Originally Posted by
SFO777
SOP with many airlines including AA, DL and UA.
AA no longer charges a change fee when upgrading to a higher cabin. One simply pays the fare difference.
This is a "recent" change, I believe I saw it on "the other board"; perhaps a year or so ago.
And I can attest - we had booked a DFW/LAX fare in a discounted Y bucket; planning to use stickers or an expiring SWU to upgrade our 2 seats. About 2 weeks before our travel date; they had a discounted F fare available that was literally $80 more than our discounted Y. Rang the EXP desk, they upgraded us, took $160+ taxes ($80 for 2 tickets); and no change for reissuing the ticket