16. VOLUNTARY CHANGES / REROUTING / PENALTIES
Fees as described below may be waived in case of certified death/illness of the passenger or passenger’s
immediate family member or accompanying passenger.
Local service fees may apply on rebooking, rerouting, reissue or refund.
(a) Rebooking / Rerouting
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2. After departure:
a. Changes are permitted provided ticketed points remain the same.
b. Changes to ticketed points are permitted at a charge of USD 125 per transaction.
c. No Show requires rebooking at a charge of USD 125.
d. If the rerouting results in an increase to the number of continents previously charged, the
ticket shall be recalculated. Ticket may be reissued to any applicable Explorer fare
validating all rules of the new fare except for restrictions on retroactive use. Rerouting fee
applies when the resulting fare is less than or equal to the original fare. No refund applies.
See Upgrading provisions when recalculation results in a new fare basis at a higher value.
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Note that 2a does not have the $125 fee listed. My limited understanding airlines, other than Qantas, do not charge a fee for date changes.
However "
Local service fees may apply on rebooking, rerouting, reissue or refund.". The same wording is in a 2014 version of the rules. To me a date change is not a rebooking, rerouting or reissue.
Do you have any AA flights? Try to get them to takeover the ticket.
As a guess with QF doing RTW *ONE* ticketing for several airlines and more than normal ex CAI RTW's for a few weeks due to the currency devaluation, QF are now doing more revisions. Be aware some QF phone agents are hopeless while others are OK. Carefully check any changes made.