Originally Posted by
lowfareair
I'm booked in V, and there is no availability on any of the flights I'd want to return on so this wouldn't work. Either way, this seems very dangerous to recommend without stronger caveats as someone searching for a similar topic later may see this and not realize things like "fare class" isn't just cabin and won't find out until after they fly the outbound, making the return very expensive to change at that point.
Originally Posted by
lowfareair
One thing I just saw looking up more information is this line:
"For [travel outside the US], your ticket is valid for one year. If travel was started, your ticket must be reissued and all travel must be completed within one year of the start date. If travel was not started, your ticket must be reissued and travel must begin within one year of the original date of purchase."
So I guess this means I would have until the end of Sept 2024 to have my return flight from Europe completed, subject to change fees, if I wait until after my flight begins, but if I cancel beforehand, I would have to at the very least have a new ticket by mid-January, potentially with travel completed by then (depending on how it actually seems to work)?
It's part of how airfares work at most major airlines. We'll documented how waiting till aftillallows use of historical fares from date of purchase in this case.
I did say all fare requirements for no cost, which includes fare class.
There may be no fare that works with your current outbound (that is cheap) that allows a one year stay. Thus could change to fly a year later but if there's an end-ob-end or maximum stay restriction on outbound fare then out of luck.