I did main, but not refundable . And cancelled immediately after purchase

I just did the same thing for a not-so-dummy booking going to SEA.. Used a few COVID "eCredits" and "unused tickets" which all have a 31DEC23 expiration.. Not working. After immediate cancellation, all eCredits and unused tickets were restored as if they were never used.

Did you select ecredit or refund?

My husband has an eCredit in his name from a trip I booked for us and had to cancel. Does DL allow me/him to use his eCredit towards the purchase of a ticket for just myself?

Something seems to have changed

i did the 24-hour cancel/refund thing today and it no longer gave me a choice to get a new credit, instead it went straight back to the old credits as “original payment”

Agreed, I just tried and I did not get an option for Refund versus eCredit, just a Refund. I used 2 eCredits that are expiring 12/31/23 plus my personal credit card for the balance of the ticket which was about $30.

I guess in the past I had this work on flights that were _fully paid_ for by e-credits (i.e. i had enough credits to cover the flight in full + get credit back for the difference). I wonder if that is a different flow than partial paid for credit + credit card.

For me, there was only 1 single red button of “cancel and refund”. I didn’t get to choose eCredit or refund. I thought it has to be “refund” since you are within the guaranteed 24-hour anyways?

My last booking was maybe 30% eCredit/unused ticket + 70% credit card. I think this hole just got patched… I may or may not give it a try after the following midnight and see if it would work.

I just cancelled a trip I booked earlier today and it reverted back to the same ecredit expiration date of 12/31/23. I may try to rebook a flight and wait until the 24 hour window has passed then try cancelling again.

Guess I should've checked FT sooner, before that window had closed. Darn.

I just cancelled a main flight that was purchased all with credits, (about 4 of them combined). It was long after 24 hours: it gave me one credit back, with an extended date. Couldn’t make heads or tails of date; it wasn’t quite until one year from today, but near enough that it definitely was months after any one piece of previous expirations.

Your mileage may vary of course.

/delete

Tried multiple ways to extend eCredits expiring at end of year,

Cancelled within 24 hour. No Change

Cancelled at 36 hour mark, No change.

Tickets were covered 100% by credits.

Maybe I need to try with credit + Cash post 24 hour cancel.

Was the 36 hour still showing as "24-hour guarantee"? I find it sometimes does up until 48 hours. I've had more luck recently waiting until for sure it shows as a cancel, not a 24-hour guarantee

Good Call.

I did not check that.

Will reattempt.