She put me on hold and came back a few minutes later saying she could waive the fuel surcharges, refund
the difference in miles, and charge no change fees on one condition: If I made any more changes (say to Lufthansa First close - in) I'd have to pay fuel surcharges.
Here are options of flights between London and New York on both Virgin Atlantic and Delta sites (notice
the difference in miles for economy class flights; it is even greater when looking for business class awards!)
If you book with United miles you could pay a per - ticket change fee of $ 125 (elites get some relief on change fees) plus
the difference in miles.
In this case, after SWISS refused to honor the award bookings, Aeroplan reportedly offered to re-book affected passengers in Business Class on other Star Alliance carriers, and refund
the difference in miles.
For United Polaris business class and United Business travel awards,
the difference in miles will be refunded when the United Polaris business class or United Business class segment of the trip could not be confirmed.
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.
Changes: FREE to change dates on Singapore Airlines flights and $ 20 per ticket for changes to routing or class of service (you'll pay
the difference in miles for upgrades).
Changes: FREE to change dates, routing, or class of service (you'll pay
the difference in miles for upgrades).
Would I need to top up
the difference in miles?
AAdvantage allows you to do this for just
the difference in miles, as long as you're changing to a higher cabin class (although if you want to downgrade a first class seat to business, you will typically be charged the redeposit fee).
Update: It turns out you can access the old United award chart and change not only date, but also origin, destination, carrier, class of service, and even number of passengers, paying
the difference in miles at old United Award Chart rates.
For Asia - HNL, not much of
a difference in miles cost for J and F — in this case, J didn't have availability so we splurged.
If you change award cabin, you pay $ 150 and get
the difference in miles back.