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Old Jan 15, 2015, 5:41 am
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SamRothstein
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
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Originally Posted by traveller001
Change not cancel and re-book.

A cancel loses non-refundable EBCI funds even if you rebook a different routing same day.
Found this out the hard way. Similar situation to the OP, a fare sale popped up way cheaper, and the wife decided to hurry up and change it to the cheaper fare. Instead of changing it, she canceled it and the EBCI went bye bye. Lesson learned.
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