Originally Posted by SUPERTRAVEL

AA just changed a future flight of mine from the 9:00am departure I purchased to a new 6:58m departure.
That's a huge change in my eyes but the only options they offered were to move to the new flight or a later flight.
I wanted either a full refund on my non-refundable ticket or to give me a Travel/Trip credit.
No, they said. Flight changes require a difference of 4 hours to get such an option.
On Delta it's only 2 hours.
Point is, any airline you choose is going to have plusses and minuses.

Originally Posted by sydneyracquelle

I cannot begin to count how many waivers and favors DL has given me over the past 30 years. Even with one minute schedule changes. The grass isn’t always greener.

And there are no more change fees for NA flights so by definition you can get a flight credit even without the schedule change.