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I was looking at a Delta flight from Atlanta to Salt Lake City on April 16, 2015. I see that one of the flights has sleeper seats in first class. I am sort of doubtful that they would use that type of plane for a domestic flight and think that perhaps the flight is headed out from SLC to an international destination or maybe Hawaii, etc. Is there any way to find out where that plane is headed out from, from SLC? Flight 1572.

I had booked a flight last year that was the same route and was to have sleeper seats, but they changed the plane and no sleepers.

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There may be an easier way, but for forward flights you can investigate the plane that goes to SLC on flightware.com. Grab the tail number (maybe it is on the Delta site) and then pull up all of the flights. SLC IS a hub for DL so it is not unimaginable that a plane from ATL to there would continue on internationally.

But, if the map shows it as lay-flat, that is what it would be.

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I don't understand your question, but , from what I can see

Delta 1572 on the 16th of April is the 07:25 ATL to TPA (Tampa) taking 1hr 21mins on aircraft type MD 80

No reference to SLC for that flight that I can see

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Sorry, the flight is 1507

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Thats better ;-)

Thats quoted as a 767 with lie flat seats in first - no idea where it goes next

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OK ...... flight 1507 arrives at 14:23 and , at 15:23 the SLC - ATL flight 807 is also quoted as a 767 with lie flat seats in first.

Elementary, my dear watson ;-)

No I can't prove it, but I'll betcha its the same plane

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DL1507 today was flown on a 757-200, and flew back to ATL before continuing to Kansas City.

The last 767-300ER to fly that route was on Feb 23rd, and after ATL-SLC it flew transatlantic to Paris CDG.

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I think I am going to go for it--my own pod. The last time I booked one with flat seats, they sent a different plane. I was thinking if 1507 was going on to a long flight (for example to Hawaii from SLC) chances are they wouldn't swap out the plane.

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Good fun this one is, I use googleflights which shows the aircraft and services - I have no idea where USBT finds all that out , very impressive sir ;-)

Anyway, according to Google the plane type changes regularly. On Monday, Thursday and Friday it is down as a 767 with lie flats, on Tuesday a 757 and on wednesday a 737

I don't know where they go next

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Thanks USBT!!! Guess what? There is 767-300 from SLC to CDG on April 16!

Now I am definitely going to book that flight and try out a pod.

Great sleuthing. I'd don't know how you found out about that Feb 23 flight, but that was a missing link.

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"I have no idea where USBT finds all that out , very impressive sir ;-)"

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I used http://www.flightradar24.com to search by flight number and selecting the 767 displayed the tail number (aircraft registration). Then searched by tail (fleet history) to see the flight history of that aircraft.

It's how I've managed to give some pax the ammo to claim E+ refunds from United when they've been switched to a non-E+ plane, in conjunction with a FlyerTalk site showing details of every aircraft in the UA fleet.

Note you can only get historical data, plus flight data up to 3 days before a flight, as the tail isn't assigned to the flight until 48-72 hours before departure (and it can change if there's IRROPS in the meantime).

In the case of SLC-CDG, if that's not a daily service the aircraft will have to be ferried to SLC from a major international hub, and they happen to do that from ATL as 1507. SLC is a DL hub but has few TATLs and (if any) TPACs. A bit like Denver for United, which gets a domestic flight on a Dreamliner that continues on its one long haul to Tokyo.

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