impossible with every flight being full. There is an advantage that you get to use the premium security line. The only real difference from the airline at that point is if you actually interact with the airline, they treat you like a human being instead of self-loading cargo. But that's worth something IMHO, in today's air travel world.

I used to be United Gold, which had some actual value. I find that my overall happiness is generally inversely proportionate to my airline status.

Man, I'm getting really damn sick and tired of airlines.

Flying to Medford OR next week. Granted, that's a little podunk airport, and the flight is on Allegiant. So I expect to get nickle-and-dimed for every damn thing I want (including seat selection), because they're Allegiant.

Looking at flights to Chicago around the weekend of the TCU@Purdue game, however, and since it's O'Hare, I'm looking at normal reputable airlines. Nope... If you want ANYTHING, including the opportunity to actually pick a seat, you pay out the nose. I've been a loyal American flyer for the last 12 years, most of those years keeping at least AAdvantage Gold status, and yet that doesn't mean anything.

These damn airlines are pissing me off. Seat selection? Pay. Checked bag? Pay. Carry-on bag? Pay. I mean really, now we're getting charged for a carry-on? I've already gone to make sure that I don't have any liquid over 100 mL with me because I don't want to check bags anyway, but now I have to pay for a carry-on that's always in my possession and they don't even have to track/handle for me? And with how expensive some of these fees are, I might as well just buy clothes at my destination and throw them out at the end of the trip.

It's almost to the point that if they want me to have the privilege to wear clothes on the airplane, and breathe their air, they're going to charge for that too.

I'm over this crap. It's Southwest from now on. They might not give me a seat selection, but I know how to handle that. At the very least they don't nickle and dime me for the things that SHOULD be taken for granted when flying.

Yeah, I just check in for my flight in the morning, and they're still doing the upgrade seat selection for my dinky little plane flying into Augusta, GA.  It has 2 rows on either side of the aisle.  Every seat is either window or aisle, and each is being offered for an upgraded price.  It's beyond greed - it's literally stupid and makes no sense...I'm getting one or the other already!

Global Entry is the way to go.

How does this "real ID" stuff work? I just renewed my DL in January. 

Imagine each conference has 8 teams.  They play 7 conference games, and 3 solid OOC opponents.  That would be cool IMHO.  Of course, you'd have a zillion champs rattlings around.

Yeah, but what if they went to quasi-random regional bowl games that mostly were exhibitions?

I think "we" are getting old, cranky, pining for the past, and probably wishing baseball was played with tiny gloves.