Originally Posted by
AzLarry
I've read over the new fee charts a couple of times.
It seems that a non-elite member could book a trip 21+ days in the future and then immediately make a free change to a different available date less than 21 days in the future to avoid the $75 fee.
The chart says that "Changing a date (same routing and class of service)" or "Changing your flight (same routing, date and class of service, but different flight number)" to a new date less than 21 days in the future has no fee.
Is this a loophole, or am I missing something?
Yes it does appear to be a loop hole for UA flyers in both the charts and also in UA Insider's post. The OP says that CO flyers will have to pay the close in fee for changes within 21 days but not UA flyers.