Standby on Basic E fare?
Jul 13, 2018 | 8:42 am
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Standby on Basic E fare?
Husbands travel dept booked him into E fare ATL-MEM. Doh! I know he cannot Same Day Confirmed to earlier flight on E fare, but is there a difference between Same Day Confirmed and regular Standby? He's just a GM if that makes a difference. Is just showing up and flying Standby even a possibility?
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Jul 13, 2018 | 8:44 am
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Basic Economy fares (E) are not eligible for same-day standby travel changes.
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...l-changes.html
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...l-changes.html
Jul 13, 2018 | 8:54 am
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If at the airport in time for the earlier flight, simply go to that gate and ask if there is space. Do not use jargon. If you are lucky, you are handed a new BP. If not, you are quoted the price of a new ticket and cheerfully say no. Savvy agents who know that later flights have overbooking issues may do all kinds of things for you.
Jul 13, 2018 | 9:06 am
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Jul 13, 2018 | 1:14 pm
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Only way for a flight change on a basic economy ticket is if a delay is posted on your flight - then you're open to change to anything else.
Jul 13, 2018 | 2:07 pm
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If they just booked the ticket, you may be able to get a refund. Our company's travel agent allows (I think) 24 hrs from ticketing.
If that doesn't work, maybe just ask them to cover a new flight. Our company requires nonrefundable fares and is fully aware that they'll be on the hook for change fees when things come up. A company that books into E should be even more aware of the risks.
If that doesn't work, maybe just ask them to cover a new flight. Our company requires nonrefundable fares and is fully aware that they'll be on the hook for change fees when things come up. A company that books into E should be even more aware of the risks.
Jul 13, 2018 | 2:17 pm
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OP here
This is the first time they've booked him on an E fare. It's really not even a travel department, administrative assistants?? Not the most travel savvy, hard to explain. Been with the company for years and years. Think making coffee and picking up dry cleaning. He usually finds his own flights, and does it himself, but sometimes they will do it for him.
And, to be honest, might of even been a fare he chose. Who knows.... Lesson learned, pay attention, or do it yourself.
This is the first time they've booked him on an E fare. It's really not even a travel department, administrative assistants?? Not the most travel savvy, hard to explain. Been with the company for years and years. Think making coffee and picking up dry cleaning. He usually finds his own flights, and does it himself, but sometimes they will do it for him.
And, to be honest, might of even been a fare he chose. Who knows.... Lesson learned, pay attention, or do it yourself.
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Jul 13, 2018 | 6:38 pm
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if SDS/SDC flexibility is important, call DL or the travel agency and inquire about the cost of an upfare to a regular MC fare. even if you have to pay it out of pocket the cost may be modest.
Jul 13, 2018 | 7:01 pm
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I believe Delta upfares are only free to change the class of service, not to change between in-cabin fare types. So you can buy up to an F fare at no change fee but I don't believe you can change from an E to a Y ticket. Logic concludes that if you could do that, one would just always upfare an E ticket to a Y ticket to turn it into a fare you can do a change (for a fee) on if you needed to make a change...
Jul 13, 2018 | 7:06 pm
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I believe Delta upfares are only free to change the class of service, not to change between in-cabin fare types. So you can buy up to an F fare at no change fee but I don't believe you can change from an E to a Y ticket. Logic concludes that if you could do that, one would just always upfare an E ticket to a Y ticket to turn it into a fare you can do a change (for a fee) on if you needed to make a change...
Jul 13, 2018 | 9:19 pm
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