Originally Posted by
LilZeppelin
My ex-CAI routing to TPE without a stopover is routing via AMM/DXB/HKG. Can anyone chime in if I would be able to change any of my flights to TPE except CAI-AMM without re-pricing?. Essentially, the first flight "coupon" is CAI-AMM, no? Here is the fare wording:
"Changes are permitted provided ticketed points remain the same. If the first flight coupon is being changed, and the fare level has increased since ticket issuance, the difference between the old and new fare will be charged. If the fare level has decreased since ticket issuance, no refund will apply."
I think the only thing that you can hope for on that is a major reschedule from one of the airlines on that combo. then they might let you adjust the schedule without repricing. Since there's no stopover on your current itinerary then there's no way to use your first segment without going all the way to Taiwan. If you had a +24h stopover at AMM or DXB that would have been different.
Is this QF ticketed? If so then I'd fly it as planned, they're too difficult to make last minute urgent changes with. If this is ticketed by anyone else, you could "accidentally" miss your flight AMM-DXB or DXB-HKG and since you'd have flown your first segment it 'should' just count as a no-show with a $125 penalty vs. a full reprice, but you still need to fly the first segment to hold historical pricing.