Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
What flights are on AA?
AA uses SABRE GDS with a 330 day limit.
Date changes are (supposedly) free. Route changes have a $125 fee.
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IMHO booking first flight nearly a year out is being a tad keen. Will be difficult. Routes and timetable will change.
The fare does allow open dated segments - for all segments after the first international segment. My experience with airlines (looking at you QF) is that you have to really fight for date changes, and for these be free, so persevere.
RULE 3015
5(a) Reservations and Ticketing Reservations for the first international flight and all preceding flights must be made prior to departure. Subsequent segments may be open-dated.
Agree that routes / timetable changes are likely if you book way in advance (which might be necessary to secure seats on popular segments) - however one advantage to this is that it creates a cancel for free option: BA refunded me the entire price of my tickets, instead of paying the cancellation fee (5% for J, 10% for Y) due to time/date changes to confirmed flights.
RULE 3015
16(b) Cancellations and Refunds 1. After ticket issuance - Cancellation/No Show Forfeit 10% of ticketed fare for Economy Class fares Forfeit 5% of ticketed fare for Business/First Class fares