Delta Can You Book Award Tickets For Others?

Can You Book Delta Award Tickets For Others?

One great way to save money on Delta Airlines flights and maximize your SkyMiles when making a Delta booking is by purchasing award tickets. Can you, however, redeem your miles for award tickets for others? The answer is yes; Delta SkyMiles may be used for award travel of another person.

Passengers Can Be Ticketed on Delta Award Tickets

As the owner of the SkyMiles account, you may redeem award tickets for anybody of your choosing using the miles accumulated in it. It doesn't have to be limited to you or your immediate friends and close family members. Delta lets you schedule friend, family, coworker, etc. reward tickets. One award ticket number allows up to nine registered persons.

Reservation for Infants and Children

Booking award tickets for children and babies may also be done using your SkyMiles account. Children under two years old may only travel on the lap of an adult; there is no price for this kind of ticket on both domestic and international award flights. Depending on the route and cabin class, children under the age of thirteen are awarded reduced award fares on various flights. This allows you to use fewer miles for their reward tickets.

Informing the Travelers about the Booking

Even though you can redeem Delta award flights for anyone using your miles, you should inform the actual travelers after making your booking. Remind them that you reserved a flight for them using your SkyMiles, and give them all the necessary information about their travel. This will avoid any misunderstandings the travelers may have had, especially when they reach the airport. It also allows them to include any loyalty program numbers in the reservation or make any other modifications if required.

Providing Travelers’ Frequent Flyer Numbers

However, if you are using a SkyMiles account to book award tickets for other people, you can enter their frequent flyer numbers. To be able to receive the SkyMiles, Medallion Qualification Miles, and Medallion Qualification Segments on the flight, the passengers should include their SkyMiles numbers whenever they are booking the flight on their behalf. It also lets their flight activity, miles, and the ability to achieve elite status in their own SkyMiles account.

That will mean that when you are upgrading, downgrading, transferring, or exchanging your award tickets it is important to note that you are dealing with a legal contract between you and the airline.

In this case, since you are the only one who used the SkyMiles account to book the tickets you have the privilege to change the award flight reservations. For instance, if one of the travelers wishes to change the flight timetable then this has to be done at Delta Reservations. The other travelers cannot effect changes because of the redemption, since this did not include their account, the miles were redeemed.

Transferring the Ticket Reservation

In cases where an original passenger is no longer able to take the journey, award tickets cannot just be transferred over to another person, but you do have a few options. You can opt to cancel the ticket and have the miles returned to your account, with all the applicable cancellation and redeposit charges. Or you can call to change the passenger name on the reservation for a fee of $150 per ticket in case of the award ticket booked before April 1, 2020, or $100 per ticket in case of the award ticket booked after April 1, 2020.

Issuing Tickets in Another Traveler’s Name.

Moreover, when you had to transfer the award ticket to another person rather than the original holder, there might be an extra mileage charge over the $100 fee for a name change. Delta will requote the award ticket based on the new traveler’s SkyMSkyMilesber, status, and age eligibility for discounts. Therefore, if the new traveler is not allowed the same discounted award rate, additional miles will be required to purchase the ticket.

Using SkyMiles from Multiple Accounts

While it is possible to use your Delta SkyMiles to book award tickets for other people, it can be useful in some cases to have the other passengers contribute some of their miles. Delta allows you to pool miles from up to nine different SkyMiles accounts to use towards an award ticket for one reservation. And if you are slightly short on the required number of miles to book multiple passengers, having them contribute some of their miles can help cover the entire bill.

Keeping an Eye for Its Misuse

The only negative of using your miles to book award tickets for strangers or people you barely know is the possibility of it being fake. If you permit someone to use an award ticket in your name that you have earned and paid with your miles, it is still possible that the person will alter the flights/routes once they get the confirmation number without your consent. Or they could be a victim of identity theft using a fake name altogether. For these reasons, it is only advisable to book an award ticket for a person you know and can trust.

Taxes and Fees on Award Flights

Finally, one should remember that even Delta award tickets require taxes and fees to be paid in addition to the awards’ miles. The last costs are often stated when you are through with the booking, either through the Internet or through the phone. However, you also have the option to book only the actual award flight inventory first using your miles and then call Delta Reservations within three business days to provide the required credit card number for the associated taxes and fees.

That is why, as you can see, Delta SkyMiles members have a good amount of flexibility in terms of booking award tickets for other passengers. So next time you're planning to travel together with friends or family and none of you have sufficient miles, you can pool them together or use the rest of the miles to cover your friends or family members’ flights. This feature adds an extra layer to SkyMiles’ usefulness, giving you the ability to use your miles to gift free flights to your favorite travel buddies. It’s only important that you relay all the details once you purchase their tickets, manage any flight changes on your own, and be careful when awarding miles to people you don’t know.

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