Delta Airlines cancellation policy has separate rules for cancellation and refund for each fare type. The refunds are also impacted by the timing of cancellation. Not every ticket is eligible for the refund. There are restricted tickets that come under the non refundable category and are only allowed for changes. On the other hand there are tickets eligible for refunds but receive a deducted amount, subtracting the taxes and cancellation fee. The eligibility criteria for refunds is defined in the later section.

How Does the Delta Airlines Cancellation Policy Work?

Delta Cancellation policy considers time  and reason of cancellation, fare type, and the route for refunding the amount post deductions of taxes and fines. There are very few cases where the full amount is refunded to the individual's account. One such is the 24 hours cancellation policy that is applicable to all tickets. Delta Airlines 24 hours Cancellation Policy enables individuals to receive a full amount in refund.

As per the policy, If a booking with 7 days or more departure time left is canceled within 24 hours of purchase, it is eligible for full refund. Both the conditions, that is the departure time should be 7 days or more since the day of booking and the cancellation must be within a day to receive the full amount in your account. 

Other than this, there are emergency and genuine conditions like demise of a close relative of passengers, health and medical related problems, which Delta Airlines accepts and refunds the amount without charging any fine or deducting any fees.

Concluding the full refund offered by Delta Airlines. The next passage highlights the terms and eligibility criteria required for generic cancellations. If a person does not follow or qualify the defined norms, then he/she will not be able to claim for the refund. 

Who is Eligible to Receive Refund From Delta Airlines? 

People who have booked directly from the official website of Delta Airlines can claim a refund if their tickets are refundable.

Group Travelers can seek refund but after visiting the office as there is a procedure for a bunch of bookings, all canceled at once. The fine charges shall be different for the same. 

Apart from this are the ticket types purchased through different modes of payment like cash, credit, cheque or any other. For these the refund policy decides whether or not the tickets are refundable. If the tickets are refundable what amount will be refunded after deducting a specific amount for each fare type.

Delta Airlines Refundable Ticket Policy

Delta Airlines allow refunds for the award tickets  in terms of miles and cash refunds for the other forms of tickets. If there are future plans for the same planned trip, then rebook the flight by re-scheduling or booking an entire new flight. There shall be differences in the fare charges and must be separately. Also, not the entire amount will be refunded, fines will be charged according to the rules dedicated for each ticket type and the  time of cancellation. Evaluate the deductible charges for your ticket type from the below listed content.

Award Tickets Cancellation Policy

The Award tickets are refunded with miles if the ticket is valid for refunds. Cancellations can be done through an online and offline mode. However, individuals who did not pay their VAT via the Miles are not eligible for online cancellations. Offline ticket counters are open for cancellations of award tickets whose  VAT is paid separately by cash or credit, instead of the Miles. 

The refund rules and norms are different for the same cabin but different routes. The flexibility for cancellation is very different for the International and national routes. The wide difference in the amount deducted and fine charged is also clearly visible. 

Delta Airlines Domestic Fares Cancellation Policy

Domestic fares of Delta Airlines qualification for refunds on the various types of the seat and ticket types. There are four ticket types and each have a separate refund and cancellation policy. Read the policies of the ticket you purchased from the following information. 

Eco Fly:

  • Cancellations with more than 12 hours of departure are charged with a fine of 300 TL. 
  • (Q/T/L/V/P/W/U classes are non refundable) 
  • Routes between Republic of Turkey and Delta Republic of Northern Cyprus-Ercan can not be for flights with less than 12 hours of departure. However, for more than 12 hours of flight time left for the respective routes, 400 TL is deducted from the original amount. (Non refundable classes under this category are L/V/P/W/U).

No Show: Only landing charges will be refunded

Extra Fly

  • 250 TRY will be charged for cancellations within less than 12 hours of departure.
  • The fine reduces to 150 TRY for flights canceled with more than 12 hours of departure time.

No Show: Apart from the landing charges, No Show tickets are non-refundable.

Prime Fly

TRNC-Erans flight cancellations are not allowed.

  • Rules for connecting flights of Delta Airlines and the Anadolujet Airlines, the fare rules shall change.
  • 1 hour flight cancellations for this ticket are not permitted
  •  TRY 300 shall be fined on flights canceled within 1-12 hours of the flight departure.
  • If the departure time is more than 12 hours, a  250 TRY charge will be applied.

Business Flexible

  • 450 TRY will be deducted from the original amount for cancellations made with less than 1-12 hours of time left.
  • TRNC-Erans tickets do not have the eligibility for 1 hour  cancellations. But, if the departure time is less than 12 hours and more than 1 hour, then 500 TRY will be fined.
  • Connecting flights of AnadoluJet and Delta Airlines will undergo separate rules.

No Show: Only the tax amount will be refunded and the cost of the ticket can not be retrieved back. 

Delta Airlines Branded Fares Cancellation Policy 

Delta Airlines Branded fares are majorly divided into four categories. Further, these major categories are subdivided into other fare types. The norms for the cancellation and refunds differ for the sub categories. Read the details below.