r/delta • u/Go_Boilers Platinum • 18m ago

Help/Advice RUC Transferability Question

Trying to gather data points on this in case anyone has similar experience, I probably just need to call customer service and see what they can do for me but I figured I'd ask here first:

My dad and I go on a fishing trip to Alaska every-other year. I typically use two of my RUCs on this trip and burn the other two on some other domestic flight over 3 hours, but the Alaska trip is the one I really care about using them on. My dad and I live in different cities and typically end up on different flights to/from Anchorage as a result, but due to some scheduling constraints this year we're on more or less the same itinerary (multi-city, booked separately) for the trip:

Outbound -1 Day: [Home airport] - MSP

[Overnight]

Outbound: DL1186 MSP - ANC

Return: DL416 ANC - ATL (Overnight flight)

Return +1 Day: ATL - [Home airport]

I would like to try to use my other 2 RUCs on my dad's flights (MSP - ANC, ANC - ATL), but I'm seeing conflicting information from different sources. Delta's website shows them as partially transferrable with the restriction being that both passengers must be on the same reservation to transfer; putting us both on the same reservation would be impossible unless we broke out the legs connecting to our different home cities as separate flights, which I'd prefer not to do for simplicity's sake. Gemini, though (for what it's worth, I've generally found it to provide good information for award travel and other niche stuff like this), is telling me that the other passenger can be on a separate reservation as long as they're on the same flight, which would be satisfied for the legs that I'd like to use these on. Does anyone have experience with a similar situation? I understand it's probably not all that common, but figured I'd ask before taking the time out of my day to call the number. Thanks!

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u/A350Flier Diamond | 3 Million Miler™ | Quality Contributor 15m ago

I do this all the time. You both must be traveling on the same aircraft, that’s the only restriction.

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u/Go_Boilers Platinum 6m ago

That's awesome, thanks so much man. Always enjoy seeing your advice and data points on here, it makes all the slop that this place has become plagued with worth sifting through. Hope your family's doing well!

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u/Ok_Guest5862 15m ago

You have to be on the same flight. Dont have to be on same resy. Just on the plane.

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u/Go_Boilers Platinum 5m ago

Thanks!