Originally Posted by
dek526
could he pay the 'change fee' and change the fare class that way? my guess is that it's a no since the deep discounted fare class don't accrue full mileage? maybe make a plea to state he accidentally booked the wrong fare class?
If the fare allows changes, the change fee is for changes to the flight times, but within the same fare class (based on availability of the fare class at the new times). But it isn't for change of fare class, which means reissuing the ticket. Normally these lower fare classes are attached to fare rules that do not allow refunds, re-issuing, or re-routing. So it's likely you can't even change the flight times.