Exactly! Delta has to regain my trust first and then we will see.
Thanks for the info. No I can not justify that annual fee. I really can’t justify the AA card fee now!
It is supposed to be per case not per rifle. There is also not supposed to be a charge for the ammo box but some get charged. Who knows as it changes every time!
You can check through. Make sure you note which bag tag is the rifle and which is the suitcase with the ammo. Take 3 fully complete copies of the declaration for departure and return, extra copy of your passport, and if you can find a copier make a copy of your luggage tags. Since they have been short handed you may have to go out of security at DFW. We skipped the line and told them we had rifles to check in.
I had to talk to Shawn at Gracy Travel about another issue today. After that conversation, I asked her opinion about the Qatar rifle procedures at DFW. Just to be safe, she recommends claiming bags in DFW and personally rechecking them with Qatar because that is the normal procedure with Qatar. She said checking them all the way through can confuse the Qatar check-in and gate agents due to all the rifle paperwork. She also said it is nice to personally see that they check-in your rifle and then Qatar will make sure it gets on the plane, instead of a possible snafu or misstep by AA.
Ok, thank you for that I appreciate it!
Flying ATL to JNB early July on Delta Premium select. It cost $5000/ea when I bought the tickets in March I will let you know if it’s worth it when we get back. Thanks for your informative review!
Hopefully you wii not be disappointed, but Qatar business class may have been the same price or less
Buck I look forward to your report. I am at about $2500-2900 for Delta Premium Select if they want me as a customer. Qatar QSuite DFW-JNB was $4000rt last year and $4500 this year.
Technically Shawn is correct and that is good advice. I’ve checked through from AA twice now. The only issue is that you need some time to “check in” guns with Qatar and all the paperwork. You don’t really save any time either way. This is unless they go back to what we did last year of checking through and then just doing rifle paperwork at gate.
Yes, I probably should of looked a little more but liked the 15 hour flight time. When I originally looked at the tickets it was $3500 but waited a little too long to purchase. last year I flew Ethiopian Air direct into Beira In their cloud9/business class. it was $5500 last year and a little over $8000 this year. It was nice and I would fly Ethiopian again, but my son is going and couldn’t justify $16000 in airfare. I have wanted to try Qatar and their Qsuite. i should’ve checked them. i would have definitely chosen the. Q suite for $4000.
This is exactly what I did in late April 2021. ATL to DFW, collect bags and re-check with Qatar, back through security, then DOH and JNB. Bags and rifles made it fine. I had to change terminals in DFW which was a pita with rifle case and bags.
You are correct. I use Express VPN for this among other reasons. I’ve seen AA up the prices on me just from repeated searches. When I am researching routes primarily for the timetable I’ll screen shot the results so I can refer back to them without searching again.
Yes but much easier than changing terminals with luggage at ATL!
Since I've never had to do that in ATL despite 2.5 million miles with Delta, I'll take your word for it. But if that's the case, changing terminals in ATL with bags much really, really suck.
One time I changes from AA to Delta at ATL. I won’t make that mistake again. I had to get luggage and rifle then get on a bus that seemed so long that I could have been in FL by the time I got to my terminal. It was hard for me to find where to go at every turn. Man I love DFW! It may have stark white walls everywhere but everything just works.
