Originally Posted by
pilo
No. It's called "buying refundable ticket" (H or Y fareclass). However, the refundable ticket is likely to cost far far far more than 250$ change fee.
Pilo, I think you sort of proved your answer useless on your own--if a refundable ticket is "far far far more" than $250, and $250 is too much, then how is that a solution? It's not.
$450 for the non-refundable, $2,000 for the refundable... for reference.