Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
BA will accomodate free of charge for same day changes on flights with Club Euriope + Economy as long as the fare that allows for baggage and same day change is permitted - on the HBO fares it will not
On other flights, it will allow changes as per fare rules only
AA will allow you to make free change changes as per fare rules - many of its fares allow for changes free of charge
I'm not sure how AA's confirmed flight change and syandby are restrictive - it allows change to an earlier flight on the same route as existing - CFC allows you to confirm before even heading to rhe airport
Extending to another carrirer - Qantas, for example, on its domestic fares, discount fares allow changes at $100 until day before travvel, but no changes at all on the day - arrive early and enjoy the airport longer - arrive late and buy a new ticket
And I assume my fares just never met that criteria - I have never been able to get on an earlier BA flight where it wasn't a full fare one segment flight. I haven't asked in a while - but I would quite frequently fly things like MIA-LHR-XXX - often I fares or mid tier economy fares - and I would go (no checked bags) to a gate with an earlier departure and was always told I have to fly as ticketed.
I have also never been able to get onto a BA waitlist - last time I tried was LHR-MIA where (it was BA ticket stock) I was booked onto a later BA flight in J after the AA flight where I was in confirmed F (actually confirmed F - after the previous' day BA A fare flight was cancelled) was also cancelled. Asked in the Concorde room if I can get on a standby list for the earlier BA flight preferably in F but also J - and was told that's not possible.
On the other side I never had a problem getting on a waitlist on AA and quite frequently got the Admiral's club people to allow me to change routing to get somewhere earlier.