Originally Posted by
JD3030
I'm new to flyer talk. Actually just found it today. Seem's like a great forum.
I have a flight booked for Friday night from IAH to EWR. I'd like to change it to Thursday night. I called CO and they said it would be $150 change fee (which i understand) then another $900 for the new ticket. Is this for real? I purchased the ticket months ago for $390. Any suggestions? U think it would be the same deal to just move to an earlier flight on Friday?
Thanks,
JD
Confirmed standby is available for flights departing within 24 hours of your original flight for $50. However, this can only be confirmed within 12 hours of the departure of the new flight. Confirmed standby requires inventory available in the fare class that you are currently booked into. As long as any seats are available, Continental will open up availability in all fare classes at exactly 12 hours before their flights to allow for confirmed standby changes.
It is free to be added to a regular unconfirmed standby list, but you will be charged $50 if you clear the list ($25 for Continental Gold and Platinum elites.) At least, this is how I understand it.
Since you were making the change today, I'm guessing they charged you the change fee, plus the difference in your fare and the cheapest available fare available for the flight you were requesting. I see a one-way IAH-EWR for Thursday going for $690 on Co.com so maybe she looked up the higher fare class on your entire trip instead of the IAH-EWR segment, then again, she may be forced to reprice the entire ticket, I'm sure someone on here knows how that works.