ONE WAY TICKET cheaper than CHANGE TICKET

Tried to change my return on AA on a recent trip to FL......
and was told that it would be cheaper to buy a ONE WAY
TICKET than to pay the $100 change fee plus the difference
in fares.

Is this absolute CRAP or what???????????

the ONE WAY fare was almost 100% of my original RT ticket!!!!!!!!

these damn airlines dont get any sympathy from me for anything......

I sure wish I had a biz where I could stick it to them like they stick it to
their "customers".........

EMD wrote:

Tried to change my return on AA on a recent trip to FL......
and was told that it would be cheaper to buy a ONE WAY
TICKET than to pay the $100 change fee plus the difference
in fares.

Is this absolute CRAP or what???????????

the ONE WAY fare was almost 100% of my original RT ticket!!!!!!!!

these damn airlines dont get any sympathy from me for anything......

I sure wish I had a biz where I could stick it to them like they stick it to
their "customers".........

Without explaining the full reasoning behind this, did you miss this in
all of the years it has been going on? It's nothing new. For what it's
worth. I am not going to complain. I am flying roundtrip from California
to DC next week for $202 roundtrip. I flew from SFO to Dublin at the
end of October for $500. Flexibility is cheaper. In your case, you
plans were no longer as flexible, so the price was higher.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:30:40 GMT, "EMD" wrote:

Tried to change my return on AA on a recent trip to FL......
and was told that it would be cheaper to buy a ONE WAY
TICKET than to pay the $100 change fee plus the difference
in fares.

Is this absolute CRAP or what???????????

the ONE WAY fare was almost 100% of my original RT ticket!!!!!!!!

these damn airlines dont get any sympathy from me for anything......

I sure wish I had a biz where I could stick it to them like they stick it to
their "customers".........

Next time buy a changeable tiicket..or do a price comparison
beforehand or buy travel insurance if the reason you needed to change
was one they'd cover.

If you want the lowest fares, you play the game their way. I've seen
some cases where a nicely changeable ticket was only a few per cent
more than the el cheapo, you just have to look.

Jim P.

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On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:30:40 GMT, "EMD" wrote:

Tried to change my return on AA on a recent trip to FL......
and was told that it would be cheaper to buy a ONE WAY
TICKET than to pay the $100 change fee plus the difference
in fares.

Is this absolute CRAP or what???????????

the ONE WAY fare was almost 100% of my original RT ticket!!!!!!!!

these damn airlines dont get any sympathy from me for anything......

I sure wish I had a biz where I could stick it to them like they stick it
to
their "customers".........

Next time buy a changeable tiicket..or do a price comparison
beforehand or buy travel insurance if the reason you needed to change
was one they'd cover.

If you want the lowest fares, you play the game their way. I've seen
some cases where a nicely changeable ticket was only a few per cent
more than the el cheapo, you just have to look.

Jim P.

Last week I moved my CO flight a day back. Since I had a refundable ticket,
there was no extra charge. You get what you pay for.