Originally Posted by
Carl Johnson
The 24-hour rule doesn't work like that. The government rule requires that the ticket be refundable if the reservation was made 7 days before departure. The airline rule might be different, but investigate carefully before trying that approach.
The airline rule that DL uses doesn't follow the 7 day exception, at least not the last time I checked. However award tickets are still nonrefundable (in terms of RDMs, I'm not sure about the taxes and fees) after T-72.