Originally Posted by
henkybaby
Changing the first international flight will result in a reissue against current conditions. This is not a xONEx rule but an IATA rule (as I understand it). The need to cancel the old ticket and reissue a brand new ticket which they cannot do against the old conditions.
So it is and so it will remain. Outside the control of AA, BA or any other.
First
international flight? There used to be a rule in the OW fares about this. And several here have discussed how the first flight can't be changed. But first
intercontinental flight? I'd not heard of this before.