Can I edit an award itinerary and remove one leg?
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Boston
Programs: AA Plat Exec
Posts: 445
Can I edit an award itinerary and remove one leg?
Hello,
I have booked 2 award tickets for SFO-ATL-AUA-ATL-SFO in July. I am currently GM but will be PM by the time I fly the award ticket.
I will most likely need to fly straight to work (CLT) from AUA.
Can I edit my award reservation, and for one of the 2 tickets 'remove' (i.e get the miles back) for the AUA-ATL-SFO. Instead, I would purchase a one way AUA-ATL-CLT.
Thanks!
I have booked 2 award tickets for SFO-ATL-AUA-ATL-SFO in July. I am currently GM but will be PM by the time I fly the award ticket.
I will most likely need to fly straight to work (CLT) from AUA.
Can I edit my award reservation, and for one of the 2 tickets 'remove' (i.e get the miles back) for the AUA-ATL-SFO. Instead, I would purchase a one way AUA-ATL-CLT.
Thanks!
#2
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bye Delta
Programs: AA EXP, HH Diamond, IHG Plat, Hyatt Plat, Marriott Plat, Nat'l Exec Elite, Avis Presidents Club
Posts: 16,247
You won't get any refund of miles, as DL charges the same price for a one way award vs. a round trip award.
#3
Join Date: Nov 2012
Programs: Delta DM, SPG Plat, Marriott Plat, IHG Spire
Posts: 1,021
Have you tried pricing out SFO-ATL-AUA-ATL-CLT?
You'd have to orice it as a multi-city itinerary, SFO-AUA and then AUA-CLT.
Otherwise, you'd have two one-ways which would likely price out as two RTs, as AFAIK DL doesn't really do one-way award fares (unless something has changed recently, which is possible considering their rapid-change cycle).
If you are within 24 hours of booking, I think you can cancel and get your miles back with no penalty. Otherwise, as a GM, you'd pay the $150 change fee.
You'd have to orice it as a multi-city itinerary, SFO-AUA and then AUA-CLT.
Otherwise, you'd have two one-ways which would likely price out as two RTs, as AFAIK DL doesn't really do one-way award fares (unless something has changed recently, which is possible considering their rapid-change cycle).
If you are within 24 hours of booking, I think you can cancel and get your miles back with no penalty. Otherwise, as a GM, you'd pay the $150 change fee.
#4
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: SUX
Programs: BA Silver; HHonors Gold; SPG Gold; Points but dirt with everyone else
Posts: 8,050
You won't get any miles back because DL prices awards as round trips. If you removed AUA-ATL-SFO, you'd have a one-way ticket, which prices as a round trip, i.e. the same miles you paid. How about once you make PM changing the ticket to have a stopover in ATL on the return and then just fly from ATL to CLT on a separate ticket? You could have that return to ATL and then finish up the ATL-SFO portion.
#5
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: SUX
Programs: BA Silver; HHonors Gold; SPG Gold; Points but dirt with everyone else
Posts: 8,050
#7
Join Date: Nov 2012
Programs: Delta DM, SPG Plat, Marriott Plat, IHG Spire
Posts: 1,021
However, you do run the risk that if AUA-ATL flight is delayed/cancelled and you miss the ATL-CLT paid fare...
#8
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MSP
Programs: AA EXP, DL PM (FO soon), A3 Gold, TK Classic Plus, SPG Plat, HH Gold, Hyatt Diamond, National EE
Posts: 1,003
Hello,
I have booked 2 award tickets for SFO-ATL-AUA-ATL-SFO in July. I am currently GM but will be PM by the time I fly the award ticket.
I will most likely need to fly straight to work (CLT) from AUA.
Can I edit my award reservation, and for one of the 2 tickets 'remove' (i.e get the miles back) for the AUA-ATL-SFO. Instead, I would purchase a one way AUA-ATL-CLT.
Thanks!
I have booked 2 award tickets for SFO-ATL-AUA-ATL-SFO in July. I am currently GM but will be PM by the time I fly the award ticket.
I will most likely need to fly straight to work (CLT) from AUA.
Can I edit my award reservation, and for one of the 2 tickets 'remove' (i.e get the miles back) for the AUA-ATL-SFO. Instead, I would purchase a one way AUA-ATL-CLT.
Thanks!
When you hit PM, change the return to be at some point far into the future. Then, make another trip to AUA (or wherever else you pick), either buying a cash ticket or using another airline's miles for a one-way outbound and return on the Delta award.
You can still get value out of the return portion of the ticket.