Originally Posted by
flyingcrooked
okay, good to know. A couple of years ago I changed YOW-YYZ-FRA to YOW-YUL-FRA with no problem and am not happy to discover this is not really an option in the future. It was a major benefit of flying out of a non-hub - you increase the number of TATL segments you can switch to if you're looking for an empty J cabin.
It isn't entirely impossible but you need to find someone willing and able to do it. As canadiancow says generally speaking agents are not willing to make this kind of change. I had one instance in the last 12 months where I was able to make a similar change, but that was done face to face with a concierge at an outstation, and I was an SEMM flying in J.