Originally Posted by
serfty
There are recent reports (yesterday) on the "Australian Frequent Flyer" forums indicating a directive has gone out indicating that all discretion about such changes has been recently removed.
Unless there are IRROPS or Flow-Forward or the booking class is available and the fare allows it, no changes are permitted.
I've even had problems on a flexible Y fare (CBR-SYD) where the CBR QP agent would not put me on (one of the three) earlier flights but insisted I would have to ring my corporate travel agent to have them change the booking.