Originally Posted by VegasGambler

I am so confused.

I'm just lowly MVP, so no change fee waiver for me. But, when I search for my flight on matrix, and read the fare rules, I see (in part, emphasis mine)



And it seems that every AS fare has this language. So, unless I am misunderstanding this, I should be able to up-fare to F for just the fare difference. But when I try to do it through the website, it tries to charge me fare difference + a $125 change fee.

Eg: I have a $129 ticket. F is $329. It wants to charge me $325 ($200 fare difference + $125 change fee).

Note: I don't actually want to change this particular ticket. I just want to know what my options are, because, at the end of the year, if I'm a few thousand miles short of Gold, I may just upfare a ticket or two for the 75% bonus EQM rather than doing a mileage run, if the price is reasonable.

Is this just something where the website is broken but if you call in they will do it properly? Or am I misunderstanding the fare rules?