*hypothetical* what if I miss my VS ticketed DL flight?
Jun 24, 2019, 3:11 am
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*hypothetical* what if I miss my VS ticketed DL flight?
Used 60k VS miles and grab a D1 ticket from DTW-PEK departing 2pm.
Need to position to DTW from LAX and run into this question: so currently I’m looking at LAX-JFK-DTW (hope to sleep in D1 red-eye eastbound so skip the LAX-DTW red-eye non-stop). LAX-JFK-DTW will make make me have a 2hrs and 30 minutes layover in DTW. I’m wondering, just in case, JFK-DTW gets delayed and I miss my international flight, will I be protected, for example DTW-PVG-PEK? So seems like this is a “separate ticket issued by partner” question, or do you have experience with this? Thanks FTers!
Need to position to DTW from LAX and run into this question: so currently I’m looking at LAX-JFK-DTW (hope to sleep in D1 red-eye eastbound so skip the LAX-DTW red-eye non-stop). LAX-JFK-DTW will make make me have a 2hrs and 30 minutes layover in DTW. I’m wondering, just in case, JFK-DTW gets delayed and I miss my international flight, will I be protected, for example DTW-PVG-PEK? So seems like this is a “separate ticket issued by partner” question, or do you have experience with this? Thanks FTers!
Jun 24, 2019, 3:37 am
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Used 60k VS miles and grab a D1 ticket from DTW-PEK departing 2pm.
Need to position to DTW from LAX and run into this question: so currently I’m looking at LAX-JFK-DTW (hope to sleep in D1 red-eye eastbound so skip the LAX-DTW red-eye non-stop). LAX-JFK-DTW will make make me have a 2hrs and 30 minutes layover in DTW. I’m wondering, just in case, JFK-DTW gets delayed and I miss my international flight, will I be protected, for example DTW-PVG-PEK? So seems like this is a “separate ticket issued by partner” question, or do you have experience with this? Thanks FTers!
Need to position to DTW from LAX and run into this question: so currently I’m looking at LAX-JFK-DTW (hope to sleep in D1 red-eye eastbound so skip the LAX-DTW red-eye non-stop). LAX-JFK-DTW will make make me have a 2hrs and 30 minutes layover in DTW. I’m wondering, just in case, JFK-DTW gets delayed and I miss my international flight, will I be protected, for example DTW-PVG-PEK? So seems like this is a “separate ticket issued by partner” question, or do you have experience with this? Thanks FTers!
Jun 24, 2019, 7:42 am
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Used 60k VS miles and grab a D1 ticket from DTW-PEK departing 2pm.
Need to position to DTW from LAX and run into this question: so currently I’m looking at LAX-JFK-DTW (hope to sleep in D1 red-eye eastbound so skip the LAX-DTW red-eye non-stop). LAX-JFK-DTW will make make me have a 2hrs and 30 minutes layover in DTW. I’m wondering, just in case, JFK-DTW gets delayed and I miss my international flight, will I be protected, for example DTW-PVG-PEK? So seems like this is a “separate ticket issued by partner” question, or do you have experience with this? Thanks FTers!
Need to position to DTW from LAX and run into this question: so currently I’m looking at LAX-JFK-DTW (hope to sleep in D1 red-eye eastbound so skip the LAX-DTW red-eye non-stop). LAX-JFK-DTW will make make me have a 2hrs and 30 minutes layover in DTW. I’m wondering, just in case, JFK-DTW gets delayed and I miss my international flight, will I be protected, for example DTW-PVG-PEK? So seems like this is a “separate ticket issued by partner” question, or do you have experience with this? Thanks FTers!
Jun 24, 2019, 3:21 pm
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Twitter is your friend. Be prepared to DM @Delta at the first sign of a problem (if you're inflight) and they should be able to protect you. If you're on the ground, just see an agent.
.....and be nice, as there's no regulation saying that DL must do anything to help. You're asking for a favor, but it's a favor that internal policy says should be granted when possible.
Jun 24, 2019, 4:22 pm
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But LAX-SEA-PEK (yeah VS thinks this is one ticket because flight 128 all the way to PEK) will be on a 767... which I don't like
