Originally Posted by
whimsey21
In the past, I've always found that AA treated the WAS co-terminals (DCA, IAD, BWI) as equivalent;I've changed between them for free quite a few times on paid tickets when a schedule change created issues with my original routing.
I think you answered your own question. Unless I misread your post, there wasn't a schedule change that created issues with your original routing. You wanted a better routing when one opened up, which I've always known to require a change fee.