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Old Feb 25, 2026 | 1:39 am
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storkMGMT
 
Join Date: Feb 2024
Location: CFE
Programs: FB ultimate
Posts: 79
Originally Posted by palmanfr
Same here. Received those last week in the NL. But still no Concorde/747 tags in sight unfortunately… I asked TA and initially it was upon requalification date, then early January, now early march. I really hope I will get those.
On another note, I experienced the strong limitations of the same day changes this week on my way to Italy : flying a J ticket DUS-CDG-NAP. Initial departure Monday at 6:40 with a one hour transfer in CDG. I called the evening around 6pm to change for the afternoon departure departure from DUS at 14:30 due to personal reasons (AF only has 2 flights daily max to NAP in winter). Agent said she could not make the change for free as I would need to call in 14 hours before the new SECOND flight (I.e 5 am so 1h40 min before the first original flight) and quoted me 176€ change fees. She indicated that it was the last seat available for the second segment so I went forward with this paying change. At the end the J cabin on this second flight remained empty for the entire day and I was alone in J. This new 14-hour rule for the connecting flight restrict a lot the use of this benefit. And makes it completely useless actually if flying intercontinental with an European connection. Maybe it’s because I called during the weekend and it’s not the proper ultimate team ?
I ran into the same issue I mentioned upthread back in December (IIRC). The agent told me that both flights now have to be within the same 14-hour window even to change only the first flight, and that this has been the rule since December 2025, although I can’t confirm whether that’s actually the case.

For reference, my itinerary was VCE (~6am departure) - CDG - OTP (~6pm departure). I was trying to move the VCE sector to the previous day, within the 14-hour window.

I agree with you: this significantly reduces the usefulness of the benefit.

Last edited by storkMGMT; Feb 25, 2026 at 2:02 am
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