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05.03.2025 - 10:39 / thepointsguy.com / David Slotnick

First-class flights and hearty cheeseburgers: It's getting easier to enjoy both at once through Delta Air Lines' collaboration with Shake Shack.

This week, the Atlanta-based carrier is growing its partnership with the popular burger chain to more of its aircraft by expanding the new first-class-cabin menu offering beyond flights departing from Boston.

Starting Tuesday, passengers in the Delta domestic first-class cabin will be able to preselect a Shake Shack cheeseburger on flights over 900 miles in distance when departing from four additional Delta hubs:

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That's on top of flights from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), which debuted Delta's premium-cabin Shack Shack collaboration last fall.

Since December, Delta has served more than 10,000 first-class burger on Boston flights — among them a 100% Angus patty served to TPG contributing aviation editor David Slotnick, our resident inflight burger aficionado.

"It's easily the best burger I've had on an airplane," he wrote late last year.

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As part of the Shake Shack collaboration, Delta flyers in the first-class cabin have to preselect the burger ahead of the flight. The meal comes with potato chips, a Caesar salad and a dark chocolate brownie.

"This is part of our work to partner with brands our customers already know and love while continuing to raise the bar for the in-flight experience — whether that's making your favorite cheeseburger available at 35,000 feet, or ensuring you have a variety of fresh meals to choose from that fuel you on your adventure," Delta managing director of onboard service Stephanie Laster said in a statement Tuesday.

Delta is also marking the expansion of its Shack Shack tie-up with a way for passengers to score a free burger while on the ground.

If you remember, in January the airline announced an additional partnership with ride-hailing company Uber, which is set to launch later this spring, offering SkyMiles earnings on eligible rides and Uber Eats deliveries.

In the meantime, SkyMiles members who join the waitlist for the Delta-Uber partnership can take advantage of "buy one, get one" Shackburgers via Uber Eats.

The promotion runs from March 4 to March 14 for SkyMiles members who have already joined the Delta-Uber waitlist, or who join by March 6.

Pro tip: On top of the free second burger, you can offset the cost of your first burger through a credit card statement credit. Customers who carry The Platinum Card® from American Express get $15 per month in Uber Cash; American Express® Gold Card members get $10 per month in Uber Cash. An Amex Card must