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Old Jun 23, 2012, 10:37 am
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Originally Posted by carnarvon
I do not understand.

Unless they are webawards, FB award tickets can be changed for a fee, can't they?

And paid tickets do not need to be fully flexible to be changeable (for a fee again), aren't they?

In both cases, of course provided there is room left in the class of booking.
OK. In fact I replied to the "standby" case of the OP and changing without paying a fee is not feasible unless you are on a flex award, as recalled by KLflyerRalph (I forgot this case - sorry). So my answer was partially right and partially wrong and incomplete. And even when paying the 45 Euros fee, you need to have the fare bucket still available, which is far from being obvious a few hrs before departure. The same applies to restricted paid tickets. Some of them can be changed with a fee, providing the fare bucket is available. Otherwise, you'll need to pay the difference with the new fare bucket, which can be costly.

Originally Posted by KLflyerRalph
Classic awards can be changed for E45.
Flex award can be changed for free.
But of course, there has to be space available.
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