Change fees reinstated in some markets from June 8, 2022
Jun 13, 2022, 5:38 pm
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Change fees reinstated in some markets from June 8, 2022
Was told twice today that AA reinstated change fees in some markets starting on June 8 and that it is now posted on the website, but I can't find it anywhere. Either way, it would have been nice for the agent to tell me there was a change fee added before she cancelled my previous itinerary. Worth noting my itinerary involves a leg on BA metal.
Jun 13, 2022, 5:41 pm
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Was told twice today that AA reinstated change fees in some markets starting on June 8 and that it is now posted on the website, but I can't find it anywhere. Either way, it would have been nice for the agent to tell me there was a change fee added before she cancelled my previous itinerary. Worth noting my itinerary involves a leg on BA metal.
Jun 13, 2022, 5:43 pm
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Jun 13, 2022, 5:57 pm
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Correct, originating in North America and am on a Business fare outbound, economy return: SMF-PHX-LHR in business, LHR-JFK-MIA-GCM in economy. Previous itinerary was MIA-LHR in premium economy, same return.
Jun 13, 2022, 7:51 pm
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British Airways ended their book with confidence policy for tickets booked after 7JUN22; normal change fees apply after that date. Does the AA no change fee when originating in NA and SA only apply on AA operated flights?
Jun 13, 2022, 8:48 pm
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EF is showing them on AA ex-UK fares starting on June 8th (50 GBP for Main/PE, 300 GBP for Business on non-refundable fares), but not on ex-US fares. You can do backdating ticketing issue date searches on EF to see when they were first added to fare rules. They are not specific to operating metal. One-way ex-US or roundtrip ex-US bookings would not be subject to change fees.
Last edited by xliioper; Jun 13, 2022 at 8:54 pm
Jun 13, 2022, 9:58 pm
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I'm guessing the issue is the LHR-GCM flight making ex-UK fare rules apply since you are not returning to the US/Canada.
Jun 14, 2022, 5:49 am
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That makes sense as the most restrictive fare rules apply when applying multiple fare basis codes on one ticket. You probably have two one way fares on your ticket, and the fare rules for the LHR-GCM one way likely has a change fee. Check the fare rules of all the fare basis codes and see if any have a change fee.
Jun 14, 2022, 8:12 am
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VFTW has the (relatively sparse) "details" on this: https://viewfromthewing.com/american...ional-tickets/
Looks like they brought back change fees for (some? all? who knows) itineraries originating abroad.
Looks like they brought back change fees for (some? all? who knows) itineraries originating abroad.
Jun 14, 2022, 9:13 am
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VFTW has the (relatively sparse) "details" on this: https://viewfromthewing.com/american...ional-tickets/
Looks like they brought back change fees for (some? all? who knows) itineraries originating abroad.
Looks like they brought back change fees for (some? all? who knows) itineraries originating abroad.
Jun 14, 2022, 9:41 am
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The original ticket, no*, it was purchased on June 2. Yesterday was when I called and made the "change", though it looks like they technically cancelled the original itinerary and purchased the new one that I'd held.
Given the current flight credit rules, could I have cancelled online and then used the credit to buy the new itinerary without the change fee?
Given the current flight credit rules, could I have cancelled online and then used the credit to buy the new itinerary without the change fee?