It means you're at a real disadvantage and you may have to swallow the $ 150
award change fee in order to secure your preferred outbound dates, changing the return once the award calendar opens for them.
Not exact matches
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Awards
United recently imposed
fees on their Premier Platinum members if they do not
change or cancel their
award tickets far
in advance.
I've also demoted this card
in the ranking due to the massive United
award chart devaluation that took effect February 1, 2014, and given the MileagePlus
award increased
change fees and stopover rule
changes that went into effect October 6, 2016.
They don't charge a close -
in ticketing
fee (booking an
award within 21 days of travel) or a
fee to
change the date on a Singapore Airlines / SilkAir
award.
As you point out earlier
in the comments, close -
in there is pretty good
award availability, and being willing to pay a
change fee on an economy booking is a great way to get there.
Downgrade to the Chase MileagePlus Card (no Explorer
in the name) and you'll still have [ever so slightly] expanded domestic saver level Economy
award availability, no
fee, and the ability to switch back to the $ 95 annual
fee Explorer card if your travel patterns
change in the future.
In this post I'll show a few simple
changes to a round - trip flight between New York and London that can lower the
fees for a business class
award from $ 1,124.56 to $ 391.86.
However,
in eight years of planning vacations, I have had many leave periods
changed or deployment dates
changed, and I have never had no problem getting an airline to fully refund my ticket or redeposit my miles from an
award ticket with no
fee.
Fees for
changes, close -
in award bookings, ticketing with a United representative, and
award redeposit made prior to departure have stayed the same.
Last month, I wrote about the
changes to the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program wherein you'd soon be able to book Star Alliance
awards on the Singapore Airlines website, but
in exchange, they raised the pricing on their Star Alliance
awards and added phone booking
fees for those that, well, want to use the phone to book.
Though American charges a late booking
fee and relatively hefty
change fees, it has pretty reliable availability booking
in advance or close -
in (except for big holiday seasons like Christmas) and incredibly low off - peak
award rates internationally, so your American Airlines miles can be more valuable than those of other domestic carriers.
Economy
awards may be exchanged for a higher cabin, if available, for the difference
in mileage and applicable
award change fee.
Strictly speaking, a
change involves booking a new
award and either a credit or debit for the difference
in miles used and any other airline taxes and
fees.
In some cases airlines will have different
fees for
award changes vs. cancellations.
The Premium card carriers a higher annual
fee ($ 149 vs. $ 49), but it confers 15,000 bonus points rather than 10,000 and waived
change and cancellation
fees on cash and
award tickets.You also have the option to earn up to 15,000 status points per year with the Premium card at a rate of 5,000 status points for ever $ 10,000
in purchases on the card.
AA Platinum waives the close -
in award ticketing
fee but not
change / redeposit and almost everything I do for me or family needs flexibility or I get stun later.
If fact, Singapore's
award chart trumps United's own
award chart on nearly every itinerary
in North America, especially with no close -
in booking
fees, a low $ 30 SGD
fee to cancel and an even lower $ 12 SGD
fee to
change a ticket (Singaporean dollars are each worth ~ 70 US cents).
You'll also pay a $ 75
fee for ticket
changes before 21 days of departure, so United
award bookings are best made
in advance when you're sure of your itinerary.
As you can see
in the chart above, Premier Platinums get the same «No
Fee»
award changes as Premier 1Ks and Global Service members.
This analysis isn't meant to be dispositive: you may value the perks of elite status with Delta or United, like waived
award change and cancellation
fees, more than the miles you're foregoing by not crediting your flights to Alaska (
in the case of Delta) or another Star Alliance partner
in the case of United.
The agent was able to book the
award but when I went to check -
in the next day I had some issues... The United agent didn't book it correctly but the new agent fixed it but it was after a long wait and after being hung up by one agent... Oh and they transferred me to an American Airlines agent... Wasn't too happy about that but it got resolved and even got a $ 75 voucher which also covered $ 100
change fee for
changing the class of service.
Any
change after we have booked your
award ticket costs $ 75 per ticket per
change, assuming no
change to the hotel and cruise bookings for the trip,
in addition to any
change fees and difference
in mileage amounts imposed by the airline.
Plus
change / cancellation
fees are much lower with Singapore and Singapore will allow you to hold
awards if you have miles
in your account.
This doesn't help for advance planning but the approach is to plan your trip with business class
awards and be prepared to pay a
change fee if you'd like to travel
in first and a given Cathay Pacific flight opens
in first class.
Each airline program has its own
award ticket
fee policy and may charge you for anything from date or destination
changes, refund / redeposit of miles on cancelled tickets, phone booking, and close -
in booking.
In general airline
award fees range from $ 0 to $ 150 +, but it's a good idea to know exactly what you'd have to pay before booking so you're not surprised by any
fees if your plans
change.
Yesterday I made a post about airline
award ticket
change fees, and the growing importance of locking
in some
award ticket as soon as possible, and then trying to «perfect» it as the departure date approaches.
The study praised American's AAdvantage program for allowing members to
change the dates of
award travel for no
fee, if it's done 21 days
in advance and costs the same.
He cited fine print
in Delta's SkyMiles rules which includes hint that redeeming a «free»
award ticket may cost the customer «' up to $ 600 for foreign government taxes and
fees and / or carrier - imposed
fees for international itineraries;»» and that Delta «' reserves the right to
change fees or add additional
fees at any time without advance notice.
Most insultingly, the email they sent out says that the
changes are for «More flexible
award booking and streamlined
fees» and that «Starting
in the fall, we are enhancing the way you book MileagePlus
award travel on united.com»
We value Southwest
award flights for their amazing availability and flexibility to cancel /
change your flights for $ 0
in fees.
I've also demoted this card
in the ranking due to the massive United
award chart devaluation that took effect February 1, 2014, and given the MileagePlus
award increased
change fees and stopover rule
changes that went into effect October 6, 2016.
So I suppose you can say that elite status will be more valuable on United when it comes to booking
award travel, but none of us should be comforted by the addition of more consumer
fees: especially
in light of the fact that an
award routing
change more than 21 - days out (and even close -
in) is cost - neutral to United when done online.
When mothers are found
in contempt for visitation interference the court routinely
awards attorneys
fees, and requires hour - granted - for - hour - denied substitute visitation as its sanction, but does nothing further to
change the mother's unjustified attitude towards the visitation denial.
While I'm less worried about being found
in contempt for arguing with a judge than I used to be (the 2003 addition of «civility» to the oath attorneys and judges are required to take has
changed judges» behavior more than it has attorneys» because some judges were perpetually officious prior to this civility requirement), I still don't want to risk a judge ruling against my client's position or failing to
award my client
fees because that judge feels I treated him or her rudely.
The appellate court believed this was the fair thing to do, review the
fee award and reverse it based on husband's
change in financial situation.
But
in recent years, many mileage programs have introduced rule
changes, tiered
award charts and a la carte
fees that have shifted the options.