Originally Posted by
adobe
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.
You seem to be misunderstanding this. If the new departure date is within 21 days of the date you are TICKETING, then the fee applies.
In your example:
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.
You could ticket a change to Aug 21 only up to July 31.
EDIT: Reading back, I can understand why the language on the AA site would be confusing. However, read the moderator's note in the first post of this thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...le-closed.html
(Two exceptions: higher mileage AAnytime awards don't have the fee, nor does a same-day change if there are award seats available and it is domestic travel.)
Actually, I seem to be the one who misunderstood. It's still allowed, as long as it's at least 21 days after the initial ticketing date. Neat.
Originally Posted by
coco11
For delta, i thought that is no change fee 21 days before departure date as long as it is available to change. Correct me, if i m wrong.
You are wrong. All date changes to Delta tickets require the $150 change fee. Additionally, no changes are permitted within 72 hours of the flight at all. (Except using the same-day change policy, when it applies, for the $50 fee.)