Waiving fee for changing flight times

unless you are a status holder, I wouldnt hold your breath on it. Not much experience on Delta, but it doesn't happen on American.

If your flight times moved by just a few minutes, no luck. If your flight times changed by 30-45 minutes or more and/or cut into your connection time significantly, call and tell them which flights you'd like to be moved to without applying the fee. If you get the run around, politely tell them thank you and call back and try again with another agent.

Hang Up, Call Again is a real strategy and will work if you get the right agent and explain it correctly.

For instance, if your flight was moved up and you couldn't leave any earlier explain to them that you're leaving directly from work and that departure time 45 minutes earlier does not allow you adequate time to get to the airport. Or if your connection is shortened from 90 minutes to 39, remind them you're only 4 minutes above a legal connection in ATL and your bad knee means it takes you a few extra minutes to get between concourses.

You get the idea.

Yea fly Southwest in future NO change fee plus 2 FREE bags, and trust me I change flights a lot at no charge.

My daughter got the flu the day before we were supposed to fly Delta earlier this year. I called to change the tickets for a couple of months later and they waived the change fees. I was shocked.