Originally Posted by hans

I may need to change a ticketed reservation and need some expert advice. Using round numbers, I have a ticket for $500. If I try to change that reservation to a lower priced route ($300), I get the opportunity to pay $200 as a change fee but there's no acknowledgment that the new itinerary is significantly lower. The new ticket costs $0 according to the change page.

So....can I cancel the existing ticket thereby generating an available balance of $500, buy a new $300 ticket using that balance, pay the $200 change fee and come out with no extra cost?