Originally Posted by
cnrussell
I still begrudge the fact that they charge a change fee for what is strictly a class-of-service upgrade (i.e., this is literally the equivalent to an e-checkin upgrade, or upgrading using miles, neither of which hit you with a change fee when purchased).
That's not entirely true. Once you change to, say "F" class, you will gain a lot more flexibility as the ticket will become refundable, may have much less strict stay requirements (i.e. no minimum stay, no Sat. night stay, etc), and probably allows subsequent fare changes at no additional cost.
Hence, they're going to charge you a change fee to get into that level of flexibility.
That makes business sense.