Originally Posted by
BH62
Booked a DL flight in August in First Class for a trip in early October, so now it's about two weeks ahead. Unfortunately, a family medical situation has come so up so that I need to cancel the trip. Started through the DL on-line cancellation procedure somehow thinking that the fee would be around $200, but Nooo! The website quotes a cancellation fee of aprox $500 on a $1450 fare ... is this reasonable or is it higher because it was a First Class fare or what? Could explaining to an agent reduce or somehow waive the fee?
Are you trying to cancel the reservation completely, or are you trying to rebook the tickets using the original ticket as partial payment? Delta will rarely ever refund a completely nonrefundable ticket. However, if you call in and need to
rebook or just cancel a reservation, they will most often allow you a waiver to re-use the funds at a later date (in the same name) without a penalty. Additional air fare may be charged if the new ticket is more than the original ticket. Also, the
funds (on a domestic ticket) would have to be re-used and all travel be completed one year from the original ticketing date.