Originally Posted by
Xrayman
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I value my and my family’s ability to buy a ticket and change or cancel a flight on AS as a elite status member. It allows me to purchase tickets months in advance then arrange around this flight. If needed we can just cancel and receive the full fair value into our wallet. The BE doesn’t allow this ...
Your family also has MVPGold or higher? As far as I know, less than MVPGold get charged a change fee (don't get full value into the wallet for a cancellation)