Originally Posted by
Wasabi Tofu
???
Is SYD-NRT the first segment ?
rule:
IF you are trying to change the first segment, so you have to reissue the ticket before the departure.
You can't change the first flight without reissue and repricing.
I don't have good idea about immediate reissue after landing at NRT without change of first flight.
At checkin of SYD, probably, an agent issues BPs for SYD-NRT and NRT-KUL.
So, flight coupon for NRT-KUL will be lifted (used).
You had better prevent this, and only checkin for SYD-NRT.
About time for reissue, It depends on carriers and agents.
In the best case, I expect a few hours.
But, it may need 24 hours.
As I understand it, the first segment can be changed for free/without reprice IF absolutely nothing is changed besides dates... but I forgot that my NRT is not a stop, but is just a connection. So I'm trying to find a way to actually convert it to a stop without causing a reprice; and the ONLY way to do this, I think, appears to be to attempt to call my ticketing carrier at the moment of landing in NRT.
To make it simpler, my itinerary is:
SYD-NRT-KUL-LHR (no stops, just straight connections), departing in August. I'd like to fly SYD-NRT in February, but NRT-KUL-LHR sometime later in the year (unknown for now). If I'm understanding the rules correctly, what I should do is change SYD-NRT-KUL-LHR to depart on the day I actually need in February, and make the NRT connection as long as possible - as close as possible to to 24 hours - to give enough time to AA to reticket. Then on landing in NRT, I immediately get on the phone with AA, and move NRT-KUL-LHR to August, paying $125 + any changed taxes for the NRT stop, but not causing a ticket reprice. Does that make sense?