Delta Fares

Do they charge more if I change my airplane ticket's date?

I bought my Airplane tickets wirh the Delta Airline trough a Travel Agency, I want to expand my vacations, so I requested a later departure date, they told me that it will be an extra $500 to change the date, is this right?

Public Comments

1. Yes, they can do that. It's all subject to change.
2. Check directly through Delta. That sounds excessive. The most I've ever spent was $75 to change the return date when I was already at my destination.
3. Delta charges you a change fee of $50.00 and whatever the fare difference is. Try booking for a different departure date, it could be alot cheaper. Maybe a day or two before of after you desired date. I just expanded my vacation and to leave on the 7th it would of cost me $381.00, but to leave on the 8th was only the $50.00 change fee since the fare was the same as my original ticket. I hope I've helped you more than I probably confused you!
4. Yes, airlines will apply additional charges if you need to change your ticket. Even non-refundable tickets can (usually) be changed, subject to fees. It varies from airline to airline; as I recall, the last time I checked with Continental, it was either $100 or $150. The $500 through the travel agency sounds like they're adding their own surcharge to the airlines' fee. (One little tidbit in dealing with Delta: it's Delta Air Lines, not Delta Airlines. Some of their old-timers still get upset about people running the two words together. It's something you might want to keep in mind if you end up writing a complaint letter to try to get the charges reduced.)