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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 8:04 pm
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Originally Posted by ash_79
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2. Can the outbound leg be changed from ORD-LGA to ORD-EWR as they are considered as nearby airports or will i be charged a fees for it ..? ...
You may have a problem, given (I believe) DBCFREE do not allow free Origin/Destination changes
from S*FAR/CHANGES
WHEN A FARE RULE STATES THAT FLIGHT/DATE CHANGES MAY BE MADE WITHOUT CHANGE IN ORIGIN/DESTINATION/STOPOVER POINTS - THE MULTI AIRPORT CITIES (I.E. IAD/DCA OR JFK/LGA OR ORD/MDW) ARE ALLOWABLE FOR CHANGES.
and
WHEN A FARE RULE STATES THAT FLIGHT/DATE CHANGE MAY BE MADE WITHOUT CHANGE IN ORIGIN/DESTINATION/STOPOVER POINTS: THE COTERMINAL CITIES ARE NOT ALLOWABLE FOR CHANGES AND WILL BE CONSIDERED A RE-ROUTE.
Now this version of S*FAR/CHANGES shows EWR is co-term with JFK/LGA which may no longer be true per pagotto but looks like co-terminals are not allowed anyways.

You may find more in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...er-merged.html

of course there is always the chance you will get a sympathetic agent but if they say no, they are only following the rule.
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