One of the more punitive Delta rules finally done away with. There was a theory at the time, debated on this board, that there were a few abusers of the system, especially for prize overseas and Hawaii awards. Supposedly, they continuously started and rearranged bookings and then never flew them, for the fun of it. Some others on here might understand that better, but I never believed that 80% of all award bookings are cancelled — that always seemed like Delta-spin.