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Old Jan 20, 2017, 5:21 pm
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Originally Posted by ruckzac
Pardon my ignorance, but does Delta's system do this automatically, or does the ticket need to be sent to manual re-issue?

Also, if I cancelled a flight and had a residual credit on the ticket after any penalties, would that mean that I could have access to advance purchase fare buckets after the advanced purchase deadline has passed?
Yes system handles it. No. You only get to use historical fares under limited circumstances. What you list isn't one of them.
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Old Jan 21, 2017, 11:15 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
However, you should be able to up fare to FC, hopefully a G A P fare, and then SDC under the FC rules without paying a change fee, right?
I suspect you'll be paying a lot more than $200 to buy up to FC on day of departure
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