Originally Posted by
JapanFlyerT
I have seen a few posts, but nothing very specific recently.
My sister has $600 which will expire on the 30th of this month.
Voucher is valid till end of August, but no mention about when flights must be taken. Should give us another 330 days.
3. Buy a $600 domestic or cheap international to Europe for unknown dates, gambling on a future use. Might need to pay a change fee, but better than losing all $600.
Anyone with recent experience on going over an expiration on a voucher?
Many thanks.
You are right about just needing to book a ticket by August 30th, so despite the fact that you do need to figure out where and when your sister would like to travel by the 30th, this travel can be for any date Delta is selling tickets for.
If you can't make up your mind in the next 10 days or so, then the best bet is buying a ticket that is as close to $600 as possible that is the farthest in advance you can book it. That way, you can turn your $600 voucher into a $450 voucher by just changing the flight later on. For example, book any non-refundable ticket to Toronto for next July, and then in a few months your sister decides that she wants to go to LAX in February. She can just change the flight, lose $150 of the change fee, and pay whatever the difference in the price of the ticket is. So, if the LAX ticket is only $450 at the time of the change, she won't pay anything for it; if it's $500, she'll have to pay another $50 off of a credit card, etc.