Thank you!

Depends on the route. For domestic flights, nothing. If your delay is overnight, the DL Contract of Carriage (available online) states they will put you up in a hotel at their expense since the delay is not Force Majeure (like weather/ATC). But beyond that, there are no US regs or DL CoC terms that require they you give any compesation. If you happen to be flying from EU to US on DL (but not reverse), then EU261 delay compensation regulations would come into play.

So no voucher or anything for the inconvenience? I ended up switching to an even later flight to avoid the plan with the equipment issue

Depending on length of delay, they might throw you some miles if you complain. I wouldn't count on them giving you a voucher. They aren't likely to care much about reason for delay unless it was an overnight one where they will provide hotel (or voucher if they couldn't get one for you) if the reason was a mechanical. Outside of overnight delays, for domestic flights they aren't really going to care because they don't owe you anything either way.

So, couple of questions on a schedule change�

We had a schedule change on our return from Thanksgiving. 25 minutes later departure and arrival. Not a huge deal�I assume it doesn�t entitle us to anything change/refund-wise.

question is on notifications. I only know because we booked 2 tickets via Cap1 travel, which sent an email. The other 2 were booked directly on Delta, who hasn�t notified us at all. Is this normal.

Then, after looking online, seems our aircraft/seats are all the same, but when I looked at the seatmap (on app) it�s telling me that I need to call due to schedule change. Can I really not see the seatmap/change seats? Flying UA mostly, I�ve learned to check for additional changes once an initial change has hit. Should I be able to see the seatmap? Will that resolve itself, or does any schedule change result in an inability to change seats myself?

Re difficulty with the seat map, use a computer web browser and view your reservation on Delta.com (not the app). There will probably be a button "Acknowledge". Click it. That should fix the seat map

Hi - new one for me. Gold and upgraded on flight A of multicity trip. Want to change flights B and C, which are the following day. When I attempt to change flights on app, the system appears to zero out my seat assignments. Will I lose the flight A upgrade or will it reprocess me back into the upgraded seat after I purchase the change for the mid trip flights? Thanks.

If you change online, you will probably be able to change either direction in positive space to basically anything that day (and +/- 1 day)? Agents might not be so flexible.

You'll probably get a notice eventually.

Hoping to get a couple questions about RUCs answered...

1. How does the waitlist work with companions? If 2 people are waitlisted and only 1 seat is released into RUC confirmable inventory, does only 1 person clear?
2. I am hoping to use an RUC on SJU-ATL-LAX-KOA. It looks like SJU-ATL is likely to clear as a complimentary upgrade anyways whereas ATL-LAX and LAX-KOA will be tough. Is it possible to waitlist only for the ATL-LAX and LAX-KOA segments? And if only one clears, will I stay on the waitlist for the other segment?

Thanks!

I've only used Jeblue before, which allows for family pooling. I am about to book delta flights so am considering getting the amex delta gold card, with a 40k welcome bonus and 3x skymiles per $1 spend on delta.

I understand my wife and each of my 3 kids will get 5x miles for the ticket cost of flight, and those points will be linked to them, and can only be used for flights in their name.

My question is...what about the 40k welcome bonus, and the additional 3x per 1$ from the amex card. Can that only be used for the card holder, or can it be used for the kids tickets? Can it be combined with each kids base skymiles? Trying not to end up with the cardholder have a lot of points, and everyone else having small unusable amounts. If that's the case, I may just stick with another card for the flexibility.

Thanks for your help!!

Anyone's miles can be used to purchase tickets in someone else's name. However, it's not possible to pool miles from different account towards booking awards on one reservation (miles from each account can only be booked towards awards on separate reservations). It's possible to transfer miles between accounts, but unless it's a very small amount of miles, it's usually not worth the transfer cost.

And I have never understood the logic behind this. My wife and I take turns "paying" for award tickets so we are on the same PNR.

Not really a newbie but the question probably qualifies! My status progress, when calculating pending and upcoming, is including a Skymiles redemption ticket. Will this actually earn medallion status? Or is it a web glitch? I did not do PWM

A Delta award ticket on Delta metal will earn qualification toward status.

1. Yes, if there is only one seat, you will not clear off the waitlist with two people on your reservation, unless you call in and split your reservation, and then one of you will clear. Not the worst of ideas for a long itinerary such as yours.
2. Yes you can have the agent apply the cert to only those segments. If you clear one, you will stay on the waitlist for the other. Also if you clear one, you can call in and have it extended to your SJU-ATL flight as well, as long as they are all on the same PNR. Even if you would get it via complimentary upgrade, better to get it early for better seat choice.