Originally Posted by
henry999
Right. Although -- just to spell it out for the benefit of those who don't know -- what we do in practice is either (a) book a minimal itinerary with the starting date pushed as far out as possible, and then pay the $125 fee to flesh it out with the additional sectors when the time is right or (b) book the full itinerary but with dummy dates for those sectors too far out at the time of booking, and then correct the dates for free when they come within range.
The rules say: 'If the rerouting results in an increase to the number of continents or extra flight segments previously charged, the ticket shall be recalculated.'
Please confirm my understanding is correct; this wording about extra flight segments is obsolete as those are no longer allowed, right?
If I book a minimal itinerary now, fly the first segment and then request adding segments (within the total 16 limit), they would only charge me the change fee and any additional taxes etc BUT not recalculate the ticket ie charge a possible difference in base fare?
This is important because then I could just use the online tool to get a ticket and then worry about completing the itinerary later while having base fare protected. Thanks.