Same Day Flight Changes Post 3-3

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Feb 28, 2012 | 1:35 pm

SEA1K4EVR

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Same Day Flight Changes Post 3-3

Over the past year I've flown a lot on CO metal and a few times I've used the airport kiosk to make flight changes..ie confirm to an earlier flight. Each time I've noticed that at the CO kiosks you can not only change to an earlier flight..but also later flights including those departing the next day (for free with an elite fee waiver).

My question is.. if you change to a flight the next day, and then the next day comes..can you change it again to the following day? Or does the party end at that point?

Also, are these changes all possible online or only at the airport? I'm guessing online too.

Feb 29, 2012 | 4:32 am

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Originally Posted by SEA1K4EVR

I went to OLCI for a flight last week and it offered me a choice of different flights the day after. That said, the flight I was on was oversold so it was a "cheap" way for them to avoid a VDB or IDB, but given that I wanted to change my flight anyways it worked out well.

Feb 29, 2012 | 5:31 am

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Originally Posted by SEA1K4EVR

It can be done online, starting 24 hours before your flight you can rebook on any available flight departing in the next 24 hours. So at 6 hours before your original flight you can rebook on available flights up to 18 hours after your original, etc.

In my experience you can do this multiple times as you describe above. But you're taking a chance as it depends on your original fare class being made available. I wouldn't do it unless I was prepared to actually fly on the flight I'd changed to.

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