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Jul 22, 2015 | 6:39 am

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Originally Posted by Allan38103

A better approach is to NOT cancel the CLT-MSP trip, in the unlikely chance it gets delayed/changed enough that you can get a refund. It's a quirk in the system that will let you get refunded for trip you don't intend to make.

Great advice -- and definitely worth doing if the change fee isn't worth it. (Works better for folks flying UA though. About the only time to be bummed about DL running such a smooth operation is in a case like this.)

As noted, the original r/t MSP-CLT-MSP ticket will need to have cost $500 or more to be worth paying the change fee to "salvage" the return half.

And no, you won't get mileage/MQM credit for an unflown, thrown away leg.

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