Originally Posted by
anxiousone
However as an earlier poster said same day flight changes on empty flights should be without the fare change penalty. it may be 50usd only, but still this is simple customer service that is 'just' 50 dollars for the airline as well and worth more in customer loyalty.
QF and VA both have the fly early option, though as far as I know on domestic flights within Australia. Since EK is aligning its business model with QF, I can't see why not go this way?