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Old Mar 1, 2014 | 6:42 am
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Originally Posted by StayingHomeIsBetter
I know that I paid a $400 change fee for a RT to CDG last year... ticket price was $7700. C outbound, S return.

I believe it was a refundable fare with a change fee situation.

Or, to look at the other way, if it was non-refundable, then this shows that you can pay over $6800 for a non-refundable fare that would bump you up against the cap as a DM.
As soon as I read this I was thinking ...
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
On many tickets, the most restrictive rules of the (cheaper) fare code apply to the entire ticket. It may have been the case that this meant that your S fare rules also applied to the C portion, even though you were only changing the C flights.
What you in fact posted is another example of why to book as one-ways on a really expensive fare even besides the new rules!
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