Delta Air Lines · fees checked 2026-10-22
Delta Air Lines fees: bags, seats and card fees
What Delta Air Lines's fares include and what the extras really cost, from Delta Air Lines's own website. Prices in AUD per person. Anything Delta Air Lines doesn't publish, we say so rather than guess.
Delta Main Basic fare includes
a 7 kg cabin bag, a 23 kg checked bag
no free seat choice, a meal
Checked bag
from $141
online, Australia – U.S. (Asia & Pacific origin)
Choosing a seat
free on some fares
free on Delta Main Classic, Delta Main Refundable
Paying
no card fee published
free: No booking or card fee is published for Australia; Delta's direct-ticketing
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See real prices on Delta Air Lines| Fare type | Cabin | Checked | Seat | Meal | Change | Cancel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Main Basic | 7 kg | 1 × 23 kg | paid | ✓ | fee | credit |
| Delta Main Classic | 7 kg | 1 × 23 kg | ✓ | ✓ | free | credit |
| Delta Main Refundable | 7 kg | 1 × 23 kg | ✓ | ✓ | free | refund |
| Extra | Australia – U.S. (Asia & Pacific origin) |
|---|---|
| Checked bag online, 23 kg per direction | $141 |
Paying: no card fee published. Free: No booking or card fee is published for Australia; Delta's direct-ticketing (phone/airport) charge applies only in some European countries.
- On Delta Main Basic you can only buy a seat from 30 days out; otherwise Delta assigns one at check-in and groups may be split up (dlBasicAgency).
- Changing or cancelling a Main Basic ticket from Australia costs USD 199 (about $284), and what's left comes back as an eCredit, not cash (dlFees).
- Between Australia and the U.S. the first checked bag is free even on Main Basic; a second bag costs $141 each way (dlBagCalc).
- Miss your flight without cancelling and the whole ticket is forfeited (dlBasicAgency).
Sources
dlBagCalc · Delta: Calculate Baggage Estimate (APAC site) · checked 2026-10-22 · SYD-LAX, purchase 21 Oct 2026, travel 9 Dec 2026, non-member. Main Basic and Main Classic: 1st bag free (23 kg, 158 cm), 2nd bag AUD 141.00, plus 1 carry-on free. Currency AUD in the calculator response.
dlFees · Delta: Baggage & travel fees (change and cancel fees) · checked 2026-10-22 · Travel originating in Asia and the Pacific to the U.S.: Extra and Refundable free; Classic free; Delta Main Basic USD 199. Basic: remaining value issued as eCredit. Direct Ticketing charge only in some European countries, free elsewhere. USD converted to AUD at RBA 22 Oct 2026 (AUD 1 = USD 0.7018).
dlBasicAgency · Delta Professional (Australia): Basic Experiences · checked 2026-10-22 · Basic: seats bought from 30 days to 24 h before departure (price varies), otherwise assigned free at check-in; non-refundable; changeable for a fee; cancel = credit minus charge; same on-board experience as Main.
Bands: Australia – U.S. (Asia & Pacific origin) (up to 15,000 km, e.g. SYD-LAX, MEL-LAX).