Please allow me to vent....
I HATE DELTA!! Won't use them again.
Traveled from New Orleans to Cozumel last week via Atlanta. Boarding the plane took an extra 45 minutes because of a large group of band kids trying to board. They were at the airport before 5 am lined up & ready. Delta just couldn't handle the large group and amount of extra baggage (instruments I suppose)
Then between Atlanta & Coz on the smaller MD88 my carry on had to be gate checked due to size. Smaller plane = smaller carry on bag size allowance. This ended up costing me an extra 2 x $30 for the two bags on the way home.
Flight delay in Atlanta heading back to NOLA.
I hate Delta and won't fly with them again. Gosh I also miss that direct Houston to Coz flight too...
I made the connection in Atlanta both ways. Not hard to do with a +2 hr layover. Even in Atlanta.
And yes, the MD88's had smaller luggage bins than the 737 which is why I only had to check bags going one way. NOLA to Atlana (737) overhead bins big enough, ATL-->Coz (MD88) bins smaller, had to gate check them from Atl to Coz.
Yes they made me pay to check them from Coz to Atl because the first plane I boarded was the MD88, had it been the other way around I could have probably gotten away with it.
You're probably right...the MD88 carry on restrictions are probably posted, but we booked the plane 48 hrs before we flew so I had other things on my mind instead of checking this detail.
Perhaps I'm spoiled, my last trip to Coz was a direct flight from Houston to Coz. Probably <5 hrs door to door (including driving to the airport, parking and shuttle to the hotel). On a comfy 737.
I just don't like the options I had with Delta and liked Continental more. Total experience from the smiles on the Flight attendants faces to the size of the overhead bins. I'll pick what works for me best next time and hey, that may be the cheapest flight and easiest connection/available flight. We'll see.