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Old Apr 26, 2024 | 2:37 pm
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Polytonic
 
Join Date: Jun 2017
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Originally Posted by econ
Or there could be a potential reward. The last time I did the cancel/rebook routine, I noticed that after I cancelled my reservation, it opened up an even lower fare bucket than what I was seeing a few minutes before. So I ultimately ended up getting an even larger credit than originally anticipated.

Thanks for the multi-step process UA!
Yes, I've encountered this quite frequently myself. I think it's almost always better to cancel and rebook rather than change twice given this possibility.

The only annoyance is I have $600-900 in FFCs that I keep rolling forward.
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