Costly D fare int'l business class rule changes
My company is based in Hungary so I buy many AA tickets there. I purchase the normally changeable D fare business class which runs $5,000-$6,000 to the USA and back. Recently, though nobody at the EXP desk knows when, AA slipped in 300 EURO ($440) change fee.
Has anybody else encountered this type of fly by night change to a historically unrestricted fare type. I checked AA D fare rules in many other countries across Europe and AA has only added changes fees in Hungary. I wrote customer service with my findings but was compelled to buy my next ticket on Lufthansa which charged less and had no change fees. I'd pay more to fly AA but simply cannot with this insane fee.
Anyone else runs into anything like this, excluding the I fare?