(FARE GONE) DL: JFK/BOS to DPS/CGK/MNL via Europe - 1482 USD ++ - Business Class
Apr 11, 2009, 11:05 pm
#46
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Apr 11, 2009, 11:11 pm
#47
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I tried June when the 380 starts CDG and SQ didn't show up.
Also available from BUF for about $100 more.
Apr 11, 2009, 11:14 pm
#48
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Guys sorry to ask again but.... Is it possible to change the dates after ticketing without repricing? Rules are confusing to me.
Thank you
Thank you
Apr 11, 2009, 11:28 pm
#49
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heramato - I would say...maybe, but I'm almost positive you will NOT be able to change your 1st outbound flight. Depending on how this plays out, if you can book successfully, you're lucky if the airlines honor it and you get to fly. Refares and cancellations are possibilities. At least AZ isn't involved this go around. 
Glad to see you are posting here though, and thus following the #1 FT rule - Do NOT call the airlines, especially while the wheel is still in spin...
Glad to see you are posting here though, and thus following the #1 FT rule - Do NOT call the airlines, especially while the wheel is still in spin...
Apr 11, 2009, 11:30 pm
#50
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CDG-DOH-KUL-DPS-KUL-DOH-CDG on QR
CDG-NRT-DPS-NRT-CDG on JL
(with the CDG-JFK on AF)
edit:greenfireflyer it seemed (maybe) refundable? If so, I might as well buy one anyways. Too bad none of these will book
Apr 11, 2009, 11:33 pm
#51
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Just an FYI to all. While stopovers are free, putting any in will trigger a HIP check and the price will skyrocket. Connections <24hrs are fine.
Apr 11, 2009, 11:37 pm
#52
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My outbound routing is JFK-CDG-HKG-DPS, where my layover in CDG is 1 hour. Is there anyway I could take 1 day in CDG without causing a HIP check? My inbound arrives at 1230pm and my HKG flight departs at 130pm--(Im assuming the same terminal?)
Apr 11, 2009, 11:41 pm
#53
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You cannot take more than 24hrs between flights. You could take a later flight from JFK-CDG such that you have a long overnight connection in CDG e.g. arrive 4pm and depart the following day at 1:30 pm would be totally fine. Impossible to do >24hrs without HIP kicking in though.
Apr 11, 2009, 11:43 pm
#54
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The first segment establishes you origin and fare. Changing the first segment of an international ticket always requires repricing. If the fare still exists, the repriced fare will the same as before. Changes to subsequent segments are based on fare rules.
DO NOT call the airlines.
Apr 11, 2009, 11:47 pm
#55
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Managed to get 1 way on SQ333 ex-CDG on expedia. However, that uses 3 of the 5 multi-trip segments, which means I have to put dps-cdg,cdg-jfk for the others (stopping it at sin forces sin-fra-jfk, which prices out way higher)
Apr 11, 2009, 11:55 pm
#57
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You cannot take more than 24hrs between flights. You could take a later flight from JFK-CDG such that you have a long overnight connection in CDG e.g. arrive 4pm and depart the following day at 1:30 pm would be totally fine. Impossible to do >24hrs without HIP kicking in though.
Further, are they going to charge me to make this change as this is the initial flight of my itin?
Apr 11, 2009, 11:59 pm
#58
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They will charge you service fees no matter what. If the fare has gone up or gone completely you are out of luck as changing the first segment will reprice the entire ticket.
Apr 12, 2009, 12:02 am
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Apr 12, 2009, 12:03 am
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Well, would it be a better strategy to wait until the day before the trip (or day of, for that matter) and just call AF or even go to the airport and see if they would be willing to put me on the earlier flight? I feel like if they have open seats in J on the earlier flight they wouldn't give me trouble.