Originally Posted by
jsloan
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Except the credit from OGG-HNL-EWR is likely to carry along these restrictions. If the outbound flight was a round-trip fare — likely, but not guaranteed, for Hawaii travel — then the generated flight credit could only be used for a flight from the islands. And using the FFC to book HNL-EWR should get you the same price as a simple change would — although I admit, I can’t figure out why UA is being so challenging about making this change......
Agree the FFC could have the route restriction but in this case that works. That thought was to get around the well-known change flight issues.