Change or Cancel

Change Your Flight

We understand that your plans may change. We’ve simplified travel by eliminating change fees for tickets originating from the United States, Canada and the Caribbean to anywhere in the world (excluding Basic experiences).

It‘s easy to cancel, make changes or rebook your flight online prior to departure in My Trips. Tickets not changed or canceled prior to departure will have no remaining value. If you change your ticket, sometimes your new flight costs more than your original flight. If this happens, you will need to pay the difference in price.

Changing a Classic Non-Refundable Ticket

With a non-refundable ticket such as Delta’s Basic or Classic experience, you can change your flight when you pay the price difference plus any applicable change fee ($0-$400, depending on your travel route and Travel Experience).

The Travel Experience (Extra, Classic, or Basic) you selected at the time of purchase will remain the same when changing your ticket.

  1. Ensure you cancel your ticket prior to departure
  2. Find Your Trip or Log In and go to My Trips
  3. Select the flight you need to change
  4. Click on 'Change or Add Flights’
  5. Choose new flight(s)
  6. Complete check out and pay any applicable fees and the price difference between your old flight and your new one
  7. Get your confirmation

If you need additional assistance with making a change, please contact us and a Reservation Specialist will be able to assist you. 

There are no change fees for travel originating within the 50 United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (excluding Delta Basic experiences). Please remember that you will still need to pay the difference in price if your new flight costs more than your original flight.
For travel outside the 50 United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the change fee is $0-$400, depending on the origin location and type of fare.

Changing an Extra or Refundable Ticket
You may change your Extra or refundable ticket without paying a change fee, provided all fare and ticket rules are met and seats are available. If the ticket price has increased since your original purchase, you will need to pay the difference in price between your original fare to your new fare.
  1. Find Your Trip or Log In and go to My Trips
  2. Select the flight you need to change
  3. Click on ‘Change or Add Flights’
  4. Choose new flight(s)
  5. Complete check out and pay any fare difference
  6. Get your confirmation

If you need additional assistance with making a change, please contact us and a Reservation Specialist will be able to assist you.

Changing an Award Ticket
It is easy to make changes to your Award Ticket. We have simplified travel by eliminating change fees for Award travel within the U.S. (including Puerto Rico, and the U.S Virgin Islands) and for international travel originating in the United States and Canada. In addition to eliminating change fees, you can now make changes any time prior to departure.
  1. Find Your Trip or Log In and go to My Trips
  2. Select the flight you need to change
  3. Click on ‘Change or Add Flights’
  4. Choose new flight(s)
  5. Complete check out and pay any fare difference
  6. Get your confirmation

As a reminder, Delta Basic Award Tickets are non-refundable. However, you may change or cancel for a fee assessed in miles, which is deducted from the value of your ticket if you cancel, the remaining mileage balance will be redeposited into your SkyMiles account. If you change your Award ticket, the fare difference in miles and cash will be collected at the time of change. If you need additional assistance with making a change, please contact us and a Reservation Specialist will be able to assist you.

Third-Party Ticket Changes
If you need to change a ticket that Delta didn’t issue, such as a ticket you purchased through a hotel or vacation package, additional fees may apply.

Additional third-party charges may apply to the following:

  • A traditional travel agency
  • An online travel agency
  • Another airline, including SkyTeam and codeshare partners

For the following, external ticket handling charges will not apply:

  • Tickets originally issued by Delta — booked through reservation sales, a ticket office, on delta.com or on the Fly Delta app
  • Involuntary changes like cancellations, delays or schedule changes
  • Tickets issued with military or government fares
  • Customers completing a SkyMiles upgrade
  • Same-Day Confirmed Ticket Changes

The $50 charge is:

  • Waived if the change is completed on delta.com in My Trips
  • Applied for tickets changed through Reservations Sales
  • Applied for tickets changed at one of our Ticket Office Locations

Terms & Ticket Validity

During the ticket change process, we will apply your ticket’s remaining value to your new trip.

For travel between and/or within Canada, United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, your ticket must be reissued and all travel completed within one year from the original date of purchase.

For all other travel, your ticket is valid for one year. If travel was started, your ticket must be reissued and all travel must be completed within one year of the start date. If travel was not started, your ticket must be reissued and travel must begin within one year of the original date of purchase.