Delta Air Lines offers scheduled services to its customers to over 300 destinations across the world. To ensure that the passengers do not face any difficulty traveling, the airline has rolled out several policies that they must know before booking their flight tickets with Delta Airlines.
On almost all of the tickets, you can make some standard changes, which include Delta Airlines name correction, time, date, and destination. However, you are only eligible to make any such changes within 24 hours of your flight departure.
Make sure you have the entire information about the flight ticket with you, putting you in no further trouble at the time of boarding.
At the time of editing, you will be required to provide your confirmation number and other ticket details.
Steps for Name Correction on a Delta Airlines Ticket
Open the Delta Airlines Website on your browser, and then follow step-by-step to correct your name:
- On the Delta Airlines Website, you need to select the “My Trips" option on the homepage.
- Fill in the details like ‘Confirmation Number,’ ‘Last Name,’ and ‘First Name.’
- Now, click on the search button.
- On the new page, you will find the Delta Airlines change passenger name change option.
- Select the option and keep following the prompts to complete the process.
Essential Cases
You would also need to seek professional assistance in case the name correction does not meet the minor name correction parameters, making you seek additional assistance.
When the following exclusions apply, make sure you contact Delta Airlines:
- When the ticket includes flights operated by any other carrier like Aero Mexico, Air France, KLM, Korean Air, Virgin Australia, or Virgin Atlantic.
- If more than three letters of the passenger's last name need to be edited,
- When the name has once been corrected and requires further correction, the ticket needs to be reissued for the second time.
- In case the itinerary includes travel to or from China or India.
Vaccation Travel Assistance to help you with Delta Name Correction
If you find any kind of difficulty making corrections, you can always contact Vaccation Travel through their telephone reservation system. You can call +1-855-505-3955 to speak with a travel expert to make changes in the following cases:
- To make a correction to your first or middle name and reissue the ticket.
- To make a correction to the last name and reissue the ticket.
- To make an addition to the last name. For example: Smith/ Elizabeth to Anderson Smith/Elizabeth.
- If the first and last names on the ticket are to be inverted, for example: Taylor/ Ross John to Ross/ Taylor John.
Correction to the first or middle name
- Vaccation Travel has the authority to modify the primary or middle name and issue a new ticket without needing a waiver code.
- Update the name in the Passenger Name Record (PNR).
- Include an OSI message in the PNR to indicate that a name correction has been executed.
- Reissue the ticket as an even exchange, ensuring no other changes to flights or dates are allowed.
- No waiver code is necessary for this process.
Correction to the last name
- Vaccation Travel is permitted to correct the surname and reissue the ticket without requiring a waiver code.
- Please note that last name corrections are limited to a maximum of three characters. If more than three characters need correction, reach out to Global Sales Support for further assistance.
- Correct the name in the Passenger Name Record (PNR).
- Add an OSI message to the PNR to inform about them about name correction.
- Reissue the ticket as an even exchange with no other modifications to flights or dates permitted.
- No waiver code is needed for this correction.
Addition to the surname without a name change
- Correct the name in the Passenger Name Record (PNR).
- Add an OSI message to the PNR indicating the completion of a name correction.
- Reissue the ticket as an even exchange, without making any other changes to flights or dates.
- No waiver code is required for this procedure.
The first and last names are inverted on the ticket
- Correct the name in the Passenger Name Record (PNR).
- Add an OSI message to the PNR to acknowledge the name correction.
- Reissue the ticket as an even exchange, with no further alterations to flights or dates allowed.
- No waiver code is necessary in this case.
- If the name field includes a middle name, initials, or title (e.g., MR, MS, MRS.) and it is inverted, please contact Delta for assistance. For instance, TAYLOR/ROSSJOHN should be corrected to ROSS/TAYLORJOHN.
Points to be noted
When you are opting for name correction, make sure you know several points to avoid cancellation of the PNR.
Take a look at the following points:
- The ticket must be for a Delta-operated flight (including Delta Connection Carriers).
- You can change the last name on your flight ticket in cases of marriage, divorce, etc. However, you would need to present your name change documents at the airport.
- If you have entered your nickname and want to change it, you can change the name and get the photo ID at the airport at the time of check-in.
- You cannot change the title, such as Sr. to Jr. or Jr. to Sr.
- The option of Delta Airlines transferring the ticket to another person is not applicable.
- The spelling mistake can be corrected on your ticket free of charge. However, if some major corrections are to be made, the penalty charges could be applicable.
Guidelines to change date
You can make date changes to your ticket, online, with the help of the following steps:
- Log In to your Delta app, and go to “My Trips.”
- Choose the flight you would want to make changes to.
- Select “Modify Flight.”
- Click on “Start Flight Date" changes.
- Select a new flight.
- Complete checkout.
- Note that you might need to pay the difference in price from your earlier fare to your new fare.
- Get your confirmation.
Vaccation Travel Assistance to help you with Date Correction
If you want to make name and date changes to a ticket that a third party issued, that third party may charge you an additional fee. You can call +1-855-505-3955 to make changes to your flight without any hassle.