Need help interpreting this Fare rule
 

Can I get help with this fare rule? Am I allowed to make changes to the flight dates (before 1/28/2025) with a fee of $300 or am I not allowed to? Thanks

CHANGE CONDITIONS

Adult

• New York to Delhi

General Information

• Prices are guaranteed with current exchange currency

No-Show For First Flight

General information

• In Case Of Exchange, New Travel Dates Must Be Prior To 28/01/2025
• Penalty Fee Cannot Be Waived In Case Of Passenger Illness Or Passenger's Family Death

Travel dates or travel time changes (revalidation)

• Changes Are Not Allowed

Changes of routing or airline (reissuance)

• Changes Are Allowed With Restrictions
• Maximum Penalty Fee (In Case Of Entire Ticket Exchange) Is USD 300.00
• Penalty Fee For Partial Changes In The Ticket Is Free Of Charge

Hmm.. good question because the ticket rules seems to be conflicting (when it states that change of travel dates are no allowed).

My guess is that you can rebook the ticket for USD 300 (new first travel date to be before 28 January) BUT when you change the first segment the entire ticket will be repriced based on current fares, i.e you will be asked to pay up-fare to reflect the current fare for your new itinerary + USD 300 change fee - that can be a really high amount if the original fare was significantly discounted.

These look like 'partial' rules pasted at OTAs. You will probably have to look at the full fare rules to figure out the details.

Best call the OTA and provide the new date. OTAs are mostly useless so keep it simple. Basically - I would like to change the date to "xx". What is the cost?

If allowed and before travel you would likely pay the fare difference and the penalty - so it could well be much more than $300.