geo1005

There's nothing in the CoC that would qualify the Move Up program for DOT oversight. It's something US offers to all of its passengers - free for elites and a charged fee for non-elites. If we don't like the way the policy is set up that's really too bad. If the current policy does irk you, feel free to write a letter to US management suggesting a change.

The airlines are flying at near capacity now (with consolidation and shrinkage) so they've begun to charge for everything. So while changing to a flight which you did not originally book (on a non-refundable ticket) used to happen all the time for free, the airlines have now decided to charge a fee for it.