# Gee, Delta, thanks for changing my flight to two hours earlier on a whim... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-delta-thanks-for-changing-my-flight-to-two-hours-earlier-on-a-whim/700598 "2014-10-06T23:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-delta-thanks-for-changing-my-flight-to-two-hours-earlier-on-a-whim/700598/1 "2014-10-06T23:10:50Z")
Thanks for letting me have an entire three days thinking I had the exact flights I wanted. But hey, at least you let me know, right? No harm, no foul, right? _grumbles_ ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-delta-thanks-for-changing-my-flight-to-two-hours-earlier-on-a-whim/700598/2 "2014-10-06T23:14:41Z")
It will work out. Delta flights are about 3 hours late. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-delta-thanks-for-changing-my-flight-to-two-hours-earlier-on-a-whim/700598/3 "2014-10-06T23:19:17Z")
It’s Delta, they needed some extra time so they could reroute you and make a you have a connection in Atlanta. All Delta flights require a connection through Atlanta, even if your destination is Atlanta I swear it feels like they would put you on a connection through Atlanta to come back to Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-delta-thanks-for-changing-my-flight-to-two-hours-earlier-on-a-whim/700598/4 "2014-10-07T00:22:25Z")
One time I flew from Miami to Orlando via Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-delta-thanks-for-changing-my-flight-to-two-hours-earlier-on-a-whim/700598/5 "2014-10-07T00:24:08Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > It’s Delta, they needed some extra time so they could reroute you and make a you have a connection in Atlanta. All Delta flights require a connection through Atlanta, even if your destination is Atlanta I swear it feels like they would put you on a connection through Atlanta to come back to Atlanta. Back when Delta was really big in Cincinnati, it wasn’t unknown for people to drive to Dayton, Columbus, or Louisville and fly back through Cincinnati to get a lower fare. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-delta-thanks-for-changing-my-flight-to-two-hours-earlier-on-a-whim/700598/6 "2014-10-07T01:34:43Z")
Someone in Delta flight routing ( or whoever figures out the route costing) has a vested interest in the concessions in Atlanta. Unless of course it is all some computer program. If that is the case when cyber dyne systems or whatever the matrix computer was called, becomes fully AI, we don’t need to worry about war wiping us out, just an endless soul crushing monotony of being rerouted endlessly though Atlanta as the AI screws with our will to live. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-delta-thanks-for-changing-my-flight-to-two-hours-earlier-on-a-whim/700598/7 "2014-10-07T05:41:46Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > One time I flew from Miami to Orlando via Atlanta. The airlines’ theory is that the shortest distance between two points is a cube. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-delta-thanks-for-changing-my-flight-to-two-hours-earlier-on-a-whim/700598/8 "2014-10-13T18:44:44Z")
I usually fly for leisure travel, so I often book 8 months in advance. I always turn on notifications because, without fail, the flight will change. In fact, I’ve kind of learned to use the changes to my advantage. Usually the best award flights (e.g. shortest and non-stop) are very expensive in terms of miles. So I’ll book any old flight that I can get with miles. When those flights are changed (and they always are once or twice), I call them up, complain that the new times don’t work, and I can usually pick the new flights of my choice.