Originally Posted by
Viajero
Just a word of caution:
MiamiBeach reported recently (
link) that a similar confirmed/waitlist swap attracted a $125 fee from AA. The situation here is definitely not the same, and it would be very rich if a downgrade was penalized further with a fee, but I thought I'd say something, just in case.
Not OW, but I had a similar issue on *A RTW a couple of days ago. Wanted to take an earlier flight which had no availability in first. The airline wanted me to pay a change fee to downgrade to economy.