Originally Posted by
MarkXS
... Close-in fees are a total scam. If it's a processing fee with any bearing on reality, how come a revenue ticket purchased 3 days out doesn't have another $150 "close in fee" tacked onto it?
Well technically they do in the disguised form of a much higher fare.
Big ^^ to DL on this one! But how did the OP notice this? Word spreads fast on FT
. I too noticed award redeposit/reissue is now $150 instead of $100 like it was before, though now in line with the other legacies (except UA for free date changes). Maybe this will bring in more money than the close-in fees? Anyone want to hazard a guess?
Did you all also notice the superscript 1 next to the new close-in fees saying 'subject to change?'