Originally Posted by
jbalmuth
I'm a bit confused about what exact changes to the first segment will require this reissuance.
I note, for example, that after the sale expired, CX has reconfigured their ICN - HKG flight schedule (cancelled flight 417 and reaccomodated us on flight 415).
In this circumstance, does AA need to reissue our tickets? If so, how exactly is the extra 10% finessed away? If AA doesn't need to reissue our tickets, could someone please explain why/why not?
I'd like to understand this better as well.
We have an ex-ICN DONE4 starting in January 2010 where the first flight was the now-cancelled CX ICN-HG flight. I thought at the time that 10:15 AM was too early, and now it's been cancelled and we've been switched to the 8:50 AM flight. (The afternoon flight won't let us make our connections HKG-SYD-CHC.)
Our TA thinks we can decide later if we want to change the ICN-HKG flight, and if so, do it without penalty (e.g., to take the afternoon flight and add an extra overnight in HKG). I've not had any experience changing the first flight of a RTW ticket.