Originally Posted by
justsawaufo
Hypothetically, what will the following situation yield?
A person is booked on multi city itinerary:
1. ZRH-IAD on 10/1
2. DCA-EWR on 10/2 (22 hours later)
3. EWR-ZRH on 11/3
Upon arriving to IAD, call United and cancel the remaining of the trip. Will it be possible to rebook the same route (plus change fees) later on or not?
Extending the stay beyond 24 hours at WAS turns that into a stopover, which means if the current fare doesn't allow for stopovers, it'll need to be re-fared.
If you were to buy the ticket you described today, the non-Basic Economy fare is CHF660.15 (assuming economy, lowest available fare). With a stopover at WAS, the fare goes to CHF960.15 instead (assuming there's fare class availability on the flights you want). The CHF660.15 fare has a CHF210 change fee -- so the total cost would be CHF510.
That's just an example; the actual fare difference depends upon your specific fare rules (which might be different than what is for sale right now) and the availability on the specific flights you want to take.