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Old Sep 21, 2017 | 9:29 am
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mraero
 
Join Date: Sep 2017
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Delta 6 Month Passport Validity Clarification

Hi All,

My apologies if this is in the wrong subforum. It looks like its not all Miles questions here so I thought since this relates to Delta it would be the best.

I have a flight to Cuba that returns to the USA on OCT 29th 2017. My Passport expires April 29th 2018.

This is EXACTLY 6 months (or 182 day)

It appears that CUBA has no 6 month validity requirement. However, Delta does according to their website.

"Passports must be valid for at least six months beyond the return date of a passenger’s trip to Cuba."

I've called CS (Very pleasant people) and have been told "Don't worry you are good thats 6 months"

However, via their Delta twitter team I was told that I wouldn't be allowed to board as this was an airline policy and it doesn't matter what Cubas policy is (This was after I was referred to the state department website and replied that Cuba doesn't have this policy).

Any thoughts on this? If I need to renew my passport I need to expedite it basically ASAP as the wait is 2-3 weeks. But I'm nervous about a 2-3 week turn around when I only have about 4 1/2 weeks till the trip.

Any gate agents for delta around here?


Thanks all!
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