Originally Posted by
bakersdozen
Why not book one way and then closer to a Jan figure out the best way to get home? Probably less risky that way...
int'l transpacific ticket.
usually i'd disagree with you (one ways are much more than 2x the price of roundtrip), but I do see decent prices for one ways (airlines hurting for money? $500 oneway vs $700 roundtrip?)
a couple of airlines (UA,AA, ...) have change-fee-waivers (read the fine print though: you may still have to pay for fare differences)
given the current state and how AC has been treating refunds/schedule changes, find another routing, try to avoid additional countries/transit as the other people above me suggested