Originally Posted by
blakeflyer
Delta canceled the flight to TPE on Jan 14 and my flight is DL 276 to NRT on 15.
I know there will be no flight or flight delay for the flight on 15 and I will miss my
connecting flight to JFK.
I called DL and the agent assumed me that they already sent another flight
to Taipei so it will depart on time. Therefore, they don't protect me or rebook me. What should I do now? Just go to the airport and know that I will miss my
connecting flight?
Remember that Taiwan-based China Airlines (?) is a SkyTeam member and EVA tends to sell relatively inexpensive business class tickets. Since China Airlines is a partner, DL might be willing to put you on their early flight to NRT, although you should check what terminal they use at NRT. (I can't recall seeing them near the DL gates in Terminal 1 and AFAIK the other side of Terminal 1 is entirely *A.) Changing terminals at NRT is a hassle and time consuming; you must take the specific airside bus for your carrier and these buses are not very frequent. (They also stop service outside of prime hours.) The gate with these buses reminds me of the worst sort of set-up for small planes without jetways, where a bunch of flights share the gate at the same time.