Originally Posted by
seenitall
If you have an issued ticket for UA123 at XX:XX and out of nowhere it is changed to UA999 at YY:YY -- and the original flight is still operating and has space, you are saying that this is kosher?
Yes, but UA will change the passenger back.
Originally Posted by
seenitall
What's to stop UA from changing you from a nonstop to a flight with a connection -- maybe even on a different day.
Nothing. However, their schedule change policy gives you a recourse,
including a fee-free change to the original flight, since it's still operating.
Originally Posted by
seenitall
See a primetime nonstop being booked up, UA Revenue Management department could just move all of the discount customers on this flight over to connections on the redeye -- and resell their prime seats at higher price fare classes.
Yes, they can -- see earlier comments.
There's little reason for UA to do these things, and they don't exactly lead to customer goodwill, but that doesn't make them illegal. UA's CoC clearly gives them the ability to make these changes.