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Old Feb 25, 2021 | 10:14 pm
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Originally Posted by mmack
Hi everyone
I have been out of the loop for a while..... but I thought change fees were “gone for good “. I need to change a flight to LIH from this Sunday to beginning of March. I went to Manage Reservation and saw a message that I could get a one time change because the flight time had changed. !!!
I thought change fees were GONE permanently?? I may need to make more alternate flight schedules
What gives??? Is it no change fees until March 2021???
Nothing gives. The policy allows you to make changes without paying a change fee. Under normal circumstances, you'd have to pay the fare difference if the new fare is more expensive (and UA keeps the difference if the new fare is less expensive -- heads they win, tails you lose). However, due to the schedule change, they will also waive the fare difference for certain small changes. This message doesn't mean that your second change would incur a change fee -- it's just saying that your second change might incur a fare difference if the new fare is more expensive.
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