Looking at the fees page it looks like there is absolutely no difference between a regular and a refundable First class ticket, both carrying $0 change and cancelation fees.

Is the correct or am I missing something here?

https://www.virginamerica.com/cms/vx-fees

I would suppose the difference is that you can refund the refundable fare and you can't refund the nonrefundable fare.

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I believe the difference is that a normal ticket is not refunded; its value is deposited in your travel bank, which is VX's credit account. A refundable ticket is actually refunded, e.g., to cash or your payment card.

Regular goes to a Travel Bank account while Refundable can go back to your CC. About the only reason I would consider the Refundable ticket right now would be if I were awaiting the Virgin CC.

"Non-Refundable" F (booked into C or D fare classes) is pretty much a misnomer, particularly for anyone who flies VX with any regularity. In the event of a cancel/change, there's no fee and the entire fare goes back to your Travel Bank. Then, use the travel bank for future travel. I probably have $200 - $1000 in my travel bank at any given time, simply as the result of frequent changes and cancellations of F fares.

One other thing: the fully refundable F fares (booked in to J class) are transferrable, meaning you can change the name on the ticket. This is rarely useful, but in cases where VX runs a 10%/20%/X% discount on all F fares, booking a fully refundable F ticket becomes much cheaper and you can transfer it to you travel companion later. Good for impulse trip bookings, imo.

Note: this distinction, i.e., "non-refundable" meaning no change/cancel fee w/ full refund does NOT apply do Non-Refundable MCS.