Originally Posted by
BH62
OP here: to clarify, this was a domestic flight booked directly with DL from their website as a Skymiles general member w/ no advanced status. The originally booked FC fare was approx $1450 while the exact same itinerary is now quoted as approx $2050. There are presently two FC seats available. But does a cancellation somehow be considered a "modification" to be repriced such that the fee approaches the booked fare(s) differences rather than $200?
Without knowing the route, I wonder whether you have something like a P fare that allows changes, but since you're changing before taking the outbound flight, the ticket must be repriced. In the OP, you said it was a $500 price difference but now the difference between the fares is $600 so I'm confused, but there doesn't seem to be a change fee.
The "approximate" and presumably not round numbers sound like a fare difference is involved, not just a change fee which would be a round number if no foreign currency is involved.
DL is a bit unusual in how it handles these fees. Normally you don't pay the fee at the time of the cancellation but only when you use the funds to purchase another ticket. Your $1450 unorefundable ticket would become a credit/voucher in your DL account (but make sure you keep the ticket number as sometime's it's needed) and to use that money toward purchase of a new ticket, the fee (almost always $200 on domestic tickets) would be charged.