Delta Update

[Dee S]

This is from Delta website just now. This one was $1046.

$1046 is for BASIC seating, which is up to you. I prefer to select MAIN.

Upgrade to MAIN and you can select your seat and board in groups. The price for going MAIN on the dates you selected.

 

[Mike B.]

Today, for a flight from SLC to Joberg leaving on June 5 and returning June 25 on Delta, going through Atlanta both ways, is $4384 in the main cabin. To get it down below 3k, you have to go through Heathrow and on the flight coming back, it's a 9 hour layover there. For comparison, we paid $3600 for premium select for that same flight months ago. I know it's getting close to our departure date but come on, it's not that close and those kinds of prices are stupidly ridiculous.

 

[Philip Glass]

Today, for a flight from SLC to Joberg leaving on June 5 and returning June 25 on Delta, going through Atlanta both ways, is $4384 in the main cabin. To get it down below 3k, you have to go through Heathrow and on the flight coming back, it's a 9 hour layover there. For comparison, we paid $3600 for premium select for that same flight months ago. I know it's getting close to our departure date but come on, it's not that close and those kinds of prices are stupidly ridiculous.

Yes these prices are stupid and they are not even filling the planes! This is why I’m on Qatar in Business for around $4500.(last year Was $4000)

 

[Hyde Hunter]

What about taking the Covid test in South Africa before boarding the flight to return to the U.S.? When it was three days prior to the flight in 2021, it was doable. Now that it is one day, I'm not sure how much faith I have in the South African pharmacies to get the test done that quickly. Is taking a test at the JNB airport an option before boarding Delta? What have others been doing to comply with this requirement in 2022?

covid test at the airport in SA 15 min and 18 dollars 280 rand, also as of 4-20 we had the test and was never asked about it upon returning to the US, money wasted

 

[Mike B.]

I was just on flight aware and it does appear that this flight is now going daily. Someone had mentioned that they were told it would go daily sometime around the 24th of May and it looks like it did just that. So now it will be interesting to see if it gets canceled often due to lack of customers or if it keeps going due to strong customer demand.

 

[PARA45]

Flew on Delta 25 May, and the flt was packed, just a handful of empty seats. BTW, it’s a brand new Airbus A350, very nice aircraft.

SA accepted my Vacc certificate with QR code, from the web site posted on the forum, no issues at all. Have to wear mask at the airport.

 

[Philip Glass]

Delta has moved departure times on DL 200 and DL201 back. I am booked on them for my Namibia and South Africa hunts for next June. This does not help me at all.

Your New Flight Info

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FLIGHT/DATE​ DEPART​ ARRIVE​

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​ Delta 1316 Tue, June 6​ San Antonio, Texas 12:00 pm​ Atlanta, Georgia 3:26 pm​ ​ UPDATE - CHANGE​ ​ Delta 200 Tue, June 6​ Atlanta, Georgia 9:40 pm​ Johannesburg 7:00 pm ** Wed, June 7​ ​ ​ Previous Schedule​ Atlanta, Georgia 7:05 pm​ Johannesburg 4:30 pm ** Wed, June 7​ ​ ​ UPDATE - CHANGE​ ​ Delta 201 Wed, June 28​ Johannesburg 10:55 pm​ Atlanta, Georgia 9:05 am ** Thu, June 29​ ​ ​ Previous schedule​ Johannesburg 9:55 pm​ Atlanta, Georgia 8:15 am ** Thu, June 29​ ​

 

[Mike B.]

This was a bit of a nuance to us for next June as well. I had to change our connecting flight on our way home to a little bit later because there was no way I was going to chance it with only an hour and a half to get through customs and get to the gate. What sucked the most was the later departure heading to Joberg now gives me almost 5 hours in Atlanta to have to kill. Even with the delta lounge, it will still suck.

 

[Hyde Hunter]

This was a bit of a nuance to us for next June as well. I had to change our connecting flight on our way home to a little bit later because there was no way I was going to chance it with only an hour and a half to get through customs and get to the gate. What sucked the most was the later departure heading to Joberg now gives me almost 5 hours in Atlanta to have to kill. Even with the delta lounge, it will still suck.

I will have a 12 hour layover in April at Atlanta unless I go to Chicago or Minn either way 12 hours

 

[sestoppelman]

12 hours?!?!?! May as well apply for residency!

 

[JimP]

With a 12 hour layover I'd look into arriving the day before and booking a hotel room for a real good nights rest before that 15 hour flight.

That is if if it possible with your time frame.

As I get older I try to get things to work for me instead of against me.

 

[curtism1234]

940 pm departure, I would be tempted to drive to Atlanta that morning just to take 1 less chance of them screwing up the luggage / rifle

 

[Hogpatrol]

My 2¢, Can we really depend on any air carrier to maintain a schedule? United just has suspended all flights out of JFK effective 10/29/22..

United Airlines Will No Longer Fly Out of NYC’s JFK Airport — Here's Why

United Airlines will no longer fly out of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport starting next month.

www.travelandleisure.com

 

[Firebird]

Delta will change those times as well-at least once before June gets here. . .

 

[Philip Glass]

Has anyone been on Delta 201 (return) lately? Was it JNB -ATL nonstop or did it stop in Cape Town? It appears to be running nonstop but I keep hearing about the CPT stop.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Data from FlightAware for the last several days of Delta Flt 201. 17 long, long hours JNB-ATL

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Just looked on the Delta website and they are offering a non stop from ATL-CPT, Flight 210. Appears to be only Monday, Thursday and Saturday. However, the return flight is CPT-JNB-ATL or other options through France, Amsterdam, etc.

CORRECTION! Apparently there is a nonstop from CPT to ATL. DAL 211

 

[Ridgewalker]

17 definitely LONG HOURS! On a return flight a few years ago, there was a food service strike…UGH! Boarded then sat for two hours. All we had on the 19 hrs of sitting was free boos and all the junk food you could stand! Miserable flight!
But at least it was a great hunt!

 

[Hyde Hunter]

just returned this past Wed from Joburg to Atlanta non stop. left at 9:55pm arrived at 8:05 am cleared Customs gun check in about 15 minutes with no issues with suppressors for two of us

 

[Mike B.]

When I booked my flight last October the triangle route option was there. Went out of my way to schedule the return flight to avoid it. It doesn't look like they are doing that now. In fact, if you try and book a return flight from Atlanta to cape town, on those days that they don't fly out of Cape Town back to Atlanta, they do a connecting flight in joberg on flight 201. For the first leg, they are using Airlink to get you to joberg to then fly to Atlanta. Very strange that they'd rather fly you back to joberg to then get on a half empty plane than to take off from joberg and refuel and pick those passengers up in cape Town.

The triangle route was supposed to be seasonal but I don't see it in any month I've looked at now.