Fare Info & Ticket Rules

Types of Fares
Special Fares & Discounts
Fare / Ticket Rules & Restrictions
Prohibited Ticketing Practices
Fees and Currencies
Internet Ticketing Fees

Types of Fares

You may choose between refundable and nonrefundable type fares.

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Special Fares & Discounts

Child Fares

Delta does not offer discounted infant and child fares for travel within the U.S. Read more about child ticketing needs.

Available Discounts Not On Delta.com

Certain discounts or companion fares may apply to a selected itinerary but are not available at delta.com.

• bereavement fares,
• international adoption fares,
• military and government fares, or
• senior discounts

Contact Reservations to check availability of these fares for your travel needs.

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Fare / Ticket Rules & Restrictions

Below are the rule and restriction highlights for all refundable and nonrefundable fares.

Fare Restrictions

• Advance Purchase—Fares may or may not require advance purchase. Most of our deeply discounted products may require advance purchases of a 3, 7, 14, or 21 days.
• Length of Stay—Some round-trip fares may have minimum or maximum stay requirements.
• Change Fees—Change fees apply to most ticket changes initiated by the customer.

Ticketing Rules

• Fares and schedules are subject to change without notice.
• All fares are subject to the restrictions that apply to the particular fare.
• Seats are limited and all fares may not be available on all flights.
• Tickets are valid for the named passenger only and are not transferable.

Rules unique to purchases on delta.com:

• When you purchase a ticket here at delta.com, you can view the complete fare and ticket rules at the time of purchase. Look for the Taxes/Fees link next to every quoted fare during your shopping experience.
• Itineraries priced at delta.com include government-imposed transportation taxes & fees that vary depending on your itinerary.
• Only the actual purchase of your ticket(s) will guarantee you will get the quoted fare at delta.com.
• Your ticket can only be canceled from the delta.com Itineraries & Check-in application without penalty if the ticket qualifies for Risk-free Cancellation.

If you have questions about fare and ticket rules, Contact Reservations.

Prohibited Ticketing Practices

Our fares apply only to the specific itineraries for which they are quoted and the restrictions that apply to our discounted fares are an essential part of our contract with you. These restrictions make it possible for us to offer these discounted fares.

Failure to comply with applicable fare restrictions, circumventing those restrictions, or misrepresenting your intended itinerary are all violations of our Contract of Carriage.

While not an exclusive list, the following ticketing practices are prohibited:

• Back-to-back ticketing—combining multiple overlapping round-trip tickets to circumvent Saturday or other overnight stay requirements.
• Throw-away ticketing—use of discounted round-trip excursion fares for one-way travel.
• Point-beyond ticketing—use of a fare published for travel to a point beyond your actual intended destination or from a point before your actual intended origin.

In such cases where there is a violation of our Contract of Carriage, we reserve the right to:

• Cancel the remainder of the itinerary and confiscate any unused flight coupons.
• Refuse to board the passenger or check baggage.
• Charge the passenger for the difference between the fare paid and the fare for the passenger's traveled itinerary.

Fees and Currencies

• Fares for travel originating in most of the world’s major industrialized countries are filed and quoted in the primary currency of those countries and in U.S. dollars for other countries.
• Pay with Miles-eligible customers who are logged-in can choose to have fares quoted in U.S. dollars regardless of the travel origin country.
• Foreign transaction and currency conversion fees:
  • Ticket purchases on delta.com will be reported to your credit/debit card issuer as sales made in the country from which travel originates. For example, if you buy a ticket from Paris to New York, the transaction will be reported as a purchase made in France in Euros. In this example, if your credit/debit card billing address country is not France, your card issuer may assess a foreign transaction and/or currency conversion fee as described in your card holder agreement.
  • Pay with Miles tickets are reported as sales made in the US.

Internet Ticketing Fees

To comply with laws in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden, a separate internet ticketing fee will be charged for each ticket purchased using a credit/debit card with a billing address in these countries. The charge is DKK 40 for Denmark, EUR 10 for the Netherlands and SEK 50 for Sweden.