Changing trip after starting it for a lower fare difference?
Hi all,
Heading to Mexico over Christmas, and we are considering extending our stay and working remotely from there for a month (appears to be fully legal as I work for a US company, get paid into a US bank account, etc.). I booked back in the Spring for $300ish r/t, and now changing my return flight while keeping the original appears to be over $500 more per person, even though it is less than half that for just the new return flight by itself.
Knowing that airfare can shift considerably between now and then, how would it look if I waited until after my first flight to initiate the change? Will AA consider the cost of the first flight locked in and only look at the return price, or am I better off just throwing away the return and buying a new ticket altogether?