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May 31, 2017 | 6:28 pm

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EZEDoesIt

Join Date: Jan 2014

Location: DUS

Programs: DL, HHonors, Bonvoy, Hyatt

Posts: 2,076

Changing return after schedule date

I have already flown the outbound of a round-trip ticket and may want to use the return portion of a ticket I booked at a later date, but I won't know before my originally scheduled departure. It's my understanding that with most DL fares you can just no show and rebook within the ticket validity, thus only paying any change fees if you choose to actually use the ticket. Does this sound correct?

Here is what I believe is the relevant text from my fare:

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     AFTER DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY AND WITHIN TICKET VALIDITY
     CERTAIN DOMESTIC REISSUE PROVISIONS MAY BE OVERRIDDEN
     BY THOSE OF DL INTERNATIONAL FARES
     CHARGE USD 300.00/CAD 300.00 FOR REISSUE OR HIGHEST
     FEE OF ALL CHANGED FARE COMPONENTS AND
       CHANGES NOT PERMITTED/REFUND TKT-ANY REMAINING AMT
       WILL APPLY TO NEW TKT
     WHEN CHANGE RESULTS IN LOWER FARE SUBTRACT RESIDUAL
     FROM THE PENALTY THEN ADD-COLLECT/REFUND
     ENDORSEMENT BOX - HIGHER NON-REF AMT AND NEW
     ENDORSEMENTS.

I don't trust the phone agent answers because they always need to call someone else to decipher what should happen.

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