Originally Posted by
tashley
I have an international flight in September that I have already changed once because my tour was rescheduled. It is on Delta from ATL to Frankfurt. I was able to change it for no cost. Now, the tour has been pushed back a couple of weeks so I need to change it again. I'm wondering how many times I can do this without a change fee? I'm afraid if travel restrictions don't loosen up, the tour will be completely cancelled. I had rather move it than get a credit and rebook because I got a great rate for this trip.
Assuming that you don't have a fully refundable and fully changeable FULL fare (very expensive and would be in the fare rules), the easy rule is that you can get one free change every time there's a new flight cancellation or significant schedule change. You can also get a full refund in such cases to the original form of payment (credit card, etc.), although the schedule change threshold goes from 90 minutes to 2 hours for the refund. DL phone agents have discretion and are generally flexible if you ask nicely. You generally can't change it once and then get another free change just because you changed your mind. Many DL TATL fares exUSA have $300 change fees.
This assumes that the ticket was purchased directly from DL, not a travel agent (OLTA or real live human) or through your tour/cruise.
It would also help to know whether there are other flight segments on your ticket or whether you're just flying (roundtrip?) between ATL and FRA using nonstop flights operated by DL and ticketed with DL flight numbers in each direction.