Hi all,

Somebody on Fodors suggested I posted this here. I bought a RT ticket on Continental last week to London (returning July 12). I have just received news that I may have to return a week earlier than expected. I called Continental and they said it would cost $225 to change the ticket which, as a student, I am not in a position to pay. Do you think if I showed up at the ticket counter in London a week before my original return date, say on July 6,and beg, they may be more sympathetic? If there is space on that earier flight, do you think they will be understanding and let me switch flights without charging me the hefty penalty?

P.S. I don't know why, but I imagine that the people at the ticket counters are much nicer in the UK than they are in the US.