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Fly Delta or United Airlines?

We have a choice to fly to London from DFW via United or Delta, connecting in either Atlanta or Houston. Which airline would you recommend? My husband is a tall guy and gets super uncomfortable during long flights so if either has more comfortable seats, please let us know! Thanks :)

Re: Fly Delta or United Airlines?

  • I prefer Delta personally but would go for the better price every time.
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  • Normally I'd rec United and pay for the economy plus legroom if your DH is very tall (my DH is also very tall and loves this. makes a world of difference). However, if you're connecting through Houston it's probably a United flight but a Continental plane. Con. planes are supposed to get re-fit with economy plus sections but I have no idea what the deadline is for that.

    That's the long way of saying:

    1. Find out if there's an economy plus section - think about upgrading.

    2. If not, got with whatever flight is cheaper/better departure & arrival times.

  • Thanks! I should have mentioned that price doesn't matter. These are the flights booked by Yahoo for the trips we won, and they don't give us the option of choosing our seats, only when and where from we leave.
  • United, I believe is space is available they will let you pay to upgrade to Business when you check-in online. I would do that.
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  • In my personal experience, United had better service.  But they also offer that extra legroom so I would go with that.
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  • I personally prefer Delta! Many of their planes do now offer economy comfort seats for an extra charge (I think it's around $100pp e/w for Europe flights). If you can pull up your itineraries online after yahoo books them for you, you should be able to pay to upgrade at that point (assuming there are still seats left).
  • I'd go United. Connecting in Atlanta blows and the international terminal is rubbish. Much easier clearing customs and immigration through IAH.
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  • I'd go with better price as well.
  • I prefer Delta over United for international flights.  However, going through customs in Atlanta is horrible.  I've never done customs in Houston so I can't compare.  Some things to think about are luggage allowance and frequent flier programs.  Do you tend to like the routes of one airline over the other?  Does one allow more luggage than the other?
  • Another option for getting more leg room is to ask for exit row seats. 
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  • Is customs in Atlanta really that bad? I was looking at the itinerary again and it looks like we'd have barely an hour's connection before taking off again for London... yowza.
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    Is customs in Atlanta really that bad? I was looking at the itinerary again and it looks like we'd have barely an hour's connection before taking off again for London... yowza.

    Hey, Missus!

    I usually fly Delta and have never flown United so I can't compare.

    That said, I hate customs in Atlanta and I'd personally be nervous with less than an hour. 

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    imageMissusMcElroy:
    Is customs in Atlanta really that bad? I was looking at the itinerary again and it looks like we'd have barely an hour's connection before taking off again for London... yowza.

    Hey, Missus!

    I usually fly Delta and have never flown United so I can't compare.

    That said, I hate customs in Atlanta and I'd personally be nervous with less than an hour. 

    The hour is between landing in Atlanta and taking off for London, they won't be going through customs. An hour is doable, but I would be worried it would be late - is it the 10:35 pm flight? If so it is the only one that day so if you miss it you have to wait til the next night to fly out. I don't know about United. We fly Delta to London often and it is fine, and they do have an economy plus section. If you are worried about legroom check out seatguru and see the difference between United and Delta. 

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  • Yes, this flight arrives in Atlanta at 9:30pm and leaves for London at 10:45

    The TA went ahead and booked us on the Delta flight, so let's hope it works out. 

    I went to Delta's website and I see they have a "choose your seat" tab but it says that our flight's seat map is currently unavailable. Does anyone know when it will become available?

  • I prefer United. Service is way better from them than when I've flown Delta. Oh, and Delta's regular rows? I'm 5'4 and my knees were killing me by the time I left the plane.
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  • I'd choose United, to be honest.

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