Reduced change fee on DLX?
Mar 9, 2003, 1:21 am
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Reduced change fee on DLX?
In a masochistic frenzy I recently booked a flight on Delta Express (fare basis: TA7SSFN) and I noticed the fare rules listed only a $25 ASC for changes. How long has this been going on (or is it only for certain fares)? The fine print on the Delta Web pages still says DLX has a $50 change fee. (I thought DLX was supposed to be going away, anyway?) Is this some sort of move to make people feel better about booking travel in uncertain times? If it was you'd think they'd advertise it, and I haven't seen anything. Or was this fare just an aberration? I'm puzzled 'cause I thought reasonable change fees went the way of Braniff...
Mar 9, 2003, 6:14 pm
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This must refer to the new (as of March 1, 2003) $25 confirmed changes within 3 hours of flight time, for same-day changes. You can find many threads on this new fee, which replaces the proposed $100 standby fee announced in September 2002.
Bruce
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Mar 9, 2003, 9:10 pm
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No, I don't think that's it. Here's a cut-and-paste from the fare rules:
It looks like the change fee really is $25!
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03260-TA7SSFN CHANGES AND REFUNDS PAGE 18 01 * NON-REFUNDABLE/NONTRANSFERABLE 02 . 03 **FOR TICKETS ISSUED ON/AFTER 05SEP02 AND TRAVEL 04 ON/AFTER 01OCT02 TICKET MUST BE REISSUED ON/PRIOR 05 TO TRAVEL DATE OF TICKET COUPON. IF NOT REISSUED 06 ON/PRIOR TO TRAVEL DATE...TICKET HAS NO VALUE.. 07 CAN NOT BE CHANGED/REISSUED/REVALIDATED AND NOT 08 VALID FOR STANDBY.** 09 . 10 * ANY CHANGES - $25.00 ADMIN SERVICE CHARGES - ASC - 11 . 12 INDEX 13 . *GENERAL INFORMATION............................G-15 14 . CHANGES TO UNUSED TICKETS - OUTBOUND...........G-47 15 . CHANGES TO UNUSED TICKETS - CONTINUING/RETURN..G-53 16 . CHANGES TO PARTIALLY USED TICKETS...........G/19-03 17 . 18 . 19 THE FOLLOWING IS APPLICABLE TO ALL ITINERARY CHANGES 20 BEFORE OR AFTER DEPARTURE. 21 . 22 DEFINITIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING CAN BE FOUND ON G*182: 23 ASC REISSUE APPLICATION 24 BOOKING CLASS HIERARCHY 25 FARE COMPONENT 26 MODIFIED ADVANCE PURCHASE APPLICATION 27 PRICEABLE UNIT 28 . 29 FORMAT FOR HISTORICAL FARE DISPLAY - SEE G*916/3-82 30 . 31 - NON REFUNDABLE/NONTRANSFERABLE 32 . 33 - ANY CHANGES - $25.00 ADMIN SERVICE CHARGES - ASC -
Mar 10, 2003, 4:00 am
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If you buy a one way DLX fare, change fee should be $25?
Mar 10, 2003, 4:43 am
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All DLX fares are one way fares, or at least they used to be. I can't say for sure anymore. Been awhile since I've flown DLX. Either way, there's no "1/2 price" service fees for one way tickets. Maybe it's a competative thing with Southwest or, more likely, Jet Blue? What market is this ticket for?
Mar 14, 2003, 8:40 pm
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It's a JFK<->TPA round-trip, so yes, maybe competition with WN and B6 is a factor. (Sorry for the delayed response; I've had problems with my Internet connection the past couple of days.) Anyone seen this in any other markets?