1. You purchased what is known as a codeshare. On all codeshare itineraries it will say the marketing carrier, in this case Air France, AND the OPERATING carrier, in this case Delta. Your failure to read you itinerary carefully is your fault.
2. According to your post you arrives at the airport at 1PM but did not arrive at the Delta checkin queue until 3PM? It took you 2 hours to figure out your flight was on Delta and to go to their counters? If you had just looked on the departure monitors for the 17:20 flight to Paris you should have noticed it was a Delta flight.
3. The suggestion of the Delta agent to shift the weight of your checked luggage was for YOUR benefit. As it was you would have been charged for an excess bag AND an overweight bag. By shifting the contents they would have only charged you for the excess bag.
4. The fact that the police/security was about to be called speakes to YOUR demeanor, not that of the Delta employees. They will only call as a last resort. It seems like you did not make any friends at Delta in Atlanta that day.
In the future, it is YOUR responsibility to be informed of such things. I see no fault on the part of Delta here.
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