Originally Posted by xliioper

Not looking for an argument and I'm perhaps misinterpreting the voluntary changes section of international fare rules. I had assumed until recently that all fares could only preserve original ticketing date for advance purchase and historical fares for changes after departure, but someone pointed out the differences between voluntary changes section of domestic and international fares in one of the other airline forums. Condition #2 does not seem mandatory (it reads to me as an if-then, not a must). But maybe I'm misinterpreting. There's no mention that travel has to have commenced before the rule is applied in the text below.