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Old Apr 12, 2016 | 11:48 pm
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Originally Posted by Dave Noble
You can probably purchase a higher fare that has no change fee associated with it. Whether that will be better value than paying the change fee is something only you can best decide

Looking at the fares on offer, the change fee on the cheapest tickets is USD50 . The difference in price between EK's lowest fare and lowest fare with no change fee seems to be close to USD800, so will probably be best off paying the change fee

As long as flexible on dates and can get the same inventory for the return flight, it is pretty likely that you will be able to make a change that has no additional payment other than the change fee

They only need Flex Plus on the return so can still book Flex/Saver on the outbound, which will likely be cheaper. Also OP doesn't mention class of travel which might affect it.

But I agree generally for me, departing South Africa on Flex change fee is ZAR500 (30USD) but Flex Plus is ZAR3000 (200 USD) more, so it makes sense to rather suck up the change fee.
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