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Old Oct 17, 2019 | 8:47 pm
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Originally Posted by BradLivermore
The knowledge on this forum assounds me. You all knew more than the Delta rep on Twitter. I very nicely asked if they could reissue the ticket and deduct the miles. The rep said it had already been reissued, and yet, also said they were "still working on your reservation," which didn't make sense. I said, no problem, I will just check back before the trip (it isn't until next June). The rep said, sorry you misunderstand, the ticket has been reissued. I said, no worries, we will agree to disagree, because I am confident it has not since the receipt number and class on the receipt has not changed. About twenty minutes later I received an email confirmation and miles redemption email for each passenger. Suddenly, my receipt numbers and class have changed on the receipt. It is one less thing I need to think about as the trip gets closer. Thanks everyone for your help!

I still gave the rep a perfect survey score, because at least he/she took the time to look into it further and resolve it. I don't expect them to know everything, but he/she cared enough to get to the bottom of it.
All of this seems correct (depending on your date of departure the ticket could easily still be in the reissue queue with no harm done), but I'm puzzled that you didn't request to waitlist the other (at least DL operated) segments in your itinerary for upgrades also as it should be the same price in miles, assuming that you have a true mileage upgrade award and aren't just paying the price difference in miles. You can waitlist up to the day of departure--upgrades with miles officially can't be done at the gate, but some GAs are willing if they know how and if there's time.
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