<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by lokijuh:
You also can't rebook on same day. However if you hold a $200 fare, and a $100 fare comes available on the same day - and you can be bothered - you can cancel the $200 fare & hold it in credit (minus change fee of $27.50) and on a totally separate booking book the $100 fare.</font>
I still don't understand this (the "rebook on same day" bit).
I ran into this last month when in Australia. Going SYD-BNE, we got to the airport early (waaaay early) and wanted to switch to an earlier flight. 'OK' says the lady "let me look..... oh, this is a red e-deal ticket ... you can't change that on the day of flight."
"OK, so cancel that ticket and give me a credit for it, less the $27.50 cancel/change fee. Now sell me a ticket on this earlier flight (at whatever the cheapest price is) and apply that credit against it."
I'm obviously missing something in this whole equation. You can change a red e-deal ticket the day before flight (but not on the day of flight)for a $27.50 change fee. You can cancel the ticket anytime and get a credit, less a $27.50 cancellation fee. What's the difference?