Changing your name with Delta SkyMiles
What Delta SkyMiles requires, transcribed from its own help page and last checked on 25 July 2026.
Delta requires a copy of the legal document — a court order, marriage certificate, or divorce certificate — submitted through an online identity verification form.
Delta SkyMiles handles this online.
You will need: a copy of the court order, marriage certificate, or divorce certificate that changed your name.
Do the government agencies first — most companies ask for photo ID in your new name, which means your license has to be done already.
What Delta SkyMiles asks for
| What | Value | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| How | Online | SkyMiles Help — Delta Air Lines | |
| Documents | A copy of the court order, marriage certificate, or divorce certificate that changed your name | SkyMiles Help — Delta Air Lines |
What to have ready
- A copy of the court order, marriage certificate, or divorce certificate that changed your name
How to do it
- Log in to your SkyMiles account to reach the identity verification form.
- Submit a copy of the document that changed your name.
- If you cannot log in you can still submit the form, but Delta asks for additional identity verification.
The details that catch people out
- No documentation is needed if you are only adding a middle name, expanding a middle initial, or shortening a middle name to an initial.
- The name on your SkyMiles account has to match the government-issued photo ID you travel on.
Check us
Everything on this page comes from Delta SkyMiles’s own published guidance. Company policies change without notice, so the link below is the authority and this page is a transcription of it.
SkyMiles Help — Delta Air Lines
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