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Old Jan 23, 2025 | 11:04 am
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Originally Posted by Clemson
Yesterday I booked a flight using FFCs expiring in the summer for a flight in the spring, immediately changing it to a flight of equal cost in the fall that I actually wanted. Today, I noticed a price drop in the flight I booked. When I changed the flight to take advantage of the price drop, the FFC it gave has an expiration of 1/22/25 (which I tested to make sure it was actually valid through at least the end of the currently available schedule) even though all the FFCs I used for the original flight had a spring expiration. So, tentatively hoping that the previous trick of extending the date of FFC's works again.
I take it you mean the FFC now expires Jan 22 2026 (eg itinerary booking day + 1 year)?

If so, yes they made that change back in November.
Understanding/Using UA Electronic Travel Certificate(ETC) & Future Flight Credit(FFC)
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