Sep 18, 2017, 6:09 pm
Last edit by: mnbp
Travel waivers for Hurricane Maria:
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...ane-maria.html
NOTE: Baggage and pet-in-cabin fee waiver now in effect.
Waiver #3:
Affected Cities (To / From / Through)
Punta Cana, DO (PUJ)
Santiago, DO (STI)
Santo Domingo, DO (SDQ)
San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU)
Impacted Travel Date(s)
September 19 - 26, 2017
Ticket must be Reissued On or Before
October 2, 2017
Rebooked Travel must begin no later than
October 2, 2017
Waiver #2:
Affected Cities (To / From / Through)
St. Thomas, VI (STT)
Turks Caicos ISLS, TC (PLS)
Impacted Travel Date(s)
September 5 - October 31, 2017
Ticket must be Reissued On or Before
End of Ticket Eligibility
Rebooked Travel must begin no later than
October 31, 2018
Waiver #1:
Affected Cities (To / From / Through)
St. Maarten SX (SXM)
Impacted Travel Date(s)
September 5 - December 31, 2017
Ticket must be Reissued On or Before
October 31, 2017
Rebooked Travel must begin no later than
October 31, 2018
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...ane-maria.html
NOTE: Baggage and pet-in-cabin fee waiver now in effect.
Waiver #3:
Affected Cities (To / From / Through)
Punta Cana, DO (PUJ)
Santiago, DO (STI)
Santo Domingo, DO (SDQ)
San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU)
Impacted Travel Date(s)
September 19 - 26, 2017
Ticket must be Reissued On or Before
October 2, 2017
Rebooked Travel must begin no later than
October 2, 2017
Waiver #2:
Affected Cities (To / From / Through)
St. Thomas, VI (STT)
Turks Caicos ISLS, TC (PLS)
Impacted Travel Date(s)
September 5 - October 31, 2017
Ticket must be Reissued On or Before
End of Ticket Eligibility
Rebooked Travel must begin no later than
October 31, 2018
Waiver #1:
Affected Cities (To / From / Through)
St. Maarten SX (SXM)
Impacted Travel Date(s)
September 5 - December 31, 2017
Ticket must be Reissued On or Before
October 31, 2017
Rebooked Travel must begin no later than
October 31, 2018
Hurricane Maria
Sep 17, 2017, 11:48 am
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Hurricane Maria
Delta has issued travel waivers for the quickly strengthening Maria (currently a Tropical Storm soon to be a hurricane). The waiver includes San Juan, PR (SJU), St. Thomas, VI (STT), Turks Caicos ISLS, TC (PLS) and is continued from Irma for St. Maarten SX (SXM).
We are scheduled to celebrate our one year anniversary in Puerto Rico next week. Here's to hoping Maria misses the island (one would think an aviation meteorologist would have better planned his wedding anniversary trip).
Our forecast models are kind of all over the place since the track of Maria will be affected by the track of Jose but several of our forecast models eventually take Hurricane Marie into to the Southeast United States (while some recurve out to sea).
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en....smt-gold.html
We are scheduled to celebrate our one year anniversary in Puerto Rico next week. Here's to hoping Maria misses the island (one would think an aviation meteorologist would have better planned his wedding anniversary trip).
Our forecast models are kind of all over the place since the track of Maria will be affected by the track of Jose but several of our forecast models eventually take Hurricane Marie into to the Southeast United States (while some recurve out to sea).
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en....smt-gold.html
Last edited by bcosinteno; Sep 17, 2017 at 1:28 pm
Sep 17, 2017, 11:55 am
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May I suggest that you book a refundable hotel in a different region with comparable air ticket prices to the DL ticket you purchased? If it ends up that there is a waiver for SJU, DL may be willing to put you on a flight to your alternate destination at no additional charge. They won't send you to Europe, but think about, for example, the west coast of Mexico. You could also do Hawaii but I think you will have to pay a fare difference unless you get really lucky.
Sep 17, 2017, 11:55 am
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May I suggest that you book a refundable hotel in a different region with comparable air ticket prices to the DL ticket you purchased? If it ends up that there is a waiver for SJU, DL may be willing to put you on a flight to your alternate destination at no charge. They won't send you to Europe, but think about, for example, the west coast of Mexico. You could also do Hawaii but I think you will have to pay a fare difference.
Sep 19, 2017, 11:40 am
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We had St John (via STT) booked for next month. So sad to see the devastation there from the first one, and now this. FWIW, we were able to switch our flights free of charge to LIR (Costa Rica). I even got some miles back on the cheaper ticket for Mrs. Now hoping that no further natural disasters crop up...
Sep 19, 2017, 12:08 pm
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Sep 19, 2017, 12:16 pm
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Sep 19, 2017, 1:18 pm
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Delta has been very flexible and helpful.
Extremely sad to think about the damage that will soon take place in Puerto Rico. It's by far one of our favorite places to visit. We love the culture and people on the island.
Sep 20, 2017, 1:03 am
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