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Old Sep 16, 2014 | 7:39 am
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hoosiereph
 
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Originally Posted by QDDawg

The award ticket is RT connecting through SFO so I have to use the return to at least get to SFO and then I'll just pay for the one way ticket on the direct flight back to JFK...

Next year will make this much easier with the 1 way award option.

I appreciate all your help.
Because DL allows you a free stopover on an award ticket, unless you already have one in your itinerary, you should be able to change just the SFO-JFK portion of your return to a date in the future. Keep checking dates in 2015 to find one with availability for just that leg at your award level (low, it sounds like). Then, as others suggested, in 2015 you can pair it with a one-way award ticket, and you'll have an RT from NY to SFO for the $150 change fee you'll pay now ( unless you're Plat or Diamond), plus the one-way mileage price.
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