Originally Posted by
PhilC
If you have the transfer confirmation, DL will issue the award ticket before the miles appear in your account.
Unfortunately we usualy issue the ticket if the flight is 21-22 days from now , or if it is in a next few days. If that's not the case we would extend the hold on the reservation for another 48hours , and then again , until the miles will be in the account.
Delta Reservations Representative