Originally Posted by
MIAFlyer
Hello everyone, I am very experienced with AA, am considering Delta for a specific trip since AA pricing is through the roof. Need to understand their same day CONFIRMED change policy.
If I buy a pair of discounted first class tickets from MCO-LAS some Monday in September, for a late evening arrival (think 6p departure, 10p arrival), how likely do you think there would be a CONFIRMED same day change available to something arriving LAS by 3p? There are connection options (today) in ATL, SLC, DET and MSP. Are these often full the day before departure?
On a related note, how likely would a schedule change be between now and Sept that would let me pick a confirmed arrival before 3p?
Understand there are no guarantees, but would like to understand how likely these are - if it is "sure, no problem, buy the ticket" or "better buy a lottery ticket if you expect that to happen".
Thanks for the thoughts,
A schedule change is not impossible but I'd say it's fairly unlikely 3 months out.
If you buy a paid first class ticket, Delta allows you to confirmed same day change (for a $75 fee if you don't have status) to any first class seat that is available for sale the day of departure; there isn't a specific fare class required, unlike AA. So your chances of being able to find
something are decent, especially if you are okay potentially moving to a 6am departure. That said, Delta is good at selling its first class seats, and Monday mornings are a busy travel period, so it's not guaranteed, and all the more so if there are any major conventions in Vegas that week.
If you were a regular Delta flier I would say take the chance and worst case you could always cancel for a credit closer to departure if something better popped up or it was no longer looking good for whatever reason. But if you would strongly prefer not to be stuck with Delta credit, that is trickier.