Originally Posted by
omaralt
We are traveling to Geneva on 6/2. We have booked business class tickets with a connection in IAD. The issue is our flight out of TPA leaves at 847 am and we would prefer a later flight to have a shorter connection and not have to wake up so early. When i try to change it online it gives me absurd pricing or no availability, which is understandable. However, we are ok downgrading to economy on the first domestic leg to make this happen. Is this something i can do online?
It’s not something that can be done at all — at least, not without a change in fare that’s likely to be greater than the ones you’re already looking at.
Originally Posted by
omaralt
edit we are also ok connecting anywhere else as long as its a one stop flight
Do you have status with UA? If so, you may be able to use a same-day confirmed change during the day on 6/1 to get to the flight you’d prefer.
In general, whenever you change the outbound leg of a flight, you trigger a repricing using current fares. Same-day change can avoid that — but they’ve altered it for non-status members to the point where I don’t think it actually would help anymore.