Originally Posted by
Shoredreamer
Hi,
Still being new to MP, I am continually learning and trying to understand things (I'm still quite lost in the area of upgrades lol) but anyway, I came across this post.....is it typical to not have to pay a change fee when wanting to upgrade a previous purchased ticket? I thought any changes required the change fee unless there was some extenuating circumstance or something?
I was also wondering, if I were to purchase a flexible or unrestricted ticket, does that mean I could change and/or cancel, without penalty whatsoever? Im not sure of the specific fare class involved but the united search engine gives examples as f, a, & u for both flex and unrestricted, when using these options to search. I am considering booking something like this for next year if it does have true flexibility.
as always, Thank you fellow FT members for your continued sharing of both your extensive flying knowledge and absolutely invaluable expert advice!!!
For purchasing upgrades, practically speaking there's no additional fee required. Upgrades offers marketed via the website / app / kiosk are essentially a fee in and of themselves; alternatively, buying up to a higher-cabin fare, which can only be processed by an agent, has the change fee waived by policy.
As far as flexible tickets, the 'fare class' (e.g., F, A, U) does not have a direct relationship to fees for change or cancel. You need to check the fare rules to be sure, which is admittedly a pain if you are just using United's site.
Here's some more discussion about that:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unit...on-please.html