Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
I assume you can't use your cheap ticket and have the company reimburse it instead of buying a new one for you. I would be reluctant to ask the company to pay for the unused ticket due to the work schedule change because you're ending up where you want to be for the weekend, but in normal circumstances many companies do pay change fees when they alter an approved vacation schedule or there's a work emergency.
I am actually an independant consultant, so the "company paid" ticket is really just airfare that will be expensed back to the customer. Being basically self-employed unfortunately means I eat the cost of the unusable ticket, which naturally is the key reason I posted this question to the FT masses.