Originally Posted by
adobe
I am doing a comparison among the change fees charged by AA vs. United vs. Delta for award ticket, if the new departure date falls within 21 days of the change date.
For AA, as long as the original booking date is more than 21 days from the new departure date, there won't be any fees. For example, you booked a flight to London on the Aug. 01, the departure date was Sep. 01. On Aug. 21, you would like to depart for London the next day, you could change the departure date to Aug. 22 without any fees, as long as the same booking class was available.
For United, same scenario, you would have to pay 75 dollars to change the date.
Doesn't that make AA award ticket a much better option? Of course, Delta is the worst in this regards, you need to pay to change the date regardless whether it is within the 21 days or not.
Any other thoughts or comments?
In the scheme of things, what's $75 if your getting a tkt worth $10-20K. UA does not charge the fees AA does if you want to fly F thru Europe (BA VS LH). If your getting a tkt worth $500 Thrn $75 is a lot but if your wasting your miles on that, you deserve the fee
Of course, plat & above pay no fees for anything on UA & AA and that's the majority of people on FT