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Check Your Delta Itineraries: It’s an UGLY #ScheduleChangeSaturday for Some People

Chris Carley by Chris Carley
August 28, 2021
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Delta Airlines Airbus A319 (registration N354NB) in flight shortly before landing at the Los Angeles World Airport (LAX).

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Have trips booked on Delta Air Lines? Keep an eye on your itineraries today. A bunch of flights are affected by what’s colloquially known as #ScheduleChangeSaturday.

Departure and arrival times, flight numbers, aircraft, and seat assignments are in flux today.

The first class cabin of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-900ER jet, registration number N876DN.

One of my upcoming trips is now on its sixth schedule change. I think. I’ve honestly lost track.

If your itinerary changes by 120 minutes you’re eligible to receive a more favorable routing.

From the Delta Professional website:

To qualify for a complimentary change due to a schedule change, for tickets issued on/after July 30, 2020, for travel that follows the guidelines of the Domestic Contract of Carriage or for tickets issue on/after August 17, 2020, for travel that follows the guidelines of the Canadian and International Contracts of Carriage, the schedule change has to meet one of the following guidelines:

  • A delay of 120 minutes or more

  • A change in the routing of a scheduled Delta flight which adds one or more stops to the original itinerary

  • A change in equipment from Delta Mainline to Delta Connection carrier

  • Any change that causes a misconnect

  • If a flight cancels and no comparable or acceptable routing is available within 120 minutes

If your schedule change isn’t quite two hours, it can’t hurt to call Delta and ask for a different itinerary. Though Delta reps don’t seem to have the leeway they once did to make changes. (Which isn’t surprising, considering that some don’t even know about the Status Accelerator but hey…)

Make sure to jump on that — especially if you strategically select where you sit (bulkheads, exit rows, lucky numbers, etc.) before someone else takes your prized seat.

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Comments 20

  1. Vlad says:
    12 months ago

    What’s going on with delta and the 767-400s are they parking this bad boys for now? My flight from JFK to GRU is now from JFK-ATL-GRU but on an A330-300. And this changed happened two weeks ago.

    Reply
    • Chris Carley says:
      12 months ago

      At least you’re on an A330. My flights got knocked down from 767-400s to 767-300s.

      Reply
  2. Paul says:
    12 months ago

    DL canceled SLC-FAI flight and was trying to route me vis Seattle but it’s a misconnect. Got DL on phone in like 10 minutes. Tried to force a long stopover in Seattle and they said it would be additional $393pp lol. Managed to route through MSP on a single connection.

    Reply
  3. JP says:
    12 months ago

    Was speaking with a Delta rep and evidently 700,000 passengers got schedule changed this weekend (for future dates). Once you hit 30 days before your flight the schedule is more firm.

    Reply
    • Chris Carley says:
      12 months ago

      WOW

      Reply
  4. Aland says:
    12 months ago

    Another first for me with Schedule Changes. Delta bounced me off a flight that delayed 28 minutes and put me on one 5 hours later in the schedule change. I had a confirmed RU on the original. 5 hour delayed plane, too. But, when I asked to be put back on the original flight number now delayed 28 minutes, I lost my RU and was put in middle seat of Comfort. Think Delta regretted confirming the original RU and figured to bump me to less popular flight (due to time) and have an extra seat to sell? Watch out on RU’s.

    Reply
    • René says:
      12 months ago

      @Aland – They will fix. Ask for supervisor. Once RU cleared it sticks with you even if they have to oversell RU space. Don’t give up. HUCB if you must.

      Reply
      • Aland says:
        12 months ago

        No luck. Multiple calls and supervisors. One Diamond Desk agent even tried multiple supervisors. Here’s the rationale. I was upgraded on a CRJ900 (hour flt) then a main line. (Obviously, that’s what I wanted to used my RU for). CRJ900 was changed to CRJ. Computer changed to next available itinerary with both flights upgraded which meant mainline went from 3:20pm arrival to 8:20 arrival. I needed to stay on 3:20 arrival. I fly lots of flts on CRJ first then RU for the next flt. Early plane had 4 1st class seats and 8:20 has 11. Delta would not let me be reinstated to 3:20 arrival with RU, despite being confirmed prior to schedule change. Multiple tries. Multiple Supervisors.

        Reply
        • René says:
          12 months ago

          @Aland – Delta has a new word(s) for loyalty… it is NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!

          …and if you don’t like that… how about 500,000+ Skymiles for a RT to Europe (while we block ALL of the partner award seats that we devalued twice during COVID)!

          Remind me why I keep flying Delta?

          Reply
          • Aland says:
            12 months ago

            I understand. 2.5M on both AA and Delta and about to retire. AA Platinum looks a bit better than Delta Gold. Delta is more dependable, but with increase in AMEX credit card fees, about to reconsider. Oh well, days of 90,000 business class are way gone. Thanks, Rene!

  5. Tony says:
    12 months ago

    ATL-SCL went from daily to twice weekly. Also downgraded from Premium Select to comfort +. (767 to 330). Any chance Delta considers comp D1 due to schedule change (days) + product change?

    Reply
    • René says:
      12 months ago

      @Tony – Highly unlikely. If you paid for PS then you should be getting money back. You can always ask so do try.

      Reply
  6. BookGirl305 says:
    12 months ago

    Oh, THIS is interesting- help me decipher this.
    ATL-MAD in economy, 9/17-9/26, both nonstop flights. I have had seats selected for a couple of weeks and have been watching. The outbound flight has shown 134 available seats and the map was wide open. Today, all the economy seats starting row 29 forward, all C+, and D1 are blocked off. On the return, the last few days have shown a wide open plane but no available seat standby numbers. Today, my seat assignment is gone. Are they filling up my outbound with a reroute cancel from somewhere else and cancelling my nonstop back?

    Reply
    • Chris Carley says:
      12 months ago

      Possibly. Or it’s just Delta IT…

      Reply
  7. jerry says:
    12 months ago

    I’ve generally found Delta’s change policies very friendly if there is any change in their schedules. Had a flight booked from JFK – LAX via SEA for 8500 miles. 2 weeks before the flight, schedule changed from 3 to 4pm departure and was able to negotiate change of dates and route for a day earlier and non-stop to LA. That non-stop flight booked straight up was 28,000 SkyMiles or $315 one way.

    Reply
  8. BookGirl305 says:
    12 months ago

    Yup. They cancelled my return nonstop flight from Madrid. It no longer appears on the website to book as a new ticket. Sigh. I paid extra skymiles to have the nonstop both ways. Current plan is to take whatever new flight they give me and ask for 33,000 miles to be deposited back to my account for the difference in nonstop good flight times vs. now- unless anyone has a better suggestion?

    Reply
    • René says:
      12 months ago

      @BrookGirl305 – Don’t expect much of anything. Delta customer service seems to be really bad just now (even for Diamonds). My guess is they will change you but not give you any miles back.

      Reply
  9. Steve says:
    10 months ago

    Kinda hard to make plans when they do this bait and switch. You paid for a direct flight then you get moved to a layover that doesn’t coincide with the event you’re going to. Friggin scam as they sit on your money soaking up interest.

    Reply
  10. Bernard says:
    10 months ago

    Yes, the schedule change nightmare indeed! On my JFK/TLV (via Detroit/CDG) business class, the portion from CDG/TLV was downgraded from Business Class to Economy! Yuk!

    Reply
  11. Aland says:
    10 months ago

    Well, they did it again. RU cleared throughout original legs. Delta computers changed to much earlier flight and I had to change the “change” to the following morning to make meeting. Delta did not honor the RU. Last time, when I asked, they refunded my upgrade $’s and said it was a mistake. Now they have denied RU and want $600 to upgrade despite only 2 in 1st class. I’ve asked via “comments” what the policy is. We shall see. (All that said, there is really limited alternatives to Delta based on dependability of getting there. I am beginning to wonder how much international fares supported domestic flights as we are not getting the same service for $’s that we used to.

    Reply

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