Here is my delima. I have purchased 3 airlines tickets from Delta for a round trip to Boston departing May 22. It was supposed to be 4 of us but the forth was scared to leave her husband who was having some health problems. Well, her husband passed away suddenly Sunday night and she thought she would consider going to get away. Well, now Delta only has preffered seating left and it is only for Medallion members. So, we none have that status, is there a way to get that status? I saw where you can buy miles, would that work? The lady at Delta said she could be at the airport when the plane departs and buy a ticket. That would be ok for the departing trip, but how about coming back? There are only preferred seating for that as well, so she could be stranded in Boston? What do we do, or are we out of luck?

thanks,

Susan