Originally Posted by N227UA

Folks, this entire thread is completly non-sense to me. Let me rephrase this, and you guys see if this is right, would you?

wimpypipsqueak said "either rebook later and use the tickets, or pay a change fee and use the value of the ticket on another itinerary." Can we rebook the outbound segments of a non-refundable ticket? AFAIK, most tickets, especially non-refundable, don't allow to rebook outbound segments. So I don't understand it.

redburgundy said "They credit your MP account electronically with the price of the ticket. Then when you book another trip, they credit that amount to the cost of the new ticket, less a $100 service charge. At least, that was my experience." When they credit the OP's MP account with the price of ticket, doesn't the OP still need to pay a penalty for doing that?

zrs70 said "Most international fares allow you to buy up to a another ticket without a change penalty." Does it mean that we can save the price of a ticket as a credit without paying any penalty when we cancel it?

Here is my situation. Few days ago, I purchased international V-class ticket for USD665, which was USD530 as base fare; USD50 as Q charge; USD85 as tax. In this case, can I credit USD665, which includes base fare, Q charge, and tax, without any loss for a future use if I cancel this ticket? UA agent said that since this fare doesn't allow outbound change, I had to cancel the ticket in order to change the outbound reservation, and I would be charged with USD150, which was the change penalty of tix, for doing this. Is this matches with what you folks have said? Is there any way to change the outbound schedule without paying any penalty? Mahalo for your answer.