American expands Same-Day Flight Change to 24 hours

American has made a modest improvement to their Same-Day Flight Change policy and added the benefit of being able to make same-day flight changes online. The fees remain unchanged.

Beginning 24 hours prior to departure, you can request a same-day flight change on aa.com through the check-in window. Just select each passenger who is requesting a flight change and pay the $75* per passenger charge.

There were some reports in the forums that American was waiving the $75 fee for some AAdvantage elites, sources at AA later confirmed that the policy remains the same: AAdvantage elite customers can travel for free on standby, or make a same-day confirmed change for $75.

 

Here’s a new graphic that briefly explains Same-Day Flight Change options.

Screen Shot 2013-02-22 at 10.24.01 AM

 

Here’s the new option that appears under your reservation.

SDFC

Go here for more info.

Have a great weekend!

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11 Comments

    1. @ Mark – Standby is (and always was) free for elites, it’s the confirmed same-day change that’s $75. That’s what was rumored to have been waived.

      Thanks for the comment and thanks for reading!

  1. @ Alanea – I like the convenience too. After a long week on the road, $75 to get home early sounds like a bargain! Thanks for the comment. 🙂

    1. @ Alex L – It’s time to switch! 🙂

      @ Ryan – I was lucky and got my salad. My colleague ordered the shrimp and grits and enjoyed them. He even put a small spoonful of the grits on my plate so that I could give them a try…..next time I’m ordering the shrimp. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your review!

  2. Best use of same day CFC for me so far, switched a cheap EWR-LAX (with upgrade request still pending) flight to a more expensive JFK-LAX flight (but with R inventory), get around the post-Hurrican Sandy mess that were the NJTransit and PATH trains, and instantly clear an upgrade to boot! Worth the 75$!

  3. It is pity that the Airline corporate world has gotten us to a point where we are starting to think that paying $75 more for a ticket that we have already bought is a bargain. What did airline do or spend to get you on standby ? $0

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