Originally Posted by
pdisme
It's just a leisure trip, I think I'm just going to pay the extra $37 for the Southwest ticket now rather than risk the DL non-refundable fare going up if I wait until the last minute to buy it, or spend a $150 cancel fee. I should be DM before the trip in question but I don't see anything on the benefits chart that looks like it would make any difference from a cancellation fee standpoint. That would be a good DM benefit though, maybe something like free cancellations for e-credits if done before 48 hours out.
DL would never agree to this. Many of their top-tier elites travel for business on expensive last-minute or flexible fares, paid for by the company, albeit sometimes with a nice discount contract. Waiving change fees would cost far too much for too little benefit to DL.