Originally Posted by
nomiiiii
In general, people understand that tickets are non-refundable, and that they might have to pay a change fees with fare-difference to make the change. Outside of basic economy tickets which are spelt out (not the case here), there is no reasonable expectation that you wouldn't be able to pay a change fee to make the change.
AA was selling non-changeable/nonrefundable tickets
UK-USA maybe ten years ago. They certainly preceded the U.S. Basic Economy move.