I am booked on IAH-PHX in a week. Because the flight was booked by my corp's travel agent I ended up with a W fare.

Just to see how much it would cost to change to a higher fare class, I called CO and was told: a $150 Change fee, a $25 Re-ticketing fee and whatever the up charge fee would have been to the new fare.

Since I earn my Elite status based on points and not miles, the W fare means I get zip in EQP's.
All I wanted to do was to give CO a few dollars out of my pocket in return for a couple of EQP's.

Has anyone else had this problem?