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Mar 18, 2016 | 4:56 am

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Originally Posted by ruckzac

With rare exceptions, I don't understand the point of parking money in a refundable fare you intend to downgrade. Why not just wait to buy the ticket?

Also, if the fare is refundable, you wouldn't get an eCredit back; you'd get a refund via your original payment method.

I think he's trying to keep the $2500 for his own future travel while the new fare amount is charged to work.

Basically book ticket now at high rate, and then rebook once he knows dates of travel, and pocket the difference.

As for OP, make sure the B is fully changeable and refundable. A lot of times B can be changeable, but either non-refundable or refundable, but minus a large administrative fee. Finally if it's changeable/refundable on the outbound, but the return isn't, then the whole ticket is non-changeable/non-refundable.

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