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Old Apr 7, 2017, 3:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Mr. Tickets
Everything Delta does is based on your status at the time of the situation. If you are gold and cancel an award ticket after becoming Platinum you pay no redeposit fee. The same should work with seats. If you are Platinum and turn gold, you should loose your free upgrade. If you no longer hold status you should not get the free upgrade. Seems only fare. Granted, you will likely keep the seat if nothing happens along the line (equipment change, schedule change etc) that causes you to be displaced.
Disagree. Transactions that are already settled should not be undone. Back when Medallions got enhanced award availability, if you booked a ticket using that enhanced availability, and then dropped status before your flight, should they have cancelled your entire ticket?
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