Originally Posted by
Raptor23
Dave, take whatever airline hat you have on at present off for a moment and look at this from a consumers point of view,we are the people who pay everyone in the industry's wages. I paid £2050 for a return J class ticket from MAN to BLR. Upon arrival something happens that makes it desirable for me to push back my return flight by 24 hours, do you think it is reasonable for EK to ask for an additional £1100? I have no problem paying the published amendment fee (which was £150 FTR) but £1100? Jokers.
If the same booking class as you had originally booked was available, then you would have just had to pay the change fee and nothing else. If the new flight is busier and there is no availability in the same booking class, then I would expect to have to pay the fare difference
It ios no different to someone booking a cheap economy class ticket and then wanting to change to a flight where Y was the only economy base available. Would need to pay change fee plus the fare difference
In the situations you reference, it suggests that you booked a discounted business class ticket and then there was no availability in that booking class and so was charged. This is the same on pretty much any airline and nothing special to Emirates
EY and QR will have exactly the same policy.
If this is happening a lot, you may be better off buying a flexible ticket up front which has no change fees plus will have less chance of having to pay a fare difference. Buying the cheap restricted tickets is great if know that not going to want to make changes or that the chance of having to pay a fare difference is low, but not in all cases
I buy A class tickets and know that if I want to be able to change for free that I need to change to a flight where A class is available. If A is not available then I know that I will need to pay the fare difference to F if I want to travel on that flight. Depending on route the difference between A and F can be quite a bit.