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As much as you live for the city, you love getting out of it just as much, especially if the getaway involves suntan lotion, street dim sum, Bucharest cabarets or any combination thereof.
Mostly, you want to get on a plane as soon as the mood strikes you. Luckily, thanks to Delta, check-in is one part of life you can now fast forward through. (Unfortunately, they have yet to find a solution for bad dates and quarterly meetings).
Delta has a number of ways to speed up and simplify your travel experience. For checking in, go old-school with curbside, online or kiosk (they've added lots of new ones), go exclusive with a dedicated check-in in-terminal at T2 for Elite members or first-class flyers, or go high-tech with their new global mobile check-in, which uses your web-enabled PDA to check in and scan the image at a kiosk for your boarding pass (trust us, aside from saving time it looks pretty damn cool).
Once you're in, enjoy all the upgrades at T2, including a bevy of new dining options like Balducci's and Todd English's Bonfire Steakhouse, so you can fuel up for the journey in the style to which you are accustomed. After your fill of steak, wine and CNN, board via Delta's new "Breezeway," a dedicated boarding experience which allows premium travelers to board at their leisure while offering the rarest experience of all—not having to wait on line.
It all nicely fast forwards you through the muck of travel so you can focus on more important matters: like Beijing crab dumplings and Romanian beaches.
Visit Delta.com/fastforward to learn more about Delta's self-service travel tools.
