Originally Posted by
Calchas
OH
Recently I changed an "I" class return ticket on Europe-South America with less than 24 hours notice at a change fee of 300 EUR and a fare difference of negative 7 EUR: fortunately AA does not actively lock down "I" availability as BA does. True, had I insisted on the BA direct I would have had to upgrade to "C" class (which is not full flex but only semi flex). In any case, had I not, the ticket I bought was still flexible for upgrades at a fee of 300 EUR + fare difference. A full flex ticket would have cost me about 5000 EUR more than I paid and offered me nothing more than no change fee.
had you changed a Singapore ticket you'd be stuck with upgrading to J.
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B is not full flex, it's semi flex.
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No, but B isn't available. Monday to Friday cheapest tickets are BYW, on a wide open market like London JFK. Monday to Wednesday its just YW, at least on Ba.
On your specific routes which are wide open with your "buy in a and and sometimes change" tickets the. You don't need flex tickets. Many people aren't as flexible as you.
And staying a couple more nights can easily cost £3k, and piss off your employee more than flying them in Y.