Blackout dates & tickets
 

Hi:
I am looking to plan for next Feb. and have enough miles for a ticket. We however wish to return home on a blackout date (school vacation) has anyone booked a ticket for an ok date then changed (paying the $75.00 fee)and rebooked for a blackout time? Is this a problem because the ticket is coded or once the ticket is issued is it just a regular ticket? It would be worth the $75.00 to return home over the weekend. Thanks for any info.
Carol

(with all airlines I know: StarAlliance-members, SR) award tickets are coded and you can't use 'your' method to avoid the blackout-date - sorry.

I have been sucessful standing by for a flight on a blackout day (with an award ticket).

This was on UA when blackout days still applied to me.

When you change a ticket, the new ticket must meet all the conditions of the original fare, including availability. Accordingly, if you change a ticket to a date on which the appropriate fare is more expensive (e.g. from a weekday to a weekend) you are responsible for not only the change fee, but also the fare difference.

In the case of a reward ticket, you cannot meet the conditions of the original tarriff, because the original tariff is blacked out for the date to which you want to change.

C'est daumage.

When you change a ticket, the new ticket must meet all the conditions of the original fare, including availability. Accordingly, if you change a ticket to a date on which the appropriate fare is more expensive (e.g. from a weekday to a weekend) you are responsible for not only the change fee, but also the fare difference.

In the case of a reward ticket, you cannot meet the conditions of the original tarriff, because the original tariff is blacked out for the date to which you want to change.

C'est daumage.