Hi there, I am new to this forum and wishes to seek your help on my airtix.

Recently, I booked a UA airticket from London to Cancun round-trip departing in July 2018 for a good deal but unfortunately for some reason I have to cancel that trip. Because my ticket is a "good deal", it is non-refundable and on the "manage my reservations" webpage it says "This reservation has no refundable value if cancelled. A refund will not be credited." I think I am going to lose USD1010 so I am trying to minimize my lost.

Interestingly, while I will lose the whole value of the tickets if I were to have it cancelled, UA actually allows me to make use of the original value of the ticket and "change flight" on payment of the fare difference plus a change fee (around USD180). Indeed, I am allowed to rebook a new economy fare class (B) ticket and that ticket is refundable! The change/refund section of the fare conditions reads like this:

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GENERAL RULES TEXT
CANCELLATIONS
BEFORE DEPARTURE
CANCELLATIONS PERMITTED.
NOTE -
-- EXCHANGE - CHANGE TO 1ST TICKETED FLIGHT /
WHOLLY UNUSED TICKET
--
RESIDUAL VALUE MAY BE REFUNDED OR APPLIED
) TOWARD PURCHASE OF NEW TICKET AT CURRENT
FARE LEVELS ANY DIFFERENCE IN FARE / TAX
COLLECTED/REFUNDED AT TIME OF TICKET EXCHANGE.
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THE OPTIONAL PAYMENT CHARGE WILL NOT BE REFUNDED.
NOTE -
--
HALF ROUNDTRIP COMBINATION OF NON-REFUNDABLE /
REFUNDABLE WITH A CANCELLATION PENALTY /
FULLY REFUNDABLE -
- THE MOST RESTRICTIVE CANCELLATION PENALTY
RULE APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE PRICING UNIT -
--
CANCELLATIONS
AFTER DEPARTURE
CANCELLATIONS PERMITTED.
NOTE -
--CALCULATE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FARE PAID AND
QUALIFYING FARE FOR TRAVEL COMPLETE
USING FARES OF ORIGINAL TICKET DATE /
REFUND RESIDUAL VALUE IF ANY TO ORIGINAL
FORM OF PAYMENT.
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THE OPTIONAL PAYMENT CHARGE WILL NOT BE REFUNDED.
CHANGES
CHANGES PERMITTED.
NOTE -
--
CHANGE MADE TO OTHER THAN THE FIRST TICKETED
FLIGHT COUPON -
--
THE FARE LEVELS IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF
ORIGINAL TICKET ISSUE WILL APPLY - ALL
PROVISIONS OF ORIGINAL TICKETED FARE APPLY.
--
IF THE NEW ITINERARY QUALIFIES FOR THE
ORIGINAL TICKETED BOOKING CODE FARE -
BUT RESULTS IN A HIGHER FARE -
DUE TO DAY OF WEEK TRAVEL / SEASONALITY /
CHANGE TO FARE BREAK POINT -
COLLECT DIFFERENCE IN FARE.
//OR//
RESULTS IN A LOWER FARE - DUE TO DAY OF WEEK
TRAVEL / SEASONALITY / CHANGE TO FARE BREAK
POINT -
REFUND DIFFERENCE IN FARE TO ORIGINAL FORM OF
PAYMENT AT THE TIME OF REISSUE.
--
CHANGE MADE TO OTHER THAN THE FIRST TICKETED
FLIGHT RESULT IN THE NEW ITINERARY NO LONGER
QUALIFYING FOR THE ORIGINAL TICKETED BOOKING
CODE FARE -
THE FULL VALUE MAY BE APPLIED TOWARD NORMAL
FARES IN EFFECT ON THE ORIGNAL TICKET ISSUE
DATE.
) --
FARE IS RECALCULATED FROM POINT OF ORIGIN OF
JOURNEY.
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Now, if I go for this option and rebook this new ticket and then cancel this new ticket, is that true that I can get refund for this new ticket (minus the change fee)?

Many thanks!