Originally Posted by
SF_trotter
After re-reading the waiver with a clear head this morning, I realized that anyone who is seeking reimbursement for alternative transportation must also request a refund for their unused Delta flight. This is because DL is subtracting the value of the DL flight from the cost of the alternative transportation, but the traveler has paid the full cost of both.
I've asked for 10k SkyPesos to offset my rebooking - I paid 14,400 SPs for my DL flight and 24k for same-class space on AA. No idea how that's going to go, but as I said in my request "If you deny this I'm gonna feel like a schmuck for not paying cash" [and costing DL like $1k].